Environmental Research Literacy

Lindsey A. Welch is Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical & Physical Sciences at Cedar Crest College. She teaches upper-level undergraduate courses in inorganic and physical chemistry as well as introductory chemistry, technical writing, and environmental science. She earned a bachelor's
degree in chemistry at Lycoming College and a Ph.D. in physical-inorganic chemistry at Lehigh University. She has held an active role in the American Chemical Society by serving on the executive boards of both the Environmental Chemistry and Catalysis Science & Technology technical divisions and
various leadership roles in the Lehigh Valley Local Section. She also actively participates in the Catalysis Society of Metropolitan New York. Her service extends to Gamma Sigma Epsilon, where she has served as secretary on the executive committee and advises the Rho Xi chapter. She received the ACS
Petroleum Research Fund Undergraduate New Investigator Award in 2016 and continues to mentor undergraduate research in areas of liquid phase catalysis and green chemistry.

Michael Berger studied chemistry at Cornell (BA) and Harvard Universities (PhD) and at Brandeis University, where he conducted photochemical research as a postdoctoral fellow. Joining the corporate world, first at Itek Corporation, then at Polaroid Corporation, he was awarded seven patents on
photography, photochemistry, and polymeric coatings. Later as a consultant to an environmental engineering firm, he authored twenty-eight Environmental regulatory reports that involved field work, environmental risk assessments, and a working knowledge of Massachusetts and EPA environmental
regulations. He has authored twenty-two peer-reviewed articles in the fields of environmental chemistry, photochemistry, kinetics, and post-secondary pedagogy. Presently, Berger is Professor of Chemistry at Simmons University, engaging students in sustainability and the environment while teaching
analytical chemistry, quantum chemistry, environmental science, climate change, and sustainability.

Elizabeth Roberts-Kirchhoff received a B.S. in Chemistry from Texas A & M University and a Ph.D. in Biological Chemistry from the University of Michigan. After postdoctoral research at Wayne State University and The University of Michigan, she joined the faculty at the University of Detroit Mercy in
1997. Presently, Roberts-Kirchhoff serves as Assistant Dean of Academics and Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry in the College of Engineering & Science at the University of Detroit Mercy. She has taught courses in biochemistry, medicinal chemistry, and environmental toxicology to science majors
and general, organic and biochemistry to allied health majors. Roberts-Kirchhoff continues to develop and implement innovative and evidenced-based teaching pedagogies in the classroom and laboratory.

Mark Benvenuto received his education at the Virginia Military Institute and the University of Virginia (BS and PhD, respectively), and did a post-doctoral fellowship at the Pennsylvania State University. He also served a four-year term of service between his undergraduate and graduate education as
a lieutenant in the United States Army, spent mostly in Mannheim, West Germany. He joined the University of Detroit Mercy as a faculty member in inorganic chemistry in 1993 and was the department chair from 2001 to 2019. Benvenuto has taught freshman-level chemistry to science and engineering
students virtually every semester since he has been at the University of Detroit Mercy, and has been voted the UDM Science Teacher of the Year, by the students, five times. He was also awarded the Michigan College Science Teacher of the Year in 2003 by the Michigan Science Teachers Association. He
has been active in local and national ACS activities for two decades and is a Class of 2015 ACS Fellow.

Preface

Chapter 1. Development of a Student-Centered Environmental Design Competition Focusing on Water Desalination and Purification, Amy L. Mlynarski and Jason J. Keleher
Chapter 2. Using Local Water Resources for Environmental Education and Research, Michael Berger
Chapter 3. Analysis of Contaminants in Muddy River Sediment Using XRF and Gas Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry - An Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory and Research Investigation, Michael Berger
Chapter 4. Undergraduate Research in Biofuels from Water-Based Feedstocks, Lindsey A. Welch
Chapter 5. Integrating Faculty Research into the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum: A CURE Using Porous Composite Materials for Water Remediation, Daniel S. Kissel
Chapter 6. Teaching About and Using Novel Complexes for Aqueous Chelation and Water Remediation, Marianne Kajy, Courtney Mather, Hayden Cunningham, Kayla Polisano, Coryn Le, Ahmed Al-Hilali, Justin Pothoof, Clay Blackwell, and Mark Benvenuto
Chapter 7. Preparing and Testing Novel Deep Eutectic Solvents from Biodiesel Co-Product Glycerol for Use as Green Solvents in Organic Chemistry Teaching Laboratories, Robin E. Bumbaugh and Lisa S. Ott
Chapter 8. Treatment of Pharmaceutical Wastewater Using Groundnut Shells, Oluwayemi O. E. Onawumi, Olugbenga S. Bello, and Folake A. Amoo

Editors' Biographies
Author Index
Subject Index