Team

Meet the Alcalde Lab

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Principal investigator

Reinaldo E. Alcalde

Incoming Tracy Assistant Professor in Environmental Engineering
Penn State

  • Postdoc, Microbiology · Caltech
  • PhD, Environmental Engineering · UT Austin
  • MS, Environmental Engineering · UIUC
  • BS, Civil Engineering · University of Nebraska–Lincoln
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