Kate Catlett
Environmental Scientist and Mathematician
Professional Biography
Katie has a strong background in mathematics and environmental science.
She has a bachelor's degree in mathematics with a minor in chemistry, a
master's degree in mathematics and a Ph.D. in soil chemistry. Her work at
Neptune and Company involves contaminant transport modeling and
environmental statistics. Katie has developed a probabilistic contaminant
transport model for waste site closure at the Nevada Test Site using GoldSim modeling
software.
She has also performed statistical analyses for the Hanford Environmental
Restoration Contractor, for the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s
Environmental Restoration Project and for the U.S. Navy at the former
Alameda Naval Air Station, Alameda, CA. Other duties include the review of
Quality Assurance Project Plans and research articles for EPA’s National
Risk Management Research Laboratory and development of guidance for
Quality Assurance Project Plans for modeling (EPA). Katie is interested in
probabilistic modeling and decision analysis, as applied to assessment and
closure of federal waste sites, human health and ecological risk assessments,
and general contaminant transport in soils. She is also interested in both
experimental and modeling aspects of surface chemistry and chemical equilibria
in soils.
Last modified: 20 Mar 2002