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Environmental Management Doctoral Students Awarded Research Grants

Padmini Das and Pravin Punamiya, first year students in the new PhD program in Environmental Management working under the supervision of Dr. Dibs Sarkar, Professor of Earth and Environmental Studies, received the Geological Society of America (GSA) Graduate Student Research Grants in April 2009. Padmini received $2310 for her proposal entitled "Development of a chemically-catalyzed phytoremediation system for 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) contaminated soils"; Pravin

received $2390 for his proposal "Biogeochemical fate of a veterinary antibiotic in soil-water systems." The primary role of the GSA research grants program is to provide partial support for thesis or dissertation research in Earth and Environmental Sciences for graduate students enrolled at universities in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Central America. This year, only about a quarter of the 600 plus applications were successful in receiving funding. Padmini and Pravin are the first ever recipients of this prestigious research award from the MSU Environmental Management doctoral program. Previously, two MS and three PhD students working under Dr. Sarkar received this grant at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Congratulations, Pravin and Padmini!!

Article Entered Into News System: Tuesday, April 7 2009
Article Last Edited: Tuesday, April 7 2009

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