Pollution Ecology
Laboratory
Research
Focuses
·
Development
of phytoremediation technology for selenium-contaminated environments
·
Bioaccumulation
and transformation of environmentally important trace elements in contaminated
ecosystems
·
Transport
and fate of pollutants in air-water-soil-plant systems
Graduate Students:
Daniel Huff
Daniel is an MS graduate student in the Environmental Science Program, with an emphasis in Environmental Biology. He is the recipient of the Competitive Graduate Award from SIUE. He received his BS in Environmental Science from Southeast Missouri State University. His thesis research focuses on the co-application of drinking water treatment residues (WTRs) and biosolids to agricultural soils.
Jie Hong
Jie
is a MS graduate student in Environmental Science Program with emphasis in
Environmental Chemistry. He graduated from with a BS degree in food science
& technology from Henan University of Technology. His thesis research deals
with chemical speciation of Se accumulated in edible fungi.
Ranju Karna
(Co-supervised
by Dr. Vance McCracken in Department of Biological
Sciences)
Ranju
is a MS graduate student in the Environmental Sciences Program (with a degree
concentration of Environmental Biology). She received her BS degree from
Tribhuvan University in Nepal. Her thesis
research focus is on Se volatilization by rabbitfoot grass-associated soil
microbes.