Reyes Sierra-Alvarez

Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Member of the Graduate Faculty

Degrees

  • PhD Environmental Technology
    • Wageningen University, Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands
  • MS Chemical Engineering
    • University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
  • BS Chemistry
    • University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain

Interests

Teaching

• Environmental engineering• Wastewater treatment• Advanced treatment processes• Environmental microbiology• Bioremediation• Biotransformation of hazardous organic and inorganic compounds
 

Research

• Anaerobic waste(water) treatment & biological nutrient removal• Soil/groundwater bioremediation: bioremediation of nitroaromatic explosives and heavy metals • Microbial transformation of hazardous metal and metalloids • Fate and removal of engineered nanomaterials; nanotoxicity• Environmentally technology for semiconductor manufacturing

Courses

Independent Study

CHEE 399 (Fall 2021)
CHEE 399 (Spring 2018)
CHEE 599 (Fall 2020)
CHEE 599 (Fall 2018)
CHEE 599 (Spring 2018)
CHEE 599 (Fall 2017)
 

Honors Independent Study

CHEE 399H (Spring 2016)
CHEE 499H (Spring 2017)
CHEE 499H (Fall 2016)
 

Wastewater Treatmnt Dsgn

CE 476B (Spring 2020)
CE 476B (Spring 2018)
CE 476B (Spring 2017)
CE 476B (Spring 2016)
CE 576B (Spring 2020)
CE 576B (Spring 2019)
CE 576B (Spring 2018)
CE 576B (Spring 2017)
CHEE 476B (Spring 2020)
CHEE 476B (Spring 2019)
CHEE 476B (Spring 2018)
CHEE 476B (Spring 2017)
CHEE 476B (Spring 2016)
CHEE 576B (Spring 2020)
CHEE 576B (Spring 2019)
CHEE 576B (Spring 2018)
CHEE 576B (Spring 2017)
CHEE 576B (Spring 2016)
 

Intro Hzrd Waste Mngmt

CE 478 (Spring 2024)
CE 478 (Spring 2023)
CE 478 (Spring 2022)
CE 478 (Spring 2021)
CE 478 (Spring 2018)
CE 478 (Spring 2017)
CE 478 (Spring 2016)
CE 578 (Spring 2018)
CE 578 (Spring 2017)
CHEE 478 (Spring 2024)
CHEE 478 (Spring 2023)
CHEE 478 (Spring 2022)
CHEE 478 (Spring 2021)
CHEE 478 (Spring 2020)
CHEE 478 (Spring 2019)
CHEE 478 (Spring 2018)
CHEE 478 (Spring 2017)
CHEE 478 (Spring 2016)
CHEE 578 (Spring 2024)
CHEE 578 (Spring 2023)
CHEE 578 (Spring 2022)
CHEE 578 (Spring 2021)
CHEE 578 (Spring 2020)
CHEE 578 (Spring 2019)
CHEE 578 (Spring 2018)
CHEE 578 (Spring 2017)
CHEE 578 (Spring 2016)
 

Honors Thesis

CHEM 498H (Spring 2021)
CHEM 498H (Fall 2020)
 

Practicum

CHEE 594 (Summer I 2023)
 

Adv Water/Waste Treatmnt

CE 676 (Spring 2022)
CHEE 676 (Spring 2023)
CHEE 676 (Spring 2022)
CHEE 676 (Spring 2021)
CHEE 676 (Fall 2019)
CHEE 676 (Fall 2018)
CHEE 676 (Fall 2017)
 

Chemical Engineering

CHEE 696A (Spring 2018)
CHEE 696A (Fall 2017)
CHEE 696A (Spring 2017)
CHEE 696A (Spring 2016)
 

Research

CHEE 900 (Spring 2024)
CHEE 900 (Fall 2023)
CHEE 900 (Fall 2022)
CHEE 900 (Spring 2022)
CHEE 900 (Spring 2021)
CHEE 900 (Spring 2020)
CHEE 900 (Fall 2019)
CHEE 900 (Spring 2019)
CHEE 900 (Fall 2018)
CHEE 900 (Spring 2018)
CHEE 900 (Fall 2017)
CHEE 900 (Spring 2017)
CHEE 900 (Fall 2016)
CHEE 900 (Spring 2016)
 

Master's Report

CHEE 909 (Fall 2022)
CHEE 909 (Fall 2021)
CHEE 909 (Spring 2021)
CHEE 909 (Fall 2020)
CHEE 909 (Spring 2020)
CHEE 909 (Spring 2019)
CHEE 909 (Fall 2018)
CHEE 909 (Spring 2018)
CHEE 909 (Fall 2016)
CHEE 909 (Spring 2016)
 

Thesis

CHEE 910 (Spring 2024)
CHEE 910 (Fall 2023)
CHEE 910 (Spring 2023)
CHEE 910 (Fall 2022)
CHEE 910 (Spring 2021)
CHEE 910 (Fall 2020)
CHEE 910 (Spring 2020)
CHEE 910 (Fall 2019)
CHEE 910 (Spring 2019)
CHEE 910 (Fall 2018)
CHEE 910 (Spring 2018)
CHEE 910 (Fall 2017)
CHEE 910 (Spring 2017)
CHEE 910 (Fall 2016)
CHEE 910 (Spring 2016)
 

Dissertation

CHEE 920 (Spring 2021)
CHEE 920 (Fall 2020)
CHEE 920 (Spring 2020)
CHEE 920 (Fall 2019)
CHEE 920 (Spring 2019)
CHEE 920 (Fall 2018)
CHEE 920 (Spring 2018)
CHEE 920 (Fall 2017)
CHEE 920 (Spring 2017)
CHEE 920 (Fall 2016)
CHEE 920 (Spring 2016)

Selected Publications

Chapters

  • Olivares, C. I., Abrell, L., Chorover, J., Simonich, M., Tanguay, R. L., Sierra-Alvarez, R. .., & Field, J. (2016). Identifying toxic biotransformation products of the insensitive munitions compound, 2,4-dinitroanisole (DNAN), using liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LC-QToF-MS).. In Towards Harmonized Strategies and Workflows to Assess Transformation Products of Chemicals of Emerging Concern by Non-Target and Suspect Screening, Drewes, J.; Letzel, T., Eds. American Chemical Society: 2016..

Journals/Publications

  • Yu, Y., Root, R. A., Castrejon Miranda, R., Sierra Alvarez, M. R., Chorover, J. D., & Field, J. A. (2024). Abiotic reductive transformation of 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5one by zero-valent iron. International journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 21, 25-34. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-023-04951-4
  • McCorkel, M., Sherwood, C. L., Borrero, N., Field, J. A., Sierra Alvarez, M. R., & Boitano, S. A. (2017). Sub-cytotoxic hafnium oxide alters cellular signaling in human lung epithelial cells. Toxicological and Applied Pharmacology, In Preparation.
  • Niu, X., Abrell, L., Sierra-Alvarez, R., Field, J. A., & Chorover, J. (2022). Analysis of hydrophilic per-and polyfluorinated sulfonates including trifluoromethanesulfonate using solid phase extraction and mixed-mode liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A, 462817.
  • Jog, K. V., Hess, K. Z., Field, J. A., Krzmarzick, M. J., & Sierra-Alvarez, R. (2021). Aerobic biodegradation of emerging azole contaminants by return activated sludge and enrichment cultures. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 417, 126151.
  • Kadoya, W. M., Madeira, C. L., Hoppe-Jones, C., Solsten, T., Snyder, S. A., Root, R. A., Sierra-Alvarez, R., Chorover, J., & Field, J. A. (2021). The Role of Manganese Dioxide in the Natural Formation of Organochlorines. ACS ES&T Water, 1(12), 2523-2530.
  • Kadoya, W. M., Sierra-Alvarez, R., Jagadish, B., Wong, S., Abrell, L., Mash, E. A., & Field, J. A. (2021). Covalent bonding of aromatic amine daughter products of 2, 4-dinitroanisole (DNAN) with model quinone compounds representing humus via nucleophilic addition. Environmental Pollution, 268, 115862.
  • Lakhey, N., Sierra-Alvarez, R., Couger, M. B., Krzmarzick, M. J., & Field, J. A. (2021). Anammox enrichment culture has unexpected capabilities to biotransform azole contaminants of emerging concern. Chemosphere, 264, 128550.
  • Loreto-Muñoz, C., Almendariz-Tapia, F. J., Martin-Garcia, A. R., Sierra-Alvarez, R., Ochoa-Herrera, V., & Monge-Amaya, O. (2021). Sulfate-rich wastewater treatment using an integrated anaerobic/aerobic biological system. Revista Mexicana de Ingeniera Quimica, 20(2), 1005-1017.
  • Madeira, C. L., Menezes, O., Park, D., Jog, K. V., Hatt, J. K., Gavazza, S., Krzmarzick, M. J., Sierra-Alvarez, R., Spain, J. C., & Konstantinidis, K. T. (2021). Bacteria Make a Living Breathing the Nitroheterocyclic Insensitive Munitions Compound 3-Nitro-1, 2, 4-triazol-5-one (NTO). Environmental Science & Technology, 55(9), 5806-5814.
  • Mendez, G., Trueba, G., Sierra-Alvarez, R., & Ochoa-Herrera, V. (2021). Treatment of acid rock drainage using a sulphate-reducing bioreactor with a limestone precolumn.. Environmental Technology,, 1-12.
  • Menezes, O., Kadoya, W. M., Gavazza, S., Sierra-Alvarez, R., Mash, E. A., Abrell, L., & Field, J. A. (2021). Covalent binding with model quinone compounds unveils the environmental fate of the insensitive munitions reduced product 2, 4-diaminoanisole (DAAN) under anoxic conditions. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 413, 125459.
  • Menezes, O., Yu, Y., Root, R. A., Gavazza, S., Chorover, J., Sierra-Alvarez, R., & Field, J. A. (2021). Iron (II) monosulfide (FeS) minerals reductively transform the insensitive munitions compounds 2, 4-dinitroanisole (DNAN) and 3-nitro-1, 2, 4-triazol-5-one (NTO). Chemosphere, 285, 131409.
  • Munoz, C., Amaya, O., Ochoa-Herrera, V., Sierra-Alvarez, R., & Tapia, F. (2021). Effect of carbon source and metal toxicity for potential acid mine drainage (AMD) treatment with an anaerobic sludge using sulfate-reduction.. Water Science and Technology, 83(11), 2469.
  • Muñoz, C., Amaya, O. M., García, A. M., Ochoa-Herrera, V., Sierra-Álvarez, R., & Tapia, F. (2021). Effect of carbon source and metal toxicity for potential acid mine drainage (AMD) treatment with an anaerobic sludge using sulfate-reduction. Water Science and Technology, 83(11), 2469.
  • Méndez, G., Trueba, G., Sierra-Alvarez, R., & Ochoa-Herrera, V. (2021). Treatment of acid rock drainage using a sulphate-reducing bioreactor with a limestone precolumn. Environmental Technology, 1-12.

Proceedings Publications

  • Olshansky, Y., Chorover, J., Abrell, L., Field, J. A., Gomeniuc, A., Hatton, J., & Alvarez, R. S. (2022). Sorption of PFAS by Cationic Hydrophobic Polymers. In ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 257.
  • Olshansky, Y., Chorover, J., Abrell, L., Field, J. A., Gomeniuc, A., Hatton, J., & Alvarez, R. S. (2020). Sorption of PFAS by Cationic Hydrophobic Polymers. In ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 257.
  • Olshansky, Y., Chorover, J., Abrell, L., Field, J. A., Gomeniuc, A., Hatton, J., & Sierra-Alvarez, R. .. (2019, Spring). Sorption of PFAS by Cationic Hydrophobic Polymers. In 2019 spring American Chemical Society National Meeting. March 31 - April 4, 2019. Orlando, FL..
  • Field, J. A. (2017, Fall). Energy savings with anaerobic ammonium oxidation. In Technology and Research Initiative Fund: Water, Environmental, and Energy Solutions: Funding for Research and Equipment, A Faculty and Researcher Informational Meeting. Feb. 15th, 2017.
  • Field, J. A., Ramos Ruiz, A., Simon Pascual, A., Zhu, K., & Sierra Alvarez, R. (2017, Fall). Recovery of Critical Metal and Metalloid Resources by Anaerobic Processes. In The 14th International Water Association, Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies. Innovative technology solutions to address challenges at the water-energy-food interface. May 29th – June 2nd, 2017.
  • Field, J. A., Rodriguez-Freire, L. .., & Sierra-Alvarez, R. .. (2017, Spring). Biorremediacon anaerobia de aguas contaminadas con arsenico. In Simposio Internacional: Ri­o Tinto, aspectos fundamentales y aplicados de un analogo terrestre de Marte. June 6-7, 2017.
  • Field, J. A., Sierra-Alvarez, R. .., & Ayala, P. (2017, Fall). Novel electron donors for bioremediation of acid rock drainage. In Water Reuse Monitoring and Treatment Technologies. May 17th -19th.
  • Sierra-Alvarez, R. .., Nguyen, C. H., Westerhoff, P., Field, J. A., Shadman, F., Zeng, C., & Bi, X. (2017, Spring). Aquatic fate and toxicity of III/V semiconductor materials in the presence of chemical mechanical planarization nanoparticles. In 2017 Annual Engineering Research Center (ERC) in Environmentally Benign Semiconductor Manufacturing. April 12, 2017.

Poster Presentations

  • Lakhey, N., Swartzendruber, D., Ding, H., Sierra-Alvarez, R. .., & Field, J. A. (2019, Summer). Effects of common wastewater constituents and environmental conditions on Anammox bacterial growth kinetics. [Poster Presentation], 2019 AEESP Research and Education Conference, May 14-16; 2019, Tempe, AZ, USA..
  • Madeira, C. L., Menezes, O., Kalyani, V. J., Brooks, M., Park, D., Konstantinidis, K., Krzmarzick, M. J., Spain, J. C., Sierra-Alvarez, R., & Field, J. A. (2019, Fall). Complete Biodegradation of Insensitive High Explosive Compounds. [Poster]. 2019 SERDP and ESTCP Symposium, Dec 3 - Dec 5, 2019, Washington DC..
  • Menezes, O., Florencio, L., Kato, M., Sierra-Alvarez, R., Field, J. A., & Gavazza., S. (2019, summer). [Poster]. Biodegradation of 2,4-Diaminoanisole (DAAN), a reduced product of an insensitive munition compound, under different electron acceptor conditions. 2019 Research and Education Conference, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors. May 14-16, 2019. Tempe, AZ..
  • Moreno-Andrade, I., Carrillo-Reyes, J., Field, J., & Sierra-Alvarez., R. (2019, Summer). [Poster]. Microbial reduction of antimony by anaerobic microorganisms.. 16th IWA World Conference on Anaerobic digestion 23-27 June 2019, Delft, The Netherlands.
  • Nguyen, ., & Sierra-Alvarez, R. .. (2019, Summer). [Poster]. Effects of common wastewater constituents and environmental conditions on Anammox bacterial growth kinetics. 2019 Research and Education Conference, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors. May 14-16, 2019. Tempe, AZ..
  • Olshansky, R. (2019, Summer). [Poster]. Remediation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl contaminated groundwater using cationic hydrophobic polymers as ultra-high affinity sorbents.. 2019 Research and Education Conference, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors. May 14-16, 2019. Tempe, AZ..
  • Olshansky, Y., Sierra-Alvarez, R., Field, J. A., Abrell, L., Hatton, J., Gomeniuc, A., Jones, S. L., & Chorover, J. (2019, Fall). Remediation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Contaminated Groundwater Using Cationic Hydrophobic Polymers as Ultra-High Affinity Sorbents (ER18-1052). [Poster Presentation] at the 2019 SERDP and ESTCP Symposium, Dec 3 - Dec 5, 2019, Washington DC..
  • Valdivielso, J. (2019, Summer). [Poster]. Detection of onium compounds used in semiconductor photolithography with liquid-chromatograph-high resolution mass spectrometry. 2019 Research and Education Conference, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors. May 14-16, 2019. Tempe, AZ..
  • Vanover, E., Jog, K., Nguyen, C. H., He, C., Field, J. A., & Sierra-Alvarez, R. .. (2019, Summer). [Poster]. Impact of azole compounds on the nitrification process in wastewater treatment. Semiconductor Environmental Safety & Health Conference (SESHA)/ Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) International High Technology ESH Symposium and Exhibition, April 16-20, Scottsdale, AZ. Honorable mention.
  • Yu, Y., Castrejon, M. R., Madeira, C. L., Sierra-Alvarez, R., Field, J. A., Chorover, J., & Root, R. (2019, Fall). High rate degradation of 3-Nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO) to environmentally benign end products in sequential reducing-oxidizing reactive mineral packed bed reactors. [Poster Presentation]. 2019 SERDP and ESTCP Symposium, Dec 3 - Dec 5, 2019, Washington DC.
  • Abrell, L., Kadoya, W. M., Madeira, C. L., Sierra-Alvarez, R. .., Wong, S., Mash Jr, ,. E., Field, J. A., & ., . (2018, fall). Nitroaromatic pollutants environmental fate characterized by HRAM; Understanding anaerobic formation of azo coupling products. 66th Am. Soc. For Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics. June 2-3, San Diego, CA. [poster].
  • Jog, K., Speed, D., Li, G., Nguyen, C. H., Field, J. A., & Sierra-Alvarez, R. .. (2018, Fall). Azoles as emerging contaminants and their role in nitrification inhibition. Semiconductor Environmental Safety & Health Conference (SESHA)/ Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) International High Technology ESH Symposium and Exhibition, April 16-20, Scottsdale, Arizona. [Poster, 3rd prize].
  • Madeira, C. L., Jog, K. V., Vanover, E. T., Brooks, M. D., Taylor, D. K., Sierra-Alvarez, R., Spain, J. C., Krzmarzick, M. J., & Field, J. A. (2018, Spring). Enrichment culture that biodegrades the reduced metabolite of the insensitive munitions compound 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO) to inorganic products. SERDP/ESTCP Environmental Technology Technical Symposium & Workshop. Nov. 27-30, 2018. Washington DC. [poster]. SERDP/ESTCP Environmental Technology Technical Symposium & Workshop. Nov. 27-30, 2018. Washington DC. [poster].
  • Madeira, C. L., Kadoya, W. M., Li, G., Wong, S., Sierra-Alvarez, R. .., & Field, J. (2018, Fall). Reductive Biological Pretreatment to Enhance In Situ Chemical Oxidation of Insensitive Munitions Compounds. SERDP/ESTCP Environmental Technology Technical Symposium & Workshop. Nov. 27-30, Washington DC. [poster].
  • Nguyen, C. H., Zeng, C., Boitano, S., Shadman, F., Field, J. A., & Sierra-Alvarez, R. .. (2018, Spring). Cytotoxicity of gallium arsenide (GaAs) and indium arsenide (InAs) nanoparticles to human lung epithelial cells. Semiconductor Environmental Safety & Health Conference (SESHA)/ Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) International High Technology ESH Symposium and Exhibition, April 16-20, Scottsdale, Arizona. [Poster award, 1st prize]..

Presentations

  • Madeira, C., Menezes, O., Park, D., Jog, K., Hatt, J., Gavazza, S., Krzmarzick, M., Sierra-Alvarez, R., Spain, J., Konstantinidis, K., & Field, J. A. (2021). Bacteria make a living breathing the nitro-heterocyclic insensitive munitions compound 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO).. American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, 2021, Atlanta. American Chemical Society Fall Meeting. Atlanta: ACS, 2021..
  • Menezes, O., Kadoya, W., Gavazza, S., Sierra-Alvarez, R., Mash, E., Abrell, L., & Field, J. A. (2021). Dead end for nitroaromatic explosives: Incorporation of the 2,4-dinitroanisole (DNAN) reduced daughter product into quinone moieties of natural organic matter. American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, 2021, Atlanta. American Chemical Society Fall Meeting. Atlanta: ACS, 2021..
  • Field, J. A., Jog, K., Sierra-Alvarez, R. .., Nguyen, C., & Vanover, E. (2019, Summer). Biodegradability and Microbial Toxicity of Azoles, the Forgotten Class of Emerging Contaminants. [Oral presentation], Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Research and Education Conference; 2019 May 14-16; Tempe, AZ..
  • Field, J. A., Sierra-Alvarez, R. .., Jog, K., Nguyen, C. H., Vanover, E., & Li, J. A. (2019, Summer). Biodegradability and Toxicity of Ubiquitous Azoles to Anaerobic and Post-Treatment Processes. [Oral Poster IWA Anaerobic Digestion Conference AD16, Accelerating natural cycles Delft University of Technology, 23-27 June 2019, Delft, The Netherlands.
  • Kadoya, W. M., Sierra-Alvarez, R. .., Jagadish, B., Wong, S., Abrell, L., Mash, E. A., & Field, J. A. (2019, Summer). Mechanism of Covalent Incorporation of Nitroaromatic Contaminants into Natural Organic Matter.. [Oral presentation] Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Research and Education Conference; 2019 May 14-16; Tempe, AZ..
  • Kalyani, V. J., Vanover, E., Chi, H. N., He, C., Field, J. A., & Sierra-Alvarez, R. (2019, Fall). Mechanisms of Nitrification Inhibition by Azoles: A Framework to Promote Azole Detoxification, Biodegradation and Green Chemistry. [Oral Presentation] Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Environment, Safety and Health (ESH) Review, Tucson, AZ, Nov 05, 2019..
  • Lakhey, N., Sierra-Alvarez, R. .., & Field, J. A. (2019, Fall). The interactions of azole compounds with an anammox enrichment culture: toxicity and biotransformation. [Oral Presentation] SETAC North America 40th annual meeting, November, 3-7, 2019, Toronto, Ontario, Canada..
  • Li., G., Field, J. A., Prevatt, J., McMurray, M. R., Smutzer, J., King, I., Shiroma, J., & Sierra-Alvarez, R. .. (2019, summer). [Oral presentation]. Performance of Pilot-scale Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation (Anammox) Reactors in Treating Ammonium Rich Wastewater for Pima County Wastewater Reclamation Facility (WRF).. Nutrient Removal and Recovery Symposium 2019: July 23 -25, 2019. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
  • Madeira, C. L., Kadoya, W. M., Li, G., Wong, S., Sierra-Alvarez, R. .., & Field, J. A. (2019, Summer). Biological Pretreatment to Enhance In Situ Chemical Oxidation of Insensitive Munitions Compounds. [Oral presentation] Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Research and Education Conference; 2019 May 14-16; Tempe, AZ..
  • Niu, X. Z., Abrell, L., Sierra-Alvarez, R. .., Field, J. A., & Chorover, J. (2019, Fall). Environmental, Safety & Health Properties of Onium Photoacid Generators and their Photodegradation Products.. [Oral Presentation] Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Environment, Safety and Health (ESH) Review, Tucson, AZ, Nov 05, 2019..
  • Olshansky, Y., Chorover, J., Abrell, L., Field, J. A., Gomeniuc, A., Hatton, J., & Sierra-Alvarez, R. .. (2019, Spring). Sorption of PFAS by Cationic Hydrophobic Polymers. [Oral Presentation] 2019 spring American Chemical Society National Meeting. March 31 - April 4, 2019. Orlando, FL..
  • Sierra-Alvarez, R. .. (2019, Fall). [Oral presentation]. Remediation of PFAS contaminated water.. University of Arizona Water & Energy Sustainable Technology (WEST) Center 2019 Industry Meeting and Research Symposium, Nov. 18th. Tucson, AZ..
  • Sierra-Alvarez, R. .. (2019, Summer). [Oral presentation]. Mechanisms of Nitrification Inhibition by Azoles: A Framework to Promote Azole Detoxification, Biodegradation and Green Chemistry.. Semiconductor Research Corporation ESH e-Workshop. June 5, 2019.
  • Sierra-Alvarez, R., Olshansky, Y., Field, J. A., Abrell, L., Hatton, J., Gomeniuc, A., Schirn, G., & Chorover, J. (2019, Summer). Remediation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Contaminated Groundwater Using Cationic Hydrophobic Polymers as Ultra-High Affinity Sorbents (ER18-1052).. [Oral Presentation] SERDP & ESTCP PFAS Project Meeting, July 30 -August 1, 2019.
  • Ayala-Parra, P. .., Field, J. A., & Sierra-Alvarez., R. 2. (2018, Fall). Nutrient recovery and biogas generation from the anaerobic digestion of waste biomass from algal biofuel production.. Sixth Int. Symp. On Environmental Biotechnology and Engineering. Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico. Nov. 5-9. [oral presentation].

Awards

  • Berge Dean Fellow
    • College of Engineering, UofA, Spring 2020
  • 3nd place student poster competition (with Kalyani J., D. Speed, G. Li, C. H. Nguyen, J.A. Field. "Azoles as emerging contaminants and their role in nitrification inhibition.")
    • Semiconductor Environmental Safety & Health Conference (SESHA)/ Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), Spring 2018
  • 1st place student poster competition (with Nguyen, C.H., Zeng, C., Boitano, S., Shadman, F., Field, J.A., "Cytotoxicity of gallium arsenide (GaAs) and indium arsenide (InAs) nanoparticles to human lung epithelial cells")
    • Semiconductor Environmental Safety & Health Conference (SESHA)/ Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), Spring 2018
  • 3nd place student poster competition (with Vanover, E., Madeira, C.L., Speet, S.A., Abrell, A., Chorover, J., Field, J.A. "Remediation of Insensitive Munitions Compound 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO)".
    • Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunity (WAESO), Spring 2018
  • Selected as reviewer for the DoD SMART program.
    • Department of Defense, Fall 2017
  • Fulbright Specialist Roster member
    • Fulbright Commission, Spring 2017
    • Fulbright Commission, Spring 2013
  • 2nd place student competition (with Kadoya, Wong, Abrell, Mash and Field, " Anaerobic coupling reactions between reduced intermediates of 2,4-dinitroanisole (DNAN")
    • Arizona Water Association, Spring 2017
  • Outstanding reviewer – Journal of Hazardous Materials
    • Journal of Hazardous Materials, Fall 2015
  • Best Poster Prize (With C. L. Madeira, S. Speet, J.A. Field
    • Institute of the Environment Grad Blitz. Nov 3, 2015. Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ., Fall 2015
  • 1st Place Undergraduate Collegiate Technical Poster Competition. (with Wilkening, J.V., Ramos-Ruiz, A., Sierra-Alvarez, R., Field, JA).
    • Society of Women Engineers Annual Conference. October 22-24, 2015 • Nashville, TN., Fall 2015
  • Co-Author of one of the top 10 most downloaded articles published in Environmental Science: Nano in 2015, and has been included in our 2015 Most Downloaded Articles collection.
    • Journal Environmental Science: Nano, Fall 2015
  • Best Research Abstract Award –2nd place (With Vilcherrez D, Li G, Puyol F, Carvajal JM, Field JA),
    • 88th Annual AZ Water Conference & Exhibition, May 6-8, 2015, Glendale, AZ., Spring 2015
  • − 2015 Environmental Science Peer Review Committee for the Fulbright Specialist Program
    • Fulbright Commission, Spring 2015
  • Co-author of publication, awarded the distinction of Best Student Presentation
    • SEMATECH Surface Cleaning and Preparation Conference. April 22-24, 2014, Austin, Texas., Fall 2014
  • Best Poster Award (with Ramos-Ruiz A, Wilkening J, Field JA, Sierra-Álvarez R).
    • Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, The University of Arizona, Summer I 2014
  • 2nd place Oral Presentation Award (with Gonzalez-Estrella J, Puyol D, Gallagher S, Sierra-Alvarez R, Field JA.)
    • Earthweek: GeoDaze 2014, 42st Annual Geoscience Symp., April 9-10, Tucson, Arizona., Spring 2014
  • 1st place Oral Presentation Award (with Olivares C, Abrell L, Sierra-Alvarez R, Field JA
    • Earthweek: GeoDaze 2014, 42st Annual Geoscience Symp., April 9-10, Tucson, Arizona., Spring 2014
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