Julia Perdrial

Professor of Geochemistry

Julia.Perdrial@uvm.edu
(802) 656-0665
Julia.Perdrial@uvm.edu
+18026560665

Delehanty Hall, Room 321
180 Colchester Avenue
Burlington, VT 05401
United States
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Alma mater(s)
  • PhD in Physics, Chemistry and Biology of the Environment, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France (2008)
  • M.S. University of Heidelberg 2004
  • B.S. University of Heidelberg 2001
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Area(s) of expertise

Investigates how land-water interactions shape water quality and water security; specializes in geosciences, mineralogy, and biogeochemistry to study soil and stream health; leads interdisciplinary research teams on Big Data, offers insights into the challenges and solutions of cross-disciplinary collaboration in science; the environment, including carbon and nutrient cycling.

BIO

I research the highly complex processes that connect land and natural waters and play a fundamental role in sustaining life on Earth. The part of land that sustains all life is now often termed the Critical Zone (CZ), which is a powerful framework for interdisciplinary science and education contexts where I use my background in geosciences, mineralogy, biogeochemistry and geomicrobiology, as well as my deep interest in education to study how environmental change, pollution, and variable access impacts water quality and water security. My work is collaborative and I enjoy working with partners from different backgrounds, perspectives and epistemologies to tackle challenges in land and water research and education. In our everyday work we use field observations, experiments and data science, integrate our findings in STEM education, and look to team science for help with all of it. My teaching integrates this interdisciplinary setting (e.g. GEOL1040) and uses hands-on approaches to understand Deep Earth and mineralogical processes (e.g. GEOL2105&3105), surface environmental dynamics (e.g. GEOL2405&3405), and land water interactions (e.g. GEOL4405 & GEOL5405). 

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Bio

I research the highly complex processes that connect land and natural waters and play a fundamental role in sustaining life on Earth. The part of land that sustains all life is now often termed the Critical Zone (CZ), which is a powerful framework for interdisciplinary science and education contexts where I use my background in geosciences, mineralogy, biogeochemistry and geomicrobiology, as well as my deep interest in education to study how environmental change, pollution, and variable access impacts water quality and water security. My work is collaborative and I enjoy working with partners from different backgrounds, perspectives and epistemologies to tackle challenges in land and water research and education. In our everyday work we use field observations, experiments and data science, integrate our findings in STEM education, and look to team science for help with all of it. My teaching integrates this interdisciplinary setting (e.g. GEOL1040) and uses hands-on approaches to understand Deep Earth and mineralogical processes (e.g. GEOL2105&3105), surface environmental dynamics (e.g. GEOL2405&3405), and land water interactions (e.g. GEOL4405 & GEOL5405). 

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