Lindsey Weger
Fellow
Lindsey Weger joined the IASS as a junior researcher in 2011 and initially investigated the activity of methane in the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs). In 2014, she explored methane cracking as a bridge technology to the hydrogen economy for her master's thesis at the IASS. After that Lindsey began to examine the impact of potential shale gas development in Germany and the UK on emissions and air quality.
Lindsey gained her BSc in Biochemistry with a double minor in German and French at the University of Vermont, and subsequently obtained her MSc in Chemistry at RWTH Aachen University. After completing her master's degree, Lindsey began her PhD at the IASS in conjunction with the Geosciences Department of the University of Potsdam, studying the impact of the energy transition on emissions and local and regional air quality. In addition to working for the IASS, Lindsey has worked at the CAT Catalytic Center at the RWTH Aachen, completed an internship through the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and studied abroad in Vienna, Austria.
Blog Posts
Work experience:
- 2011 to the present: Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam
- 2012-2014: CAT Catalytic Center, Aachen
- 2010: University of Vermont Dept. of OB-GYN and Reproduction, Burlington, VT, USA
Education:
- 2015 to the present: PhD at the IASS and the University of Potsdam, Potsdam
- 2012-2015 MSc in Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen
- 2006-2011 BSc in Biochemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
- 2009 Study abroad semester, IES Abroad, Vienna, Austria
- Energy transition
- Air quality
- Impacts of shale gas on methane and air pollutant emissions
- Modelling with the chemistry version of the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF-Chem)
Publications at the RIFS
Publications prior to joining the RIFS
- Truong, K.N., Weger, L.B., Stahl, W., Mouhib, H. (2017): Favored conformations of carbonyl compounds: A structural study of n-octanal. - ChemPhysChem. DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201700341
- Peng, H., Huang, X., Oppermann, A., Melle, A., Weger, L., Karperien, M., Wölld, D., Pich, A. (2016): A facile approach for thermal and reduction dual-responsive prodrug nanogels for intracellular doxorubicin delivery. - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 4, pp. 7572-7583. DOI:10.1039/C6TB01285J
- Hale, S.A., Weger, L., Mandala, M., Osol, G. (2011): Reduced NO Signaling During Pregnancy Attenuates Outward Uterine Artery Remodeling by Altering MMP Expression and Collagen and Elastin Deposition. - AJP Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 301, 4, pp. H1266-H1275. DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00519.2011
- 2012-2014 RWTH Education Fund Scholarship Programme
- 2011 DAAD RISE Professional Scholarship
- 2010 University of Vermont Scholarship
- 2009-2010 University of Vermont German Scholarship
- 2008-2010 University of Vermont Dean's List
- 2006-2007 University of Vermont President's Scholarship