Dr. Bridget Ulrich is the Environmental Chemistry Research Program Leader at the Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI) and a graduate faculty member for the Water Resources Science program. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. Prior to joining NRRI she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) in Zurich, Switzerland. Her research combines interdisciplinary insights from environmental engineering, analytical chemistry, microbiology, and materials science to evaluate contaminant fate and transport in aquatic systems. She was recently recognized as the inaugural recipient of the Deborah L. Swackhamer Early Career Award, which recognizes individuals early in their career working toward the betterment of Minnesota water resources.