Current Research

Projects currently underway in the laboratory include:

• Solids Retention Time in the Wastewater Treatment Process Affects on Antibiotic Resistance Genes

• Interaction of Microbial and Abiotic Processes in Soil Leading to the (Bio)Conversion and UltimateAttenuation of New Insensitive Munitions Compounds

• Contaminants of emerging concern in Mexicali Valley

• Quantification and Effect of Environmental Contaminants in Native Insect Pollinators
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• Investigation of water quality in private wells in Santa Cruz County, Arizona

Recently Completed Research

• Native fish monitoring, food wed dynamics, and heavy metal transportation in S Arizona’s aquatic ecosystem
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• Acquisition of Tandem Mass Spectrometry Instrumentation for Integrated Studies of Emerging Contaminants in Water
• Good Housekeeping Research Institute - Drinking Water Filters Evaluation
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• Detection and Quantification of EDC/PPCPs in Source Waters Containing Dissolved and Colloidal Organic Matter
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• Trichloroethylene quantification in breastmilk 
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• Evaluation of Analytical Methods for EDCs and PPCPs via Inter-Laboratory Comparison
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• Sorption and Mobility of Pharmaceutical Compounds in Soils Irrigated with Treated Wastewater
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• Perfluorinated Compounds in Arizona Groundwater: Sources of Contamination

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