Katherine Peter Honored with Morgan Early Career Award

Dr. Peter is a National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Research Chemist with the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the United States, having joined the institute in 2019 from her postdoctoral position at the Center for Urban Waters, University of Washington, Tacoma. Her research focus is on the creation of novel applications for high-resolution mass spectrometry in the field of urban water quality, treatment, and management, including toxicant identification, treatment system performance evaluation, and source tracking work in complex environmental systems. Dr. Peter works at the interface of ecosystem and human health with nontarget, high-resolution mass spectrometry analysis, conducting novel, ground-breaking, and innovative research in these developing areas of urban water quality and associated societal challenges.