Linsey Shariq is a PhD Candidate and Floyd and Mary Schwall Fellow in the Department of Environmental Engineering at University of California, Davis. She currently works with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment at the California Environmental Protection Agency, and is an Affiliated Scholar and Research Advisor for the project on Global Engineer’s Education at Kozmetsky Global Collaboratory, Stanford University.

Linsey’s research focuses on the fate and transport of hazardous chemicals in the environment with particular emphasis on the uptake of chemicals into the food supply and associated human health risks.  Her dissertation research investigates the uptake of chemicals into edible portions of wheat plants irrigated with hydraulic fracturing wastewater.  Linsey’s research concentration over the last five years has been on the study of uncertainties related to the reuse of hydraulic fracturing wastewater. Her publication, Uncertainties Associated with the Reuse of Treated Hydraulic Fracturing Wastewater for Crop Irrigation, appeared in Environmental Science & Technology, 2013.  It presents a case for initiating an interdisciplinary dialogue pertaining to the need for further research regarding potential exposure pathways associated with wastewater management.

Linsey holds a Masters in Environmental Engineering from Stanford University (2010), a Masters in Environmental Science and Management from University of California, Santa Barbara (2004), and a BS in Environmental Biology and Management from University of California, Davis (1999). Before returning to academia to pursue her doctorate, Linsey spent several years consulting at CH2M Hill where she worked as an environmental scientist.  Her focus is guided by the conviction that scientific research is critical to the resolution of environmental uncertainties and conflicts, and the development of sound environmental policy.