Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences

EEES Student Poster Awarded First Place at 2026 South Carolina Environmental Conference

Congratulations to Janelle Mercer for receiving the first (1st) place award at the South Carolina Environmental Conference (SCEC) for the student poster session. She will present at the 2026 American Water Works Association ACE Conference (AWWA-ACE) in Washington D.C. in June 2026. Her research focuses on “The Aggregation of Microplastics by Enhancing Extracellular Polymeric Substance Growth in Pseudoalteromonas sp. NCIMB 2021 to Improve Removal Efficiencies in Environmental Matrices”. Janelle’s advisor is Dr. Kevin Finneran. Go Tigers!

Janelle Mercer