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Lee
A. Newman | |
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Tobacco
plants used to identify plant genes involved in degradation of industrial solvents. |
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How
do plants native to the South East of the United States degrade solvents? |
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Field
study to look at native plants and industrial solvent uptake. |
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How
do wetland plants interact with industrial solvents? |
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Red
coleus plants used in study of uptake and degradation of explosive compounds. |
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Coleus
and explosives |
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Collaborators
Trey Rahn (shown) and John
Ferry (USC, Chemistry) look at light degradation of explosives. |
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When
plants take up pollutants, what happens to the insects that feed on the plants? |
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Treatment
wetland models - can we remove heavy metals without increasing methyl mercury
production? |
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Study
at University of Washing, looking at multiple varieties of poplar trees for solvent
degradation. |
