Students Present Research during 2019 UA EarthWeek
March 28, 2019
Around fifty graduate and undergraduates showcased their research on March 27 and 28 for the 2019 UA EarthWeek
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Each spring, University of Arizona students gather across departments for UA EarthWeek to celebrate the diverse research around environmental science and natural resource management.
Learn more about UA Earth Week and SWESx
This year we have nearly 50 graduate and undergraduate students present their research in both a poster session and oral presentations. The best graduates and undergraduates receive cash prizes and are judged not only on their content but also their science communications skills. This year's winners covered a breadth of topics, including soil microbes, fecal contamination in irrigation water, and issues surrounding mining pollution for both environments and local communities.
Poster Presentations
1st place
Graduate Dawson Fairbanks (Graduate)
"Investigating seasonal responses of soil microbial nutrient cycling in high elevation forests in northern New Mexico"
Karen Serrano (Undergraduate)
"Biogeochemical factors affecting phosphorus availability during revegetation of mine waste rock slopes"
2nd place
Andrea Carter (Graduate)
"Root traits associated with drought tolerance in barley"
Jamee Lyon (Undergraduate)
"The antimicrobial molecular composition of sphagnum: how sphagnum-specific compounds compare to those of medicinal plants"
3rd place
Alma Anides Morales (Graduate)
"Sanitary sewer overflows in Naco, Arizona: quantitative microbial risk assessment at Naco Elementary"
Anna Gresham and Justin Clark (Undergraduate)
"Identification of sources of fecal contamination in irrigation waters for production of leafy green crops in Arizona"
Oral Presentations
1st place
Graduate Dawson Fairbanks (Graduate)
"Investigating seasonal responses of soil microbial nutrient cycling in high elevation forests in northern New Mexico"
Karen Serrano (Undergraduate)
"Biogeochemical factors affecting phosphorus availability during revegetation of mine waste rock slopes"
2nd place
Andrea Carter (Graduate)
"Root traits associated with drought tolerance in barley"
Jamee Lyon (Undergraduate)
"The antimicrobial molecular composition of sphagnum: how sphagnum-specific compounds compare to those of medicinal plants"
3rd place
Alma Anides Morales (Graduate)
"Sanitary sewer overflows in Naco, Arizona: quantitative microbial risk assessment at Naco Elementary"
Anna Gresham and Justin Clark (Undergraduate)
"Identification of sources of fecal contamination in irrigation waters for production of leafy green crops in Arizona"
2019 SWESx EarthWeek -- Poster and Oral Abstracts
Read all of the abstracts to learn more about students' research in our department
Caroline Mosley, Program Coordinator for Marketing and Communications