University of Alaska Fairbanks
Bridget Eckhardt is a student studying environmental engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She received her bachelors degree from the University of California, Irvine and has experience working with the California Regional Water Quality Board and with The Westmark Group, a private consulting firm focused on groundwater remediation. Her research interests focus on groundwater quality and contaminant transport in cold regions. She is particularly interested in remediation challenges posed by frozen ground and permafrost.