Biography Abby graduated from Texas A&M University in May 2024 with a BS in Environmental Engineering. At Texas A&M, she worked in Dr. Garrett McKay's Aquatic Chemistry Lab as an undergraduate researcher, where she studied the parameters of UV/chlorine advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) in treating pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCP) contaminants. Currently, Abby is pursuing an MS in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. Within Dr. Manish Kumar's lab, Abby is conducting research in collaboration with GivePower to incorporate lime softening as a pretreatment for reverse osmosis membrane water treatment systems that are used for decentralized applications in Kenya, Africa.