RileyÌýMulhern

  • Assistant Professor
  • ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Water quality • Risk assessment • Data science • Environmental justice

My research investigates environmental contamination and human health-related exposures.

My approach centers on community engagement and data-intensive research. In the past, I have worked with communities in North Carolina, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and the Bolivian Andes. I am developing research collaborations with others at INSTAAR, 91´«Ã½, and beyond.

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Education

  • PhD (Environmental Sciences and Engineering): University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2021
  • MS (Environmental Engineering): University of Colorado Boulder, 2016
  • BS (Physics: Geophysics and International Development): Wheaton College, 2014

Note to prospective students

If you are interested in working with me beginning in the 2025-2026 school year, please send me an email describing your research interests and goals and how they align with my work.

Publications

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