Phytoremediation of Organic Pollutants
Sharon Doty
Research Assistant Professor
College of Forest Resources
13 May 2008
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About the speaker
Sharon Doty's research focuses on improving the effectiveness of phytoremediation (removing environmental pollutants using plants) by studying the processes by which plants take up and metabolize a variety of organic pollutants, especially halogenated hydrocarbons. Her lab has projects underway to better understand the mechanism by which poplar trees metabolize the common groundwater pollutant, TCE. She also works to improve the efficiency of biofuel production through the Bioresource-based Energy for Sustainable Societies program at the UW and has several research projects aimed at increasing the efficiency of bioethanol production to lower the cost and make this locally-made fuel more attractive as an alternative to foreign oil.
Dr. Doty received a bachelor of science degree in genetics from the University of California, Davis. She received her PhD in microbiology from the University of Washington and post-doctoral training at the UW in the Biochemistry Department.