NM Water Resources Research Institute Student Water Research Grant 2019-2020

Monitoring Toxic Metal Uptake by Corn Grown in Agricultural Fields Across Animas and San Juan Rivers

Grant amount- $6490.11

Objective of this research is to analyze and monitor the toxic metals Pb, As and Al in corn samples harvested from agricultural fields irrigated from Animas and San Juan Rivers. This research grant was authored by myself to mentor a Masters research project for Michael Whiting, a graduate student in the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, NMSU.

 

NM Water Resources Research Institute Student Water Research Grant 2017-2018

Sequential Extraction of metal(loids) in agricultural field soils impacted by Animas/San Juan River after the 2015 Gold King Mine Spill  

Grant amount- $5604.94

Objective of this research has helped the researchers to clearly understand plant available form of arsenic for which I was the primary investigator. This project aimed to educate and inform multiple stakeholders in assessing the safety of their agricultural fields and resume to normal cultivation methods as they did before the 2015 GKM acid mine spill.

 

USEPA The Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN Act) Grant 2017-2018

Analyze Effects of Contaminants in the Animas and San Juan River Water Attainment of Livestock Watering and Crop Irrigation Uses

(Unlisted collaborator) Cowritten with project PI-Dr. Kevin Lombard and Dr. April Ulery

Grant amount- $124,193

Objective of this research was to monitor the elevated levels of contaminants after the Gold King Mine Spill in forage crops and water used for livestock watering.