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Kelsey Pieper
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Expertise
applied environmental chemistry, corrosion, public health engineering

Kelsey Pieper in the Press

Kelsey Pieper for Northeastern Global News

Two people wearing neon vests next to a river in North Carolina.

Northeastern researchers give back. Partnership with North Carolina strengthens amid hurricane recovery

Professor Kelsey Pieper has worked with North Carolina health officials. When an unprecedented storm hit, she saw a chance to help.
Volunteers filling up large blue bottles of drinking water.

North Carolina’s hurricane damage is not just limited to destroyed homes, but contaminated water systems, experts say

Western North Carolina residents were hit hard by the flooding which will impact the wells many use.
Kyla Drewry working in a lab.

Northeastern researchers test well water in North Carolina, empowering communities with critical data

Ph.D. student Kyla Drewry went with a team of students to help test the well water of residents in rural North Carolina.

Our drinking water was always full of microbes. Are the wrong ones thriving in the pandemic?

It’s been months, and life has changed dramatically across the planet. Zooming in where only a microscope can see, Northeastern researchers are trying to determine how the lifestyle changes caused by COVID-19 might be helping harmful bacteria grow in our drinking water.