Water is essential to life as we know it, and its availability limits the growth of ecosystems and societies. Here in the desert southwest, we are keenly aware of the need for a supply of high quality water to support our agricultural activities, metropolitan areas and healthy ecosystems.
Our faculty are experts in:
- arid lands water policy
- groundwater and well water quality
- water distribution systems
- wastewater reuse
- water quality chemistry
Click on the profiles to learn more about who we are and what we research in water quality, security and sustainability.
Luisa Ikner
Assistant Professor
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Room 1112C
Water & Energy Sustainable Technology (WEST) Center
2959 Calle Agua Nueva
Tucson, AZ 85745
Teaching:
- Pollution Science (ENVS 305)
- Environmental Microbiology Laboratory (ENVS 426/526)
My Research Interests:
- Antimicrobial effectiveness
- Best practices for effective research partnerships
- Emerging bacterial and viral pathogens (BSL-2, BSL-3)
- Microbial decay/removal in natural and human-made systems
- Method development/optimization
- Pandemic preparedness
- Pathogen detection in water
- Wastewater treatment and advanced water purification
Degrees
- PhD in Soil, Water and Environmental Science from the University of Arizona
- I focus on water quality chemistry in our work on water quality, security and sustainability.
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- I focus on groundwater and well water quality in our work on water quality, security and sustainability.
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Jon Chorover
Interim Associate Vice President (ALVSCE)
Interim Associate Dean for Research (CALES)
Professor
Arizona Lab for Emerging Contaminants (ALEC)
- I focus on groundwater and well water quality and water quality chemistry in our work on water quality, security and sustainability.
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Explore my other areas of research:
- I focus on water quality chemistry, wasterwater resuse, and water distribution systems in our work on water quality, security and sustainability.
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Explore my other areas of research:
- I focus on arid lands water policy in our work on water quality, security and sustainability.
- I focus on wastewater reuse and water quality chemistry in our work on water quality, security and sustainability.
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Sharon B. Megdal
Director, Water Resources Research Center
Professor and Specialist
Distinguished Outreach Professor
C.W. and Modene Neely Endowed Professor for Excellence in Agriculture and Life Science
- I focus on arid lands water policy in our work on water quality, security and sustainability.
- I focus on water quality chemistry, wasterwater resuse, and water distribution systems in our work on water quality, security and sustainability.
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Channah Rock
Professor
Extension Specialist
Jim Brennan Endowed Chair in Extension Fresh Produce Safety
- I focus on wasterwater resuse and water quality chemistry in our work on water quality, security and sustainability.
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