Paige Molzahn: Council of Outstanding Early Career Engineers - 2023

Paige Sanna Molzahn has a lifelong passion for environmental preservation, recognized as early as eighth grade when she was named “Most Likely to Save the World.” After graduating from Oregon State University, she began her career in environmental remediation at CH2M (now Jacobs), where she has grown into a project manager after leading the Treatability Lab in Corvallis and conducting bench-scale remediation experiments.

Molzahn plays a key role in Department of Defense–funded projects focused on the sustainable removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), helping remediate contamination across the West Coast and protect communities and ecosystems. She also serves as sustainability lead for a major industrial remediation program and as secretary of the Sustainable Remediation Forum, where she presents sustainability initiatives at conferences. Molzahn credits Oregon State’s College of Engineering and faculty advisor Lew Semprini for developing both her technical expertise and relationship-building skills that underpin her career success.