Our quality of life depends on the quality of environment we inhabit, and exposure to contaminated water, soil and air elevates health risks. Communities of lower socioeconomic status are often disproportionately affected by polluted lands. This raises questions of environmental justice, as all people should have access to fair and equal treatment with respect to environmental law and policy. We work with citizen scientists and partners to collect data and translate findings for affected communities.
Our faculty are experts in:
- environmental justice
- community-engaged pollution research
- risk assessment, communication and research translation
Click on the profiles to learn more about who we are and what we research in environmental quality, justice and health.
Alicja Babst-Kostecka
Assistant Professor
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Room 312A
Saguaro Hall
1110 E South Campus Drive
My Research Interests
- Plant adaptation to changing environmental conditions
- Metal tolerance and hyperaccumulation
- Plant-soil interactions in metalliferous habitats
- Phytoremediation and restoration of arid lands
Degrees
- Ph.D in Biology (Genetics of Populations & Evolutionary Ecology), Institute of Botany Polish Academy of Sciences
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 environmental justice, and risk assessment, communication and research translation in our work on environmental quality, justice and health.
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- I focus on risk assessment, communication and research translation in our work on environmental quality, justice and health.
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Explore my other areas of research:
- I focus on risk assessment, communication and research translation in our work on environmental quality, justice and health.
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Explore my other areas of research:
- I focus on environmental justice; community-engaged pollution research; and risk assessment, communication and research translation in our work on environmental quality, justice and health.
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Explore my other areas of research:
- I focus on community-engaged pollution research in our work on environmental quality, justice and health.
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Channah Rock
Professor
Extension Specialist
Jim Brennan Endowed Chair in Extension Fresh Produce Safety
- I focus on environmental justice; community-engaged pollution research; and risk assessment, communication and research translation in our work on environmental quality, justice and health.
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