Dr. Connor Sullivan
Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Connor Sullivan attended the University of Massachusetts Lowell for his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering, earning his doctorate in the spring of 2021. He began working for Professor Pradeep Kurup on the detection of heavy metals in environmental media during the summer of 2011. In 2014, Dr. Sullivan and Professor Kurup participated in the NSF Innovation Corps program, where they learned the skills required to start entrepreneurial ventures and commercialize technology. Dr. Sullivan has worked on the detection of heavy metals in food using electrochemistry, surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy, and x-ray fluorescence, in collaboration with the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Systems Center. Furthermore, during 2020, he interned with Merrimack River Watershed Council, where he worked to develop and implement a water sampling program to monitor the bacteria concentrations in the Merrimack River and study the effects of combined sewer overflows.