Lisa Staugaard
Education
BS Chemistry - UC Santa Cruz (2012)
Biography
Hi, I'm Lisa, an Astani Sustainability Scholar at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, earning my MS in Environmental Engineering. With a BS in Chemistry and over a decade of experience in materials engineering consulting, I specialize in failure analysis and the characterization of engineered materials. Familiar with chlorine's role in corrosion, I am now studying the formation of chlorinated disinfection byproducts in commercialized food systems. Outside academia, I apply sustainability principles through my business, Iridium Interiors, restoring antique furniture, and create ceramics in my art studio based in Hawthorne, CA.
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My Hobbies
Ceramics, Carpentry, and DIY projects