Brittanie Dabney
Adjunct Faculty
B.S., Wayne State University; M.S. Colorado State University; M.S., Texas Tech University; Ph.D. Cand. (Biology & Urban Sustainability), Wayne State University
Environmental Science and Urban Sustainability; Understand the impacts of physical and chemical pollutants on drinking water resources, and how we can better manage and conserve aquatic ecosystems.
Professional Experience
Environmental scientist and currently obtaining a Ph.D. in Biology and Urban Sustainability at Wayne State University. She has master’s degrees in Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology from Colorado State University and Environmental Toxicology from Texas Tech University.
Her current research focuses on the distribution and accumulation of microplastics in rivers and their effects on aquatic ecosystems. She is also examining the accumulation of microplastics within soils at green stormwater infrastructure sites. Prior research experience involved studying the effects of a pesticide on harmful algae and the impacts of metal-contaminated sediment at Superfund sites on aquatic communities.
Additionally, she has done research collaborations with the U.S. Geological Survey, where she studied the effects of a pesticide on algal concentrations, and the effects of metal
contamination on aquatic insect communities in Japan as an NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes Fellow. In addition to teaching environmental science at CCS, she is actively volunteering and collaborating on environmental projects in the city.
