Beautiful day for a break from the lab! The WWET Lab crew enjoyed some fresh air and great views while hiking at Mt. Sugarloaf this weekend. 🥾🌲 @umassamherst.bsky.social @umassengineering.bsky.social

WWET Lab joined the Hitchcock Harvest: A Celebration of Sustainability to share our poster “From Rain to Tap”, highlighting the Hitchcock Center’s net-positive water system and future innovations in sustainable water treatment!💧🌿 @umassamherst.bsky.social @umassengineering.bsky.social

I was at UMass for Michèle Prévost’s Distinguished Feng Lecture in 2017. Fun memories of the road trip with her. What a great tradition.

Amazing lecture by Prof. Raskin (@lutraskin.bsky.social), this year’s Distinguished Feng Lecturer. Thanks for joining us at UMass! @umassengineering.bsky.social @umassamherst.bsky.social

Improvised lab. Enjoying field work in Alaska with @mesole.bsky.social!

Research group breakfast to kick off the 2025-2026 year! @mcbeathlab.bsky.social

Thrilled to announce our new paper, authored by Shane Hancox, in Environmental Science & Technology @pubs.acs.org! Shane developed mixed metal oxide electrodes that boost electrochemical chlorine production, without the use of costly platinum group metals. Read more: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Welcome (and welcome back)! 🎉 WWET Lab kicked off the term with our first group meeting, celebrating new members joining the lab and returning students continuing their journey. Excited for another semester of impactful research ahead! 💧⚡️ @umassamherst.bsky.social @umassengineering.bsky.social

Exciting news! WWET Lab was interviewed by Agilent Technologies on our PFAS research. Using Agilent LC-MS & GC-MS enables us to push impactful PFAS science forward. Stay tuned for the upcoming interview video! #PFAS #Research @umassamherst.bsky.social @umassengineering.bsky.social

Big congrats to Faye, Alanna & Josh on their graduation! We're so proud of everything you've accomplished at WWET Lab and excited to see what’s next. Read more on our website: www.wwetlab.com/2025/05/22/f... @umassamherst.bsky.social @umassengineering.bsky.social

Faye Kuszewski representing the @mcbeathlab.bsky.social at #AEESP2025. Presenting to a packed room about the unforeseen consequences of toxic disinfection byproduct formation during the electrochemical treatment of textile dye wastewater.

Great UMass Amherst faculty representation at #AEESP2025! Many more students, postdoc and staff also in attendance. @aeesprofs.bsky.social @umassamherst.bsky.social @umassengineering.bsky.social

End of the semester lab party! Congrats Faye and Alanna on graduating!

The final post from my 'Water Chemistry' graduate class this semester! If you've missed this, please check out the account.

Hydrogen bonding helps explain why water behaves in the (sometimes strange) ways it does. But what exactly is hydrogen bonding and why does it happen? And how is this related to ice? Watch the full video by our friends over at Reactions to learn more: buff.ly/rnKmO56

Congrats to Alanna and Faye for successfully defending their MS thesis this week! Very proud of the work they've done in the @mcbeathlab.bsky.social. They have made a big impact @umassamherst.bsky.social, and both will soon be starting their next journey in industry! @umassengineering.bsky.social

Stable isotopes are foundational tools in hydrologic research—letting us see the invisible paths water takes through the environment. Essential for everything from climate reconstructions to water resource management. A great thread by my Water Chemistry class about oxygen and hydrogen isotopes:

Is taking CO2 out of the atmosphere best achieved through greenhouse gas emissions reductions, or carbon capture and storage? Given current projections, the answer might be both. A process called carbon mineralization looks at locking away CO2 in rocks and mineral precipitates permanently. (1/5)

If attending @acs.org‘s #ACSSpring2025, check out Lohita’s presentation tomorrow! She will be talking about her work related to the electrosorption of organic micropollutants using activated carbon fibres.

Amherst’s nearest Superfund site, PSC Resources, a former waste oil refinery, has been on the NPL since 1982. Contaminants spread into soils and groundwater, but levels have decreased with ongoing remediation. The site will soon undergo its sixth 5-year review to ensure continued protection.

Lab BlueSky account!

Had a great time at the @aeesprofs.bsky.social Distinguished Lecture by Dr. Lynn Katz at @umassamherst.bsky.social! Before the lecture, we presented @mcbeathlab.bsky.social’s poster. Honored to have lunch with Dr. Katz and discuss water treatment challenges. Thanks to Dr. Katz & the organizers!🙌

🔁 A great thread on the flickering cluster model—one of water’s unique chemical quirks. It’s this ever-shifting hydrogen bond network that gives water strange but essential properties, helping to make life as we know it possible. #WaterChemistry #Science

One of the leading experts in water quality, HACH company can trace its roots back to the piloting skills of the amazing women pictured below. Kathryn Hach-Darrow, a founder of the Hach chemical company helped drive expansion by selling water testing kits across the country flying her own plane.

History of Acids Cont'd: In 1884, Svante Arrhenius and Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald proposed that the atoms of acids and bases separate in water—acids releasing hydrogen ions (H+) and bases producing hydroxide ions (OH-). This explained why acids and bases neutralize each other to form water (H2O).1/6

TEAM ART HISTORY! I know how much you love Jacques Louis David and his bangin' portrait of the Lavoisiers. www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... But did you know that Lavoisier didn't just play a scientist in paint? He did real life science too! Follow Water Chem at Umass to get all the knowledge.

My 'Water Chemistry' grad class @umassamherst.bsky.social has started a BlueSky for a semester project. The goal is to disseminate interesting communications about all things water. From acid-base chemistry to wastewater treatment memes. Give them a follow if you want to learn more about water!

Very excited to present at this week's #WASHCanada Talk Series. While the future of drinking water research is uncertain at the moment in the US, I'm proud of the work our lab does and I hope that our goals can press on. If interested, please consider joining me this Thursday: t.ly/_Xyug

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

Very excited to have hosted Dr. Lily Dove (@solilyquy.bsky.social) at our Environmental & Water Resources Seminar today at @umassamherst.bsky.social. Great to see Lily, after two years and moves from the other coast!

every tap has a past. every flush has a future.

My thoughts are with the early career US scientists & engineers who recently lost their jobs. As I noted in a previous editorial, folks working in environmental science, engineering & health are really in the survival business: you can go 3 min without air, 3 days without water, 3 weeks without food

To expand on this, right now ~200 postdoc fellows directly funded by NSF are locked out of their salary &research funds right before the first of the month. No doubt other NSF funded grads &postdocs are affected as well. All requests for funds put in before the freeze are slowly being cancelled

Welcome! Please kindly remove your shoes and sanitize your hands before entering our home thank you.

A new study has mapped 35 years of river changes on a global scale. “We think this is maybe the most accurate map of river flow ever made,” notes co-author Colin Gleason, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at UMass Amherst. Read the full story: www.umass.edu/news/article...

I spent last week in the unceded shared territory of the Squamish and Lil’wat Nations, meeting with First Nation community members from across Canada, to discuss everything water. I learned a lot about the challenges, solutions, and potential future solutions to enhance safe drinking water access.

The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department @umassengineering.bsky.social @umassamherst.bsky.social is inviting applications for a Lecturer position starting Fall 2025! Application priority deadline is Dec 30, 2024. See link for more info: careers.umass.edu/en-us/job/52...

Talbot’s best friend brought over a Thanksgiving card to show his appreciation for his buddy.

Meet Pawfessor Chester McBeath. Expert in the field of sticks, tennis balls, and being the best boy.

New to Bluesky and relieved to be away from Twitter!