Nicole Berge, Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Nicole D. Berge, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental engineering at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Berge received her BS and MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of South Carolina in 1999 and 2001, respectively. She received her PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of Central Florida in 2006. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of South Carolina, Dr. Berge worked as a postdoctoral associate at Tufts University. Her research program at USC focuses on developing and evaluating sustainable waste treatment techniques, including hydrothermal carbonization, and understanding the fate and transport of emerging contaminants (e.g., engineered nanomaterials) and in waste environments.