Caitlin Proctor was awarded a PhD in Life Sciences from the Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland. Her experience in the area of microbiology, drinking water quality and building plumbing positively impacted the work of her co-advisors, Dr. John Howarter, Associate Professor of Materials Engineering and Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Dr. Paul Robinson, the SVM Professor Cytomics & Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Dr. Andrew Whelton, Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental and Ecological Engineering, and their drinking water and materials research project. Dr. Proctor is continuing her career at Purdue Engineering and is an Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering and Environmental and Ecological Engineering.