• M.S., Geology, University of Vermont
  • B.S., Environmental Science, Minor in Economics, University of Vermont
“Idleness is the holiday of fools” - Phillip Stanhope

Austin Wilkes

Project Scientist
  • M.S., Geology, University of Vermont
  • B.S., Environmental Science, Minor in Economics, University of Vermont
“Idleness is the holiday of fools” - Phillip Stanhope

Austin Wilkes is a hands-on scientist who enjoys exploring new concepts and building quality relationships with his clients and colleagues. Austin’s experience is focused on sediment and surface water biogeochemistry and statistical analysis of geochemical datasets. Austin has leveraged this experience to help write water sampling procedures for his clients and to allocate liability at multi-party sites. He is skilled in chemical fingerprinting using synchrotron-based techniques, which has helped him to provide chemical fingerprinting services for his clients.

Key Expertise

  • Sediment and surface water biogeochemistry
  • Fluent in R, writing scripts for data management and workflow optimization
  • Statistical analyses, dimension reduction techniques and intelligent data visualization
  • Chemical fingerprinting
  • Iron and phosphorus mobility and speciation