Welcome New Group Member: Madeline O'Connor
Madeline O’Connor joined EDGE as a Ph.D. student in August 2025. Her research, supervised by Michael Zumstein, will focus on the characterization of wastewater and freshwater extracellular enzymes linked to the biodegradation of selected water-soluble polymers.
Madeline received her M.Sc. in Microbial Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 2025. Her master’s project centered around evolving fluoride tolerance in Pseudomonas for applications to PFAS biodegradation.
Photo Credit: CeMESS / Stephanie Scholz