Graduate Student (Ph.D. 2013)
Current Position: Environmental Engineer at Gradient Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts
jrominger (at) gradientcorp.com
At MIT I studied the interplay between the shape of flexible aquatic plants, the dynamic motion of these plants in ocean currents, and how plant shape and plant motion combine to affect nutrient acquisition and uptake rates in aquatic environments. At Gradient, I’m working on a variety of projects relating to the fate and transport of chemicals in the environment, spanning both surface water and groundwater sites, and which require a variety of modeling techniques.