Here is the updated information for the Winter 2011 science speakers series, as of 1\/31\/11:<\/p>\n
| Jason Rau<\/td>\n | Manager Yakama Klickitat Fisheries Project<\/td>\n | Confirmed<\/td>\n | Feb. 17, 2011<\/td>\n | Jason Rau is a tribally enrolled member of the Yakama Nation. He received his B.S. in Fisheries Science from the University of Washington and his Masters Degree in Resource Management from Central Washington University.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Otakuye Conroy Ben<\/td>\n | PhD \u2013 University Utah<\/p>\n Board member AISES<\/p>\n Specialty is water quality<\/td>\n | Confirmed<\/td>\n | March 10, 2011<\/td>\n | Dr. Conroy is a newly appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Utah. Her research interests include water\/wastewater treatment and reuse, endocrine disruption, analytical and environmental chemistry, and metal resistance systems in bacteria. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, as well as Master’s degrees in Environmental Engineering and Chemistry.<\/p>\n She completed a postdoctoral co-appointment in the departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Soils, Water, and Environmental Science at the University of Arizona. Prior to that, Otakuye was a project engineer at the County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, where she studied odor control in wastewater treatment systems.<\/p>\n Recently, she was a Research Fellow at the National Congress of American Indians where she evaluated climate and renewable energy policy and adaptation affecting tribal nations. Dr. Conroy teaches Introduction to Environmental Engineering I and II, Environmental Biotechnology, and Environmental Pollution.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Shandin Pete<\/td>\n | Instructor SKC<\/td>\n | Confirmed<\/td>\n | Ap 7, 2011<\/td>\n | Shandin Pete<\/strong> is a tribally enrolled member of the Salish Kootenai Tribe. He received his bachelor’s degree in environmental science from Salish Kootenai College in 1996. He will receive his master’s degree in geology from UM in fall 2005. His goal is to pursue a career in hydrologic research with faculty affiliation at Salish Kootenai College. Shandin was awarded a $25,000 fellowship from the Graduate School for academic year 2005-2006. His award is from a Department of Energy grant that supports research in radioactive contamination in groundwater and the subsurface soils. Shandin is married and is the father of three daughters. Shadin is continuing work on his doctoral degree.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here is the updated information for the Winter 2011 science speakers series, as of 1\/31\/11: Jason Rau Manager Yakama Klickitat Fisheries Project Confirmed Feb. 17, 2011 Jason Rau is a tribally enrolled member of the Yakama Nation. He received his … Continue reading |