Abigail E. Noble, Ph.D.

Summary

Dedicated professional applying leadership, management, and problem solving skills to new projects and programs. Expert chemist and passionate data scientist with a strong track record of collaborative success on multidisciplinary projects with teams from diverse backgrounds.

Professional Experience

• Principal Scientist, Independent Consultant, Falmouth, MA: 2023-present
• Sr. Environmental Scientist, CA Dept. of Toxic Substances Control, Sacramento, CA: 2019-2022
• Environmental Scientist, Researcher, Writer, Independent Contractor: 2014-2018
• Environmental Chemist, Associate Consultant, Gradient, Cambridge, MA: 2014 – 2017
• Postdoctoral Associate, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA: 2012 – 2014
• Postdoctoral Investigator, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA: 2011 – 2012
• Graduate Research Assistant, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA: 2006 - 2011
• Teaching Assistant, Graduate-level Aquatic Chemistry course, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA: 2010
• Research Assistant II, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA: 2004 – 2006

Select Publications

• Doherty et al., 2022. “Contribution of household and personal care products to 1,4-dioxane contamination of drinking water.” Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health
• Dawson et al., 2022. “Assessment of Non-Occupational 1,4-Dioxane Exposure Pathways from Drinking Water and Product Use.” Environmental Science and Technology
• Noble et al., 2020.“A Review of Marine Water Sampling Methods for Trace Metals”, Environmental Forensics
• Noble et al., 2017. "Coastal sources, sinks and strong organic complexation of dissolved cobalt within the US North Atlantic GEOTRACES transect GA03" Biogeosciences
• Noble et al., 2015. "Dynamic variability of dissolved Pb and Pb isotope composition from the U.S. North Atlantic GEOTRACES transect" Deep Sea Research Part II
• Noble et al., 2013. "Dissolved and particulate trace metal micronutrients under the McMurdo Sound seasonal sea ice: basal sea ice communities as a capacitor for iron" Frontiers in Chemistry
• Noble et al., 2012. "Basin-scale inputs of cobalt, iron, and manganese from the Benguela-Angola front to the South Atlantic Ocean" Limnology and Oceanography
• Noble et al., 2008. "Cobalt, manganese, and iron near the Hawaiian Islands: A potential concentrating mechanism for cobalt within a cyclonic eddy and implications for the hybrid-type trace metals" Deep Sea Research Part II

Field Experience

• R/V Neil Armstrong, Woods Hole, MA - Jul. 5–10, 2017
• R/V Kilo Moana, Honolulu, HI - Aug. 5-14, 2012
• R/V Ka'imikai-O-Kanaloa, Honolulu, HI - May 22-24, 2012
• R/V Knorr, Lisbon, Portugal to Cape Verde - Oct. 11 - Nov. 7, 2010
• Seasonal sea ice, McMurdo Station, Antarctica - Nov. 2009
• R/V Knorr, Natal, Brazil to Walvis Bay, Namibia - Nov. 12 - Dec. 16, 2007
• R/V IB N.B. Palmer, Christchurch, New Zealand to McMurdo Station, Antarctica - Dec. 2005 - Jan. 2006
• R/V Knorr, Panama City, Panama to the Galapagos Islands - Jul. 12 - Aug. 3, 2005
• R/V Cape Hatteras, Miami, FL - Mar. 1-7, 2005
• R/V Wecoma, Honolulu, HI 
- Jan. 8-28, 2005
• R/V Cape Henlopen, Chesapeake Bay - Aug. 2-8, 2003