Megan Liederbach

Ph.D. Student
University of Alaska - Fairbanks

Megan Liederbach is an MS Environmental Engineering student at University of Alaska Fairbanks. Her research is focused on how cold climates affect the transport of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and their remediation techniques, specifically PFAS-immobilizing soil amendments. She is adapting an EPA contaminant leaching test method to include freeze and thaw cycles to determine if these cycles increase PFAS leaching and decrease the effectiveness of these soil amendments. This project may have implications on viable PFAS treatment techniques across Alaska and other subarctic areas . Ms. Liederbach has a passion for bioremediation and environmental stewardship. She has a BS in Biological Engineering from North Carolina State University and 13 years of academic and industry laboratory experience ranging from bioremediation to sustainable food production.