Meagan is a PhD candidate interested in the environmental applications and implications of emerging technologies. Her dissertation will focus on carbon nanotubes, including research towards high-flux desalination membranes incorporating carbon nanotubes and assessment of the bacterial cytotoxicity of carbon nanotubes in aquatic systems. Meagan is also interested in the social implications and public risk perception of emerging technologies, and she is currently developing both theoretical and empirical models to describe the relationship between public trust in regulatory agencies and public perceptions of nanotechnology.
Environmental applications of carbon-based nanomaterials *(read ES&T article here)
CNT membranes for high-flux water desalination *(read more)
Physicochemical determinants of MWNT bacterial cytotoxicity *(read ES&T article here)
Microbial Cytotoxicity of Carbon-Based Nanomaterials: Implications for River Water and Wastewater Effluent
Trust and the evolution of emerging technologies: Applications to nanotechnology
The cultural cognition project: Nanotechnology risk perceptions *(visit the project here)
Gene expression in E. coli K12 upon transport and adhesion in porous media *(read more)
Environmental Life-Cycle Assessment of Disposable Bioreactors
- NSF Graduate Student Research Fellowship
- US EPA STAR Fellowship
- 2008 Gordon Research Conference, Environmental Science: Water, Honorable Mention
- GPSS Student Advocate and Executive Committee Member
- Co-Organizer for 2007 Langer Research Symposium
Mauter, M.S.; Elimelech, M. Environmental Applications of Carbon-based Nanotechnologies. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008. PDF File
Kang, S.; Mauter, M.S.; Elimelech, M. Physicochemical Determinants of Multi-Walled Nanotube Bacterial Cytotoxicity. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008. PDF File
Mauter, M.S. Environmental Life-Cycle Assessment of Disposable Bioreactors. (submitted), 2008
