Carly Finegan-Dronchi
Research Technologist II, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: 207 Natural Science Bldg
Email: fineganc@msu.edu
Bio
Carly is a research technologist and water scientist with the water research groups in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, including the Watershed Science and Hydrolecology Lab with Dr. Jay Zarnetske and the Hydrogeology Lab with Dr. Anthony Kendall. Carly joins these MSU water research groups after completing her MS and PhD degrees in Environmental Geoscience at Saint Louis University, studying water quality in urban watersheds. Carly has a wide range of expertise in stream and groundwater monitoring, analysis, and protection, and her research interests include hydrogeochemical fluxes, surface water - groundwater dynamics, water sourcing, and long term analyses of water physicochemical parameters.
Selected Publications
- Finegan, C.R., and Hasenmueller, E.A., 2023. Using in situ measurements of optical brighteners for rapid reconnaissance of wastewater inputs to water resources. Science of the Total Environment. View Publication
- Finegan, C.R., and Hasenmueller, E.A., 2025. A Nearly Decade-Long Assessment of Urban Stream Physicochemical Responses to a Regional-Scale Wastewater Infrastructure Renovation. Hydrological Processes. View Publication
- Finegan, C.R., and Hasenmueller, E.A., 2025. Geochemically Heterogeneous Shallow Groundwater in an Urban Stream's Floodplain Contributes Negligible Quantities of Municipal Water Types to the Stream. Hydrological Processes. View Publication
- Hasenmueller, E.A., Baraza, T., Hernandez, N.F., Finegan, C.R., 2023. Cave sediment sequesters anthropogenic microparticles (including microplastics and modified cellulose) in subsurface environments. Science of the Total Environment. View Publication