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Researcher honored for helping advance Latinas in tech field

Posted at 12:28 am September 3, 2015
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Andrea Rocha

Andrea Rocha

A researcher whose worked is carried out at the University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Oak Ridge Associated Universities has been named one of the top researchers in her field by Hispanic Engineer and Information Technology magazine.

Postdoctoral fellow Andrea Rocha is a member of a UT research team. She works on Governor’s Chair for Environmental Biotechnology Terry Hazen’s joint UT-ORNL team, and she was chosen as one of 32 women worldwide to be profiled in the magazine’s “Latinas at Tech Giants” edition, a press release said.

“I wasn’t even aware I was being considered,” Rocha said. “I didn’t know anything about it until I received a letter from the Women of Color STEM Conference that contained a congratulations note, press release on the article, and copy of the magazine which contained my profile.”

Almost as noteworthy, Rocha found out that Astrid Terry—a project manager at the Berkeley Lab at the University of California—had nominated her. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Front Page News, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: American Society for Microbiology, Andrea Rocha, Astrid Terry, Berkeley Lab, biosciences, eco quality, Ecosystems and Networks Integrated with Genes and Molecular Assemblies, ENIGMA, Governor's Chair for Environmental Biotechnology, groundwater geochemistry, groundwater studies, Hispanic Engineer and Information Technology, Latinas at Tech Giants, microbiology, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, researcher, Terry Hazen, Tyrone Taborn, University of California, University of Tennessee, UT, UT-ORNL, Women of Color STEM Conference

DOE responds to advisory board recommendation
 on groundwater studies

Posted at 10:05 pm August 27, 2014
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management has responded to a recommendation made earlier this year by the Oak Ridge Site Specific Advisory Board.

In May, the federally appointed citizens’ panel recommended that DOE conduct additional groundwater studies to address any potential offsite migration of chemicals or radioisotopes from DOE’s Oak Ridge Reservation. The recommendation focuses on developing information that fosters a better understanding of potential impacts of groundwater contamination related to risk mitigation, groundwater remediation, and long-term stewardship.

In 2013, DOE, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation held a series of workshops to prioritize groundwater pathways on the ORR. Together the agencies created a groundwater strategy document that described the potential for releases from waste disposal sites and storage areas. The document also prioritized known groundwater plumes, concentration of contaminants, contaminants of concern, and potential health risks. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Oak Ridge Office, Oak Ridge Site Specific Advisory Board, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: chemicals, contaminants, DOE, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, groundwater contamination, groundwater plumes, groundwater remediation, groundwater strategy document, groundwater studies, health risk, long-term stewardship, Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management, Oak Ridge Reservation, Oak Ridge Site Specific Advisory Board, offsite groundwater migration studies, offsite mirgation, ORR, ORSSAB, radioisotopes, risk mitigation, TDEC, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, U.S. Department of Energy, well network, wells

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