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Arizona Laboratory for Emerging Contaminants (ALEC)

Arizona Laboratory for Emerging Contaminants (ALEC)

I grew up in Kinłání (Flagstaff), Arizona in the ponderosa pine forest at the base of Dookʼoʼoosłííd (Mt. Humphreys). During my undergraduate program at the University of Denver I worked as a field archaeologist in the Great Plains, the Pacific Northwest, and the southwest United States. Upon completing my Bachelor’s of Arts in 2013, I worked for 3 years mostly in Wyoming and 3 more years in California.

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Areas of Extension and Outreach

• Food Safety

Julieann Marie Fonseca is a first-generation college graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Health emphasized in One Health. Providing services and information to a community was introduced throughout her undergraduate education as a student worker at the University of Arizona Libraries.

My research focuses on the applications of electromagnets for water disinfection and biofilm removal, real-time evaluation of soil health using an ATP/AMP detection method, and viral fate through anammox wastewater treatment.

Pronouns: He/Him

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I am working with Dr. Jon Chorover at the Central Date Palm Laboratory (Muscat, Oman) in the one Million Date Palm Plantation (MDPP) project.

I work on incorporating soil moisture modeling to improve drought monitoring techniques across the southwestern United States. Many drought monitoring techniques ignore the impacts of soil on drought, which is a crucial component of overall ecosystem health. By identifying how soil impacts drought propagation, local rangeland managers and government officials can make better decisions about how to manage Arizona's grasslands.

Arizona Space Grant

Research Interests

• In vitro antioxidant and antimicrobial studies of isolated compounds or extracts of natural origin.
• HPLC and UPLC chromatography /masses for the detection and quantification of organic compounds with antimicrobial effects.
• In silico studies, specifically in Docking for molecular mechanics Coupling and predict energies and modes of binding between ligands and proteins of compounds with antimicrobial effects.