Hi! I'm an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Alaska Anchorage. I'm joining the Twitter-verse to connect with others with similar interests, post updates related to my lab group, and muse about academia.

Our recent work with Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation and Knik Tribal Council shows that Alaskan mussels exposed to high levels of paralytic shellfish toxins have an altered metabolic profile. Undergraduate student Mekia Bushell is the first author! UAA BUILD EXITO sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Our newly-published study with UAA and UAF researchers shows that some herbicides in Alaska are capable of leaking out through plant roots and accumulating in soil at toxic levels. bit.ly/3HSw45I UAA

When oil is spilled into the marine environment, one of the ways it degrades is by sunlight. As it degrades it transforms into compounds that can be more bioavailable to wildlife. Our new study details this chemical process for Alaska UAA Bureau of Ocean Energy Management pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…