|
We're happy to celebrate the achievements of the academic year, and we're excited for what's next to come in the next. Check out what the University of Arizona Superfund Research Center has been up to this quarter!
|
|
Awards, Honors & Recognitions
|
|
Dr. Karletta Chief – Women’s Plaza of Honor
Dr. Karletta Chief was awarded a personalized bench in the Women’s Plaza of Honor during a ceremony on April 11, 2022, in recognition of her leadership, research and scholastic achievements. Read more
|
|
Meetings, Conferences & Workshops
|
|
Trainees from UNM and UA Superfund Research Centers Share Research
Trainees from University of New Mexico (NM) and University of Arizona (UA) Superfund Research Centers organized virtual meetings to share their research experiences on April 21 and 28, 2022. Read more
|
|
UA SRC Director Raina Maier Presents at Arizona Science Lecture Series
UA SRC Director Raina Maier presented “Mining in a Greener Future” at the Arizona Science Lecture Series, titled “Minerals,” on April 7, 2022. Read more
|
|
Collaborative Report by Superfund Centers Submitted in Comment to EPA Proposed Rulemaking on Coal-Fired Powerplants
The University of Arizona Superfund Research Center (UA SRC), in collaboration with sister Superfund Center at the University of New Mexico, teamed up to write a report commissioned by the nonpartisan Center for Applied Environmental Law and Policy (CAELP). Read more
|
|
UArizona-Diné College Partnership Studying Arsenic-Diabetes Connection
Dr. Karletta Chief, UA SRC Community Engagement Core Lead, was interviewed by the Native Science Report for “Diabetes on Tap,” a recently published article. Read more
|
|
Collaborative Project Investigates Long-term Topsoil Stockpiling and Mine Site Reclamation
Laboratories in the University of Arizona’s Department of Environmental Science have recently collaborated on a new project examining soil materials that may potentially be used to cover mine waste to promote revegetation and management of dust. Read more
|
|
UA SRC Trainee Studies Wind Erosion Risk on the Navajo Nation
Marquel Begay (Diné/Navajo) received funds through the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center to improve understanding of Navajo communities perception of wind erosion and dust emission risk. Read more
|
|
UA SRC Trainee Studies “Forever Chemicals”
UA SRC trainee Asma El Ouni specializes in the study of the fate and transport of contaminants in water and soil. Read more
|
|
UA SRC Trainee Collaborates to Design an Environmental Health Mapping Tool for Visualizing Resiliency in Arizona Communities
Alma Anides Morales, graduate student in Environmental Science, is working with the Research Translation Core to design an online environmental health mapping tool exclusive to the state of Arizona. Read more
|
|
Recent Publications
- Dodson M, Dai W, Anandhan A, Schmidlin CJ, Liu P, Wilson NC, Wei Y, Kitamura N, Galligan JJ, Ooi A, Chapman E, Zhang DD. CHML is an NRF2 target gene that regulates mTOR function. Mol Oncol. 2022 Apr;16(8):1714-1727. doi: 10.1002/1878-0261.13194. Epub 2022 Feb 28. PubMed PMID: 35184380; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9019883.
- Brusseau ML, Guo B. PFAS concentrations in soil versus soil porewater: Mass distributions and the impact of adsorption at air-water interfaces. Chemosphere. 2022 May 11:134938. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134938. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35568214.
- Lyu Y, Wang B, Du X, Guo B, Brusseau ML. Air-water interfacial adsorption of C4-C10 perfluorocarboxylic acids during transport in unsaturated porous media. Sci Total Environ. 2022 Mar 30;831:154905. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154905. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35364184.
- Van Glubt S, Brusseau ML. Contribution of Nonaqueous-Phase Liquids to the Retention and Transport of Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Porous Media. Environ Sci Technol. 2021 Mar 16;55(6):3706-3715. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c07355. Epub 2021 Mar 5. PMID: 33666425; PMCID: PMC8634874.
- Wang Y, Khan N, Huang D, Carroll KC, Brusseau ML. Transport of PFOS in aquifer sediment: Transport behavior and a distributed-sorption model. Sci Total Environ. 2021 Jul 20;779:146444. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146444. Epub 2021 Mar 13. PMID: 33740555; PMCID: PMC8565396.
|
|
|
|
The University of Arizona Superfund Research Center (UA SRC) has been continually funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health (NIEHS) Sciences since 1989. The theme of the UA SRC is “Exposures, Health Impacts, and Risk for Mine Waste Contamination” (2020-2025).
|
|
|
|
|
