Illume: Interdisciplinary Water Quality Research, A Journey Through the Liberal Arts

Location

Mother Rosalie Hill Hall, Warren Auditorium

Free

Over the past 16 years, USD Chemistry Professor James Bolender has worked on projects involving water quality issues around the globe. These water quality monitoring projects include the pollution impact of a tuna and sardine cannery in Puerto San Carlos, Baja California Sur, Mexico, the impact of arsenic and other metals on the water quality of Uganda, and surveys of water quality in Kenya and Jamaica. All of these projects are interdisciplinary by nature, and call upon the collaborative expertise of colleagues in various disciplines. In addition to these environmental projects, Bolender actively pursues projects in the realm of nano materials based upon the rare earth metals. These materials have potential as MRI contrast agents and "green" high efficiency phosphors.