15 Environmental Geochemistry and Health Impacts

This session welcomes research on contaminant occurrence, fate and transport, and impacts on human and environmental health. Interdisciplinary contributions with implications for environmental remediation and natural resources management are encouraged.

Monday, 18 May 2026
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Alvarado G

Participants

• Chair Andy Jochems

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  Citric Acid Aided Metal Mobility in Fine Fractions of Solids from a Uranium Mining Legacy Site
  Mary Haley, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Derek Capitan and Adrian Brearley, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Eliane EL Hayek, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Katelin Fisher, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Abdul-Mehdi Ali, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Angelica Benavidez, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Eric Peterson, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Michael Spilde, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Gregory Jojola, Pueblo of Laguna, Laguna Pueblo, NM and Christopher Shuey, Southwest Research and Information Center, Albuquerque, NM and José Cerrato, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
  410619 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:55 PM
  Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Urban Runoff from Albuquerque Contributing to the Rio Grande, New Mexico
  Kimberly Beisner, New Mexico Water Science Center, Albuquerque, NM and David Alvarez, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, Missouri and Erin Pulster, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, Missouri and Caleb Van Zante, New Mexico Water Science Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  410606 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  Non-Targeted Mass Spectrometry Reveals Contaminant Persistence and Compositional Restructuring in Produced Water Treated by Thermal and Membrane Processes
  William Bahureksa, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM and Simeon Schum, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM and Pei Xu, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
  410626 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  Mining and Wildfires: Interfacial Reactions Affecting Metal Mobility
  Eresay Alcantar-Velasquez, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico and Lawrence Rael, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico and Adrian Brearley, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque , New Mexico and José Cerrato, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico and Johanna Blake, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico and Kahleya Chapman, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico and Katelin Fisher, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico and Sakshi Patil, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico and Eliane El Hayek El Hayek, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico and Angelica Benavidez, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico and Abdul-Mehd Ali, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico and Michael Spilde, University of New Mexico, Albuqurque, New Mexico and Angélica Sáenz-Trevizo,, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  410555 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:05 PM
  Fire Retardant - An Inadvertent Tracer Study for Groundwater Recharge
  Kate Zeigler, Zeigler Geologic Consulting LLC, Albuquerque, NM and Erica McGrath, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Krista Bonfantine, Zeigler Geologic Consulting LLC, Albuquerque, NM and John Bloch, Guadalupita, NM
  410656 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:25 PM
  Characterizing Heavy Metal Contamination in Groundwater Wells in a Post-Wildfire Region of Northeast New Mexico
  Holly Cannon, Santa Fe, NM and Andrew Hautzinger, Los Lunas, NM and Jason Rose, Golden, CO and Andy Jochems, Albuquerque, NM
  410492 (Technical Sessions)