Markus William Koeneke

2911 Central Blvd                                                                                           919-323-7291

Eugene, OR 97403                                                                         mkoeneke@uoregon.edu

Education

B.S.     Environmental Technology and Management, 2017

Minors: Soil Science and Environmental Toxicology

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Advisor: Terrie Litzenberger

Educational Experience

Engineers Without Boarders   Sierra Leone Water Supply Project

Dele Village Learning Center

Lower Allentown, Sierra Leone

Study Abroad              Water Woes: People, Parks, and Pollution

Hamakuya, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Professional Experience

2018 Graduate Employee, TA for Hydrogeology

Department of Earth Science

University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

2018   Lab Technician, Soil and Environmental Hydrogeochemistry

Advisor: Matthew Polizzotto

Department of Earth Science

University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

2017-2018       Undergraduate Researcher, Soil and Environmental Biogeochemistry

Advisor: Owen Duckworth

Department of Crop and Soil Science

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

2016-2017       Honors Undergraduate Researcher, Soil and Environmental Hydrogeochemistry

Advisor: Matthew Polizzotto

Department of Crop and Soil Science

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

2015-2016       Coordinator, Climate Reality Project

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Honors and Awards

2017                Top Presenter Award. NC State University 2017 Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium

Fall 2016-2017           Dean’s List

Grants/Funding

  • CNR Enrichment Fund, Travel to Soil Science Society of America Conference, 2017, $800
  • Undergraduate Research Travel Grant, Soil Science Society of America Conference, 2017, $500
  • Undergraduate Research Grant, Arsenic remediation experiment, 2017, $500
  • CNR Enrichment Fund, Travel to Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, 2017, $500
  • CNR Enrichment Fund, Travel to American Geophysical Union Conference, 2017, $700

Presentations

  1. Reib, E., Koeneke, M., Whitaker, A., Duckworth, O. Biotic and Abiotic Contributions to the Reduction of Environmental Bacteriogenic Fe-Oxides at Circumneutral pH. Goldschmidt Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, August, 2018. Poster presentation.
  2. Koeneke, M., Jones, MC., Gillispie, E., and Polizzotto, M. Elucidating the role of carbon sources on abiotic and biotic release of arsenic into Cambodian aquifers. American Geophysical Union Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, December, 2017. Poster presentation.
  3. Polizzotto, M., Gillispie, E., Jones, MC., Andujar, E., Schacht, L., Koeneke, M., Middleton, R., Phen, N., Matteson, A., and Duckworth, O. Sediment manganese oxide content as an indicator of groundwater arsenic pollution potential. Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting, October, 2017, Invited presentation.
  4. Koeneke, M., Jones, MC., Gillispie, E., and Polizzotto, M. Elucidating the role of carbon sources on abiotic and biotic release of arsenic into Cambodian aquifers. Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, October, 2017. Poster presentation.
  5. Merril, J., McLean, NL., Koeneke, M., Moscatello, M., Grissom, A. A novel handwashing station design for the urban and peri-urban developing world. Engineers Without Boarders USA Conference, Milwaukee, WI, October, 2017. Poster presentation.
  6. Koeneke, M., Jones, MC., Gillispie, E., and Polizzotto, M. Elucidating the role of carbon sources on abiotic and biotic release of arsenic into Cambodian aquifers. North Carolina State University Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium, Raleigh, NC, August, 2017. Poster presentation.
  7. Koeneke, M., Jones, MC., Gillispie, E., and Polizzotto, M. Elucidating the role of carbon sources on abiotic and biotic release of arsenic into Cambodian aquifers. North Carolina State University Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium, Raleigh, NC, April, 2017. Poster presentation.