Athena A. Nghiem

Columbia University
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
PhD in Earth and Environmental Sciences
MPhil in Earth and Environmental Sciences
MA in Earth and Environmental Sciences

University of California, Berkeley
BA in Geophysics and in Statistics

• ETH Zürich
  Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, Inorganic Environmental Geochemistry
  Post-Doctoral research, Advisor: Lenny Winkel
  November 2021-present
• Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
  Doctoral research, Advisor: Benjamin Bostick
  September 2016-October 2021
• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) & University of Western Australia
  Visiting PhD student, Advisor: Henning Prommer
  November 2019-October 2021
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & UC Berkeley Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program
  Honors Thesis: “Particulate Composition and Subsurface Dynamics at Eel River Critical Zone Observatory”
  Advisor: Professor James Bishop
  October 2013-May 2016
• European Center for Research and Education in Geosciences and the Environment (CEREGE) & Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology (CEINT)
  NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates
  May 2015-July 2015
• UC Berkeley Eel River Critical Zone Observatory
  NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates
  June 2014-August 2014

2023

• Shen, Y., Wiita, E., Nghiem, A., Liu, J., Haque, E., Austin, R., Seng, C., Phan, K., Zheng, Y., Bostick, B., (2023), Zinc localization and speciation in rice grain under variable soil zinc deficiency. Plant and Soil, DOI:10.1007/s11104-023-06140-1
• Nghiem, A., Prommer, H., Mozumder, M.R.H., Siade, A., Jamieson, J., Ahmed, K.M., van Geen, A., Bostick, B., (2023), Sulfate reduction accelerates groundwater arsenic contamination even in aquifers with abundant iron oxides. Nature Water, DOI:10.1038/s44221-022-00022-z

2022

• Liang, Y., Ma, R., Nghiem, A. Xu, J., Tang, L., Wei, W., Prommer, H., Gan, Y., (2022) Sources of ammonium enriched in groundwater in the central Yangtze River Basin: anthropogenic or geogenic? Environmental Pollution, DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119463

2021

• Reich, N., Nghiem, A., Nicholas, S., Bostick, B., Campbell, M., (2021), Determination of Arsenic Content in Water Using a Silver Coordination Polymer. ACS Environmental Au, DOI: 10.1021/acsenvironau.1c00036
• Wei, W., Nghiem, A., Ma, R., Sun, Z., Gong, X., Zhou, A., Prommer, H., (2021), The Origin and Factors Controlling Iodine Enrichment in a Coastal Plain Aquifer in the North Jiangsu Yishusi Plain, China. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 103894.DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2021.103894
• Haque, E., Thorne, P., Nghiem, A., Yip, C., Bostick, B., (2021), Lead (Pb) concentrations and speciation in residential soils from an urban community impacted by multiple legacy sources. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 416, 125886.DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125886
• Glodowska, M., Schneider, M., Eiche, E., Kontny, A., Neumann, T., Straub, D., Berg, M., Prommer, H., Bostick, B., Nghiem, A., Kleindienst, S., Kappler, A., (2021), Fermentation, methanotrophy and methanogenesis influence sedimentary Fe and As dynamics in As-affected aquifers in Vietnam. Science of the Total Environment, 779, 146501.DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146501

2020

• Sun, Y., Sun, J., Nghiem, A., Bostick, B., Ellis, T., Han, L., Li, Z., Liu, S., Han, S., Zhang, M., Xua, Y., Zheng, Y., (2020), Reduction of sediment arsenate associated with iron(III) oxide: Evidence from high depth resolution sampling of a reducing aquifer in Yinchuan Plain, northwestern China. Journal of Hazardous Materials DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124615
• Nghiem, A., Shen, Y., Stahl, M., Sun, J., Haque, E., DeYoung, B., Nguyen, K., Mai, T., Trang, P., Pham, H., Mailloux, B., Harvey, C., van Geen, A., Bostick, B., (2020), Aquifer-Scale Observations of Iron Redox Transformations in Arsenic-Impacted Environments to Predict Future Contamination. Env. Sci. Tech. Letters DOI:10.1021/acs.estlett.0c00672
• Kumar, A., Singh, C., Bostick, B., Nghiem, A., Mailloux, B., van Geen, A., (2020), Regulation of groundwater arsenic concentrations in the Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej floodplains of Punjab, India. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 276, 384–403. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2020.03.003

2019

• Nghiem, A., Stahl, M., Mailloux, B., Mai., T., Trang, P., Viet, P., Harvey, C., van Geen, A., Bostick, B., (2019), Quantifying Riverine Recharge Impacts on Redox Conditions and Arsenic Release in Groundwater Aquifers Along the Red River, Vietnam. Water Resour. Res. 55, 6712–6728. DOI: 10.1029/2019WR024816

• ETH Postdoctoral Fellowship
  July 2022
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW) Award
  July 2019
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2018-2021)
  April 2018
• UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science
  Distinction in General Scholarship (Cum Laude)
  Highest Honor in Geophysics
  May 2016
• Association for Women Geoscientists - San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
  UC Berkeley EPS Department Outstanding Student Award
  May 2016
• UC Berkeley Earth and Planetary Sciences Ramsden Research Fellowship
  December 2015
• UC Berkeley Dean’s Honor List
  2014-2016

• ETH Zurich
  Carbonate Chemistry in Aquatic Systems: Bachelors Practical Course
  Co-Instructor of Record
  Spring 2023
• Double Discovery Center at Columbia College
  Minds on Problem Solving: Data Science course
  Co-Instructor of Record
  Spring 2019
• Columbia University, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
  EESC UN2100 Climate Systems: undergraduate climate course & laboratory section
  Teaching Assistant
  Spring 2018, Fall 2018
  
• UC Berkeley, Department of Statistics
  Statistics 133: Concepts in Computing with Data (R Programming)
  Undergraduate Laboratory TA
  Spring 2015