Meet the Marine Team: Molly Graffam
This week, let’s take a few minutes to meet another member of the CCE Marine Team, Dr. Molly Graffam!
“If a groundwater sample is oxygen-depleted we suspect it is from within a clay layer or possibly impacted by a septic plume which is important to know.”
Molly has been working with our Groundwater Team since the summer of 2018 as she conducted her doctoral research. Now, we’re now lucky to have her full-time as our Water Resource Geochemical Specialist. She has established herself as a key part of our team of experts that conducts groundwater research and remediation projects in support of local water quality improvement initiatives.
To learn more about Molly, check out this mini-interview we had with her recently!
How long have you been with CCE Marine Program?
Summer 2018What's your position title?
Water Resource Geochemical SpecialistWhat’s your favorite part of your job?
Wading in the water to collect samplesWhat part of your job would people find most surprising?
Sometimes we purge a well for over an hour just to collect a small sample volumeWhat kind of data is being collected on groundwater?
Conductivity, dissolved oxygen, and nitrogen concentration to name a fewWhy is this kind of data important?
If a groundwater sample is oxygen-depleted we suspect it is from within a clay layer or possibly impacted by a septic plume which is important to know.What do you do for fun outside of work?
Yoga, runs along the beach, gardeningWhat’s your favorite local seafood dish? I am primarily plant-based so veggie sushi with seaweed
If you could be any marine species what would you be?
Sea turtle because they are graceful, live long lives and their shell is protection that they carry with them wherever they go!
Thank you for all that you do, Dr.Graffam!
We’ll be back next week with another staff spotlight from the CCE Marine Team!