Katie Vanderespt

Katie VanderEspt is a skilled Water Treatment Engineer II at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), focusing on advanced water treatment technologies and strategies such as floating solar and algae control. Previously, Katie served as a Visiting Researcher at the Jozef Stefan Institute, concentrating on the degradation of water pollutants using low-temperature plasma reactors, and held the position of Water Treatment Engineer I at EPRI, addressing wastewater treatment challenges. Earlier experience includes working as a Plasma Research Engineer at ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, LLC, where Katie specialized in ammonia formation and CO2 hydrogenation, and a diverse series of engineering roles at ExxonMobil and other organizations. Katie holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Louisville, where undergraduate research involved biospecimen storage optimization.