Graduate Student of the Week: Alison Deviney

Hometown

Cary

What are your previous degrees (major and university)?

BFA (Fine Art), Kennesaw State University

Who is your adviser and what are you studying?

John Classen, animal waste management & nutrient recovery

What first made you interested in this field?

I learned that a major source of eutrophication in North Carolina is directly/indirectly from animal waste so I wanted to work on the problem at the source.

What do you like most about BAE?

The diversity of study and “hands on” approach to learning

What is a little known fact about you?

My mother is Austrian and most of her family still lives there.