CHEE Seminar: Cheri De Vore
Native Voices in STEM
Monday, February 14, 2022 – 3:00 p.m. MST
Cheri L. De Vore, Diné
Postdoctoral Scholar, Earth System Science
Stanford University
"Mining and Wildfire Driven Changes Alter Metals Mobilization: Restorative and Mechanistic Insights"
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Dr. Cherie De Vore, Diné, is from Tsinyaanalk’id near Crownpoint, NM in the eastern Navajo Nation. Her clans are Red Bottom People, Atop the Mountain Towering House, Salt People and Tangle People. She is currently a postdoctoral scholar in Earth System Science at Stanford University. She received her Ph.D. in Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of New Mexico under the mentorship of Professor Jose Cerrato. Cherie was awarded an NSF Earth Science Postdoctoral Fellowship to conduct research under the guidance of Professor Scott Fendorf. Her current research is related to better understanding biogeochemical mechanisms affecting the mobilization and bioavailability of metals in soils and plants near Indigenous communities.