Researcher profile
Katie Senft
Researcher / media contact · UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center
Microplastics / freshwater
Water
Agricultural Runoff
Research focus
General Environmental Research
Directory record
- Institution type
- UC
- Department or center
- Tahoe Environmental Research Center
- Geography / service area
- California / project-specific
- Watershed / region
- Lake Tahoe
- Research topics
- Microplastics in Lake Tahoe; freshwater plastic pollution
- Support roles
- Research Partner
- SB 54 / technical assistance
- High
- Current status
- Current / Publicly listed
- Evidence
- Published study; Existing baseline data; Active monitoring
- Verification confidence
- High
- Verified / accessed
- 2026-09-11
Linked projects and studies
3 verified linksTechnical report
2023
Technical report; public data status not confirmed
To Sink or Swim: A Snapshot Evaluation of the Fate and Types of Microplastics in Lake Tahoe
UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center
Lake Tahoe Basin
Review evidencePeer-reviewed field study
2023
Public dataset on Dryad: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.866t1g1vj
Polymer Characterization of Submerged Plastic Litter from Lake Tahoe, United States
UC Davis TERC / Desert Research Institute / Clean Up the Lake
Five lakebed transects in Lake Tahoe
Review evidenceMonitoring program
2018–Current
Ongoing monitoring; some reports/publications available
Lake Tahoe microplastics monitoring program
UC Davis TERC / Desert Research Institute
Lake Tahoe and surrounding watershed
Review evidence