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Ludmilla Aristilde is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University, with courtesy appointments in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and has completed postdoctoral research at Princeton University. Her research encompasses the combined application of experimental and computational tools in chemistry and biochemistry to attain novel molecular insights into the underlying dynamics of organics in environmental processes. The Aristilde Group aims to achieve a fundamental understanding of the mechanisms responsible for the physical and biological fates of organic materials in ecosystems, with implications for nutrient cycling, ecosystem health, and agricultural productivity. Current research focuses on cellular carbon metabolism in environmental bacteria, catalytic dynamics of nutrient-cycling enzymes, and the interaction of biomolecules with organic contaminants in various environmental matrices. Her work includes a strong emphasis on molecular ecotoxicology and the dynamics of organic matter in environmental systems.
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