Mercy Linden Neal is a current PhD student in the Brown lab working on health-centric modeling of drinking water disinfection processes. Their work incorporates quantitative microbial risk assessment with chemical risk assessment for disinfection byproducts created during water treatment. They received an MS in Environmental Sciences and Engineering, a BS in Biology, and a BSPH in Environmental Health Sciences from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Their research areas of interest include microbial tracking, environmental microbiology and epigenetic modification by environmental contaminants.