Katherine O'Brien

Katherine O’Brien is a graduate of Tennessee Tech University. Her degrees include a Bachelor of Science in Plant and Soil Science with an emphasis in Horticulture and a Master of Science degree in Biology.

Research work as a graduate research assistant at Tennessee Tech was on Scirpus validus used in a constructed wetland for wastewater treatment. As an undergraduate, she worked as a laboratory assistant in the Nursery Services Plant Pathology Lab and at the Water Resources Lab. Work at the Water Resources Lab involved extracting herbicides from soils for Enzyme Immunoassay Microtiter Plate Analysis.