Native Voices in STEM Fall 2025
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Dr. Cherie De Vore, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, will present "Engineering from Abundance: Mixed metal sorption with filamentous fungi for bioremediation applications". Dr. Vore, Diné, is from the community of Crownpoint, NM in eastern Diné (Navajo) Nation. Her clans are Red Bottom People, Atop the Mountain Towering House, Salt People and Tangle People. She received her Ph.D. in Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of New Mexico under the mentorship of Professor Jose Cerrato. With a restorative framework in mind, her current work investigates biogeochemical processes that affect the accumulation of metals and microbial community changes in areas impacted by mining and wildfires. Cherie is proud to be a new member of the Indigenous Resilience Center and enjoys working with her community and many others in Arizona on environmental restoration research.
This speaker series is co-sponsored by the Indigenous Resilience Center, the UArizona-Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership, the Water Resources Research Center, the Native FEWS Alliance, and the Office of Societal Impact.
