Cathleen Simatupang recently joined the Sustainable URban Futures (SURF) Lab as a postdoctoral researcher. Welcome!
Before coming to OU, Cathleen completed her dual Ph.D. degrees in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering from Mahidol University, Thailand, and in Natural Sciences from Macquarie University, Australia. Her doctoral research focused on environmental pollution, particularly soil contamination, PM2.5 air pollution, and heavy metal exposure in both air and soil, with an emphasis on health risk assessments. She also examined how outdoor air pollution affects indoor air quality, especially in a semi-open learning environment such as a childcare center.
Her postdoctoral research will focus on the measurement and modeling of urban meteorology and air pollution.