Superfund Trainees Well Represented at ENViSion 2024
March 18, 2024
ENViSion is the annual in-house scientific conference for the University of Arizona Department of Environmental Science. The student-run event is part of the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (SEES) EarthWeek celebration. Nine of our Superfund Trainees participated in this event:
- Ma’in Alghzawi - Advised by Dr. Jon Chorover presented: “Climate Controls on Metal(loid)s Bioaccessibility in Mine Tailings”. Alghzawi won 3rd place in the Graduate Poster Presentation category.
- Zain Alqattan – Advised by Dr. Mónica Ramírez-Andreotta presented: “Heavy Metal, Metalloids Inventories and Lead Isotopic Composition of a Post Wildfire and Flooding in Mining Towns, Arizona”.
- Brooke Byars - Advised by Dr. Jon Chorover presented: “Soil Predictors of Coccidoides posadasii Presence in Arizona”. Byars won Honorable Mention in the Graduate Oral Presentation category.
- Godsgift N. Chukwuonye - Advised by Dr. Mónica D. Ramírez-Andreotta presented: “Toxic Layering and Compound Events: Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Exposure After Extreme Climatic Events in Rural, Environmental Justice Mining Communities”.
- Vidula Lokugama - Advised by Dr. Raina M. Maier and Dr. David E. Hogan presented: “Innovative Remediation of Uranium-Contaminated Groundwater A Study on Selective Recovery Using Bioinspired Glycolipid Surfactants”.
- Kamila Murawska-Wlodarczyk - Advised by Dr. Alicja Babst-Kostecka presented: “Strategies and compromises of metal tolerant drought resistant plant growing on metal contaminated tailings”.
- Susan D. Perez - Advised by Dr. Raina M. Maier and Dr. David E. Hogan presented: “Factors controlling removal of uranium from groundwater with glycolipids and ion flotation: a path to achieving compliance”. Susan won Honorable Mention in the Graduate Poster Presentation category.
- Neeraja Setlur - Advised by Dr. Jon Chorover presented: “In-Situ Sequestration of PFAS from Contaminated Groundwater using an Injectable High Affinity Cationic Hydrophobic Polymer”.
- Tomasz Wlodarczyk - Advised by Dr. Alicja Babst-Kostecka presented: “Advances in the identification of metal uptake in native vegetation of the U.S. Southwest”.
Congratulations and well done, trainees!!!