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Matthew Reid is an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University, where he leads the Biogeochemistry Ecosystem Engineering Research Group. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Environmental Engineering from Princeton University, after which he served as a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the Environmental Microbiology Lab at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. His previous experience includes working as a research assistant at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University and serving as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in Tanzania, where he taught high school chemistry. His research focuses on sustainable management of ecosystems vital for meeting societal needs in water and food, employing experimental studies that combine molecular-level tools from geochemistry and microbiology with modeling to understand aquatic contaminant dynamics and the macro-scale biogeochemical functioning of natural systems. Reid's work is recognized for its interdisciplinary approach and has been supported by agencies such as the NSF and USDA-NIFA. He has received several awards, including the NSF CAREER Award and teaching excellence awards at Cornell.
Cornell University • Ithaca, NY
Leading the Biogeochemistry Ecosystem Engineering Research Group in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
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