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Updates
📰 Magazine: The Uncertain and Shifting Future of Ph.D.s in Science. Undark. 06/03/25
🔬 Preprint: Lead (Pb) leaching from galvanized handpump tanks, leaded brass taps, and stainless-steel alternatives used in rural LMIC settings using NSF 61 protocol. Under Review. 2025.
📑 Paper: Foresight 2035: a perspective on the next decade of research on the management of Legionella spp. in engineered aquatic environments. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 2025.
🗣️ Radio: Denver Water is halfway through replacing lead pipes. Why didn’t this happen sooner? . NPR and NPR Colorado. 11/07/24
📅 Event: 🇺🇸 / 🇫🇷 Reducing Lead Exposure: Evolution of Priorities and Regulation. Columbia and Sorbonne. 10/30/24 9a-1p ET
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Our research program uses a transdisciplinary approach to help answer the question:
We mentor students, conduct original research, craft data-driven stories to communicate our findings, and provide implementation and policy advice through an ethical lens:
Funding Agencies
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Siddhartha Roy (Biography)
Rutgers Department of Environmental Sciences
59 Dudley Rd (Foran Hall), 308
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Laboratories: Foran Hall 308; ENR 167.
(office) +1-848-932-5780
(email) roy [dot] s [at] rutgers [dot] edu
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