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Superfund Basic Research Program2003 Karen Wetterhahn Memorial Award Recipient
In 2007 Dr. Mendez graduated with a Ph.D. from the Soil, Water, and Environmental Program at the University of Arizona where she participated in interdisciplinary studies in plant physiology and microbiology. She earned the award based on her research excellence in her investigations of the microbial-plant interactions that accompany successful establishment of vegetation in harsh environments. Dr. Mendez' investigations of the use of revegetation with native plants to stabilize the metals in mine tailings could lead to a low cost and low maintenance remediation strategy applicable to the hundreds of thousands of abandoned mine sites in the arid southwestern United States. The NIEHS congratulates Dr. Mendez on her research accomplishments and wishes her continued success in her scientific career.  |
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The Superfund Basic Research Program (SBRP) is pleased to announce that Dr. Monica O. Mendez was the recipient of the Sixth Annual Karen Wetterhahn Memorial Award. This year's award was presented to Dr. Mendez on November 11, 2003 at the SBRP Annual Meeting at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. The presentation was particularly special this year because Karen Wetterhahn was the founding Program Director of Dartmouth College's SBRP. Dr. James Wright, President of Dartmouth College participated in the award presentation by commemorating Dr. Wetterhahn's contributions to Dartmouth College.
The SBRP presents this annual award to an outstanding scholar to pay tribute to the life and scientific accomplishments of Karen E. Wetterhahn. Dr. Wetterhahn died June 8, 1997 as the result of an accidental exposure to dimethylmercury. She was an established authority on the effects of heavy metals on biological systems as well as a dedicated teacher and mentor.
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