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Highlights:

Education

Columbia University in the City of New York, USA

October 2019 – Ph.D. in Earth and Environmental Sciences

May 2015 – M.A. in Earth and Environmental Sciences

Jacobs University Bremen, Germany

June 2011 – B.Sc. in Earth and Space Sciences, specializing in Resources and Environment

Research Experience

2013 – 2019

Columbia University in the City of New York, USA

Graduate Research Assistant in geochemistry developing, testing, and deploying a field test kit to determine levels of bioaccessible lead (Pb) in soils. Work includes method development, laboratory analysis by ICP-MS and XRF, field analysis by pXRF, and fieldwork (4+ months) in Peru and New York City. During fieldwork, collaborated with a local research team and/or community organizations to manage up to 5 interviewers conducting pre-post surveys, collecting soil samples in public spaces and private backyards, and organizing and facilitating community meetings

Teaching Experience

Fall 2018

Environmental Geochemistry and Health in NYC, Dept of Earth and Environmental Science, Columbia University in the City of New York

Instructor of Record

Developed an upper-level undergraduate course using the principles of backwards design on Geochemistry and Health and was awarded a Teaching Scholar Fellowship to teach this course at Columbia University. The course used active learning exercise, including place-based project learning by collecting and analyzing local soil samples, to support student learning of contaminant health impacts and behavior in the environment and interpreting and representing data.

Work Experience

October 2019 – present

Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Portland

Project Manager and Data Analyst in the Cleanup Program in the Northwest Region.

 

December 2011 – August 2013

Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, Oklahoma City

Environmental Programs Specialist in the Brownfields Program of the Land Protection Division. Managed Brownfield sites throughout the state, including conducting and reviewing environmental assessments, sampling plans, remediation plans, as well as meeting with communities, and organizing local workshops and regional conferences.

Publications

  • Landes, F., Inauen, J., Ponce-Canchihuama, J. Markowski, K., Ellis, T., van Geen, A. (2019) Does involving parents in soil sampling identify causes of child exposure to lead? A case-study of community engagement in mining-impacted towns in Peru.  GeoHealth. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GH000200
  • Landes, F.C, Paltseva, A., Sobolewski, J., Cheng, Z., Ellis, T., Mailoux, B., van Geen, A. (2019). A Field Procedure to Screen Soil for Hazardous Lead. Analytical Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.9b00681
  • Smidt G. A., Landes F. C., Carvalho L. M. de, Koschinsky A., Schnug E. (2011) Cadmium and uranium in German and Brazilian phosphorous fertilisers. In: Merkel B., Schipek M. (ed.) The New Uranium Mining Boom: Challenge and lessons learned, Springer Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 167-175

Conference Presentations

  • Convening session GH32A: Geochemistry and Health: Involving Communities in Measuring Their Environment at the American Geophysical Union Fall 2018 Annual Meeting
  • Landes, F. et al. (2019, March). Can Collaborating with Community Members to Assess Environmental Exposure Protect Public Health? Talk presented at Citizen Science Association Conference 2019 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
  • Landes, F. et al. (2019, January). Collaborating with Community Members to Identify Soil Lead (Pb) Contamination. Talk presented Soil Science Society of America’s Annual Meeting in San Diego, California.
  • Landes, F. et al. (2018, December). Identifying Lead Contamination at the Source of Exposure: Collaborating with Community Members to Protect Public Health. Poster presented at the American Geophysical Union’s Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
  • Landes, F. et al. (2017, October). Community Engagement and Public Participation in Environmental Research. Talk presented at the ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida.
  • Landes, F. et al. (2017, August). Developing and Deploying a Field kit for Lead in Soils in NYC and Peru. Talk presented at the Goldschmidt Annual Meeting in Paris, France.
  • Landes, F. et al. (2017, April). Identifying high-risk levels of lead in soils: a novel field test kit for bioaccessible lead in soils. Poster presented at the Inaugural Planetary Health/GeoHealth Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Landes, F. et al. (2016, September). Developing and deploying a field test kit for bioaccessible lead in soils. Poster presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado.

Outreach Presentations and Media Appearances

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