Kate Porterfield
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Climate Impacts in Food Systems, Climate Measurements Center of Excellence
- PhD, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UVM
- BA, Conservation Biology, Middlebury College
BIO
Kate’s research centers on ecological engineering solutions at the water-food-energy nexus. Her focus areas include resource recovery and reuse from organic waste streams, emerging contaminants, nutrient management and sustainable agriculture. She has also developed and taught ecological design curricula at the University of Vermont with a focus on biogeochemical cycling. As the Agriculture and Food Systems Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Gund Institute’s Climate Measurements Center of Excellence, Kate will study the adaptation of U.S. agriculture and food systems to a changing climate and contribute to the development of standardized methods for subnational climate assessments in these areas.
Kate earned her PhD from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UVM and holds an MS in Natural Resource Management from UVM and a BA in Conservation Biology from Middlebury College.
Area(s) of expertise
Nutrient cycling, ecological engineering, sustainable agriculture, phosphorus recovery and reuse
Bio
Kate’s research centers on ecological engineering solutions at the water-food-energy nexus. Her focus areas include resource recovery and reuse from organic waste streams, emerging contaminants, nutrient management and sustainable agriculture. She has also developed and taught ecological design curricula at the University of Vermont with a focus on biogeochemical cycling. As the Agriculture and Food Systems Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Gund Institute’s Climate Measurements Center of Excellence, Kate will study the adaptation of U.S. agriculture and food systems to a changing climate and contribute to the development of standardized methods for subnational climate assessments in these areas.
Kate earned her PhD from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UVM and holds an MS in Natural Resource Management from UVM and a BA in Conservation Biology from Middlebury College.
Areas of Expertise
Nutrient cycling, ecological engineering, sustainable agriculture, phosphorus recovery and reuse