Kelli Mccourt

Affiliation

Clemson University

Track

Biography

Kelli McCourt is a postdoctoral fellow in the environmental engineering program at Clemson University. She completed her bachelor’s degree at the University of Florida, where her work focused primarily on developing low-cost sensors for detecting mercury in aqueous environments. Beyond this, Kelli also aided research teams working to improve agricultural practices through precision agriculture and the assessment of best management practices. Kelli was a recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship. Her graduate research centered around working with underrepresented communities in South America to monitor surface water pollutants and working with Clemson students to co-develop a curriculum on empathy and cultural competence. Kelli is currently researching the degradation of 1,4-dioxane and several co-occurring volatile organic compounds to inform best practices in remediation and natural attenuation at superfund sites.