Cherlyn Seruto: Analyst
Contact Information
Rocky Mountain Institute
Attn: Built Environment Team
1820 Folsom Street
Boulder, Colorado 80302
e-mail: BET@rmi.org
phone: 303-245-1003
As technical assistant to Greg Franta, Ms. Seruto wears several hats within the BET. Her primary roles include development of the non-profit initiatives within the Built Environment Team, initial client contact and project selection, educational outreach, and assisting Greg with various projects and engagements.
RMI Projects
- Cooling the Warming
Background
Ms. Seruto has been investigating sources and effects of environmental degradation in research and consulting applications for the past nine years. She has researched the effects of contaminants on various biological systems, from nutrient dynamics in kelp forest ecosystems to liver biotransformation of specific compounds and their resulting toxicology. In the industrial sector she has worked to project and/or mitigate the effects of contaminants and clean up environmental plumes through mechanical and biological means. She has conduced ecological risk assessments for mining and oil exploration operations, and worked to remediate results of metal and organic contamination at various sites across the country. She holds an undergraduate degree in aquatic biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a Master’s degree in environmental toxicology from the University of California, Riverside. She continually seeks to create compelling reasons for the use of sound alternatives to ecologically harmful and persistent compounds throughout the spectrum of industrial to individual applications.
Education
Master of Science, Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Riverside, 2004
Bachelor of Science, Aquatic Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2002