Last week, I started as a High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) Environmental Fellow at Princeton @princeton.edu! I’ll be working with Prof. Peter Jaffé in Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE), developing new approaches for PFAS remediation in water. I’m excited to begin this new chapter!

Last month, I graduated from Purdue with a PhD in Environmental Engineering. As the first woman in my family to graduate high school, a first-generation college graduate, & the first known Native American graduate from my department, this milestone honors my family, ancestors, & all who supported me

I successfully defended my PhD at Purdue this week! My research is on developing sustainable materials to address contamination in water systems. I am so grateful for the many people and communities who have supported me along the way. Looking forward to the next chapter as Dr. Taymee Brandon! ✨

🎓 Presented my doctoral work & future faculty vision, “Advancing Sustainable Adsorbents for Aqueous Contaminant Remediation,” at the 2025 SSMN Symposium in Atlanta (US) as a SIGP Scholar. 🌟 4th time attending the SREB Institute on Teaching & Mentoring and joined the welcome panel for new attendees.

🎓 Applying to grad school? Our Gateways to Graduate School site has updated resources for MS and PhD applicants this season. sites.google.com/view/gateway... 💡 Have tips for future students? Share them with us!

Gateways to Graduate School

Gateways to Graduate School

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl@bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We’ve been gradually updating the Gateways to Graduate School website as we enter the peak of the application season. As undergraduates prepare to apply for MS and PhD programs, do you have any tips, tricks, or advice you’d like to share with them? #GradSchool #PhDAdmissions #graduateschool

It was a privilege to attend the @aeesprofs.bsky.social AEESP Conference #AEESP2025 held at Duke University last week. I enjoyed presenting during the "Meet the Candidate" session and connecting with colleagues as I search for postdoctoral opportunities and explore pathways toward a faculty career.

This week, we held the opening reception for "Celebrating Indigeneity," a collaborative exhibit by Indigenous scholars at Purdue, including members of the Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership (SIGP). I am grateful to have presented my piece, Nookomis okaaden niinizisan, alongside other artists 🎨🏛️✨

Thank you to ACS @acs.org for sponsoring my trip to the ACS Leadership Institute in Houston, TX last weekend, and to AISES for facilitating the invitation. I enjoyed leadership training & networking with other chemists on the @yccacs.bsky.social YCC-ACS Leadership Track! #Chemsky #ACS #WomenInSTEM

Did you need another reason to share your work as a preprint #AcademicSky? Turns out that open-access articles, but particularly green open-access articles, have higher citation diversity, not just higher citation counts. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Let me know if you would like to be added to the Environmental Engineers (Water) starter pack! go.bsky.app/RxwzD7c

Women in chemistry starter pack here: go.bsky.app/LjumNEg #ChemSky please repost :D #ChemSky #realtimechem #FluorescenceFriday

Hey I made an Indigenous Beadwork Artist starter pack! Shoot me a DM or comment here if you're a native beader and I'll add you to the list! Please share, I'd like to find the indigibeading community here ~ #indigenousbeadwork #beadwork #Indigenous #nativesky go.bsky.app/G2hnUvk

This fall, I have had the privilege of learning and growing as an educator alongside my friend and co-instructor, BeKa @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social, through our course Gateways to Graduate School! 🎓 Teaching this course has been an incredibly rewarding experience - I'm so proud of our students!

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Gateways to Graduate School

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl@bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 2y ago

This semester, my dear friend and colleague Taymee Brandon (EEE @ Purdue) have been teaching AGR 490: Gateways to Graduate Education - a one-credit course on the ins and outs of graduate applications and admissions processes for STEM fields.