Dr. Graham joined Georgia Tech as an Assistant Professor in January 2023. She completed a President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship at Georgia Tech and completed her MS and PhD in Environmental Engineering and Science at Stanford University. Prior to that, she received her undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan in Chemical Engineering.
Dr. Graham’s research interests focus on the fate and transport of in the built and natural environments. Her previous research projects have focused on wastewater-based epidemiology, quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA), and the removal of pathogens in green stormwater infrastructure. Her lab aims to use molecular biology, microbiology, and modeling tools to address issues of water, climate, and health domestically and internationally.
PhD Stanford University 2021
MS Stanford University 2017
BSE University of Michigan 2015
Dr. Graham teaches introductory and special topics courses within environmental engineering. She has taught Principles of Environmental Engineering, the departmental Teaching Assistant Practicum course, a special topics graduate course on Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment, and the Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering survey course. She aims to instill fundamental engineering and quantitative skills in her students and advisees through traditional and innovative pedagogies.
Water engineer Katherine Graham says Paris’ river pollution is common for large cities with old infrastructure that combines sewer and stormwater pipes.
A research team led by Carlton S. Wilder Associate Professor Ameet Pinto received a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to study the occurrence and concentration of pathogens and disinfection by-products in drinking water distribution systems.
