About
Chelsea Kolb graduated with her PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2018. Her doctoral research was focused on the effects of climate change and anthropogenic activities for drinking water utilities, particularly the effects on disinfection byproduct formation. Dr. Kolb is currently an engineer at RAND Corporation, where she is working on projects related to disaster recovery, climate and energy policy, and environmental assessment.
Publications during PhD
Kolb, C., Francis, R.A., & VanBriesen, J.M. (2017). Disinfection byproduct regulatory compliance surrogates and bromide-associated risk. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 58, 191–207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jes.2017.05.043
Kolb, C., Pozzi, M., Samaras, C., & VanBriesen, J. M. (2017). Climate change impacts on bromide, trihalomethane formation, and health risks at Coastal Groundwater Utilities. ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering, 3(3). https://doi.org/10.1061/ajrua6.0000904
Kolb, C., Good, K.D., & VanBriesen, J.M. (2019). Modeling trihalomethane increases associated with source water bromide contributed by coal-fired power plants in the Monongahela River Basin. Environmental Science & Technology, 54(2), 726–734. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b01544
VanBriesen, J.M., Carpenter, A.T., Good, K.D., Kolb, C., & Wilson, J.M. (2021). Power plant bromide discharges and potential effects on DBP formation. Journal AWWA, 113(6), 48–55. https://doi.org/10.1002/awwa.1747