People

Principal Investigator

Graduate Student

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Julia Davidson

Ph.D. Student, Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry (joined Sept 2024) Research Focus: how selenium containing proteins influence mercury toxicity
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Virginia Krause

Ph.D. Candidate, Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry (joined September 2021) Research Focus: mercury cycling in reservoirs; community-engaged science and environmental policy
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Jeff Murray

M.S. Student, Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry (joined Sept 2023) Research Focus: mercury cycling in Arctic landscapes
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Mark Salazar

Ph.D. Candidate, Pharmacology & Toxicology (joined Sept 2022) NIEHS T32 Predoctoral Fellow (2024) Research Focus: Toxic metals in e-cigarette aerosols
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Ania Szlembarska

Ph.D. Student, Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry (joined Sept 2023) Research Interests: Mercury methylation and demethylation in pure cultures and wetland sediments

Undergraduate Student

Alumni

Postdoctoral fellow

Rebecca Frei

  • Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Current Position: Utah Division of Water Resources
Research Interests: Investigating the fate of carbon, nutrients, and metals along the terrestrial-aquatic continuum in northern watersheds.
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Ben Peterson

  • Postdoctoral Scholar
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Research Focus: microbial ecology of biogeochemical cycles; integrating microbial ecology with biogeochemical measurements and mesocosm approaches