Comments on: Measurement & Analysis of Pesticide Biotransformation Products in Ohio Precipitation Samples

By: Edwin A Hurd

Edwin A Hurd — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 22:04:49 +0000

Nice work, Lily -congratulations!

By: Khallyani Minich

Khallyani Minich — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 21:25:30 +0000

Your poster is amazing and easy to read! It really shows that less is more and is inspiring for my future poster. You mention that the software developers were located in Germany which complicated things. Are there programs based in English countries? If so are there specific reasons as to why they were not used?

By: Lily Anderson

Lily Anderson — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 21:00:20 +0000

Thank you, everyone, for your comments! To answer some questions:

Atmospheric microorganisms can cycle in and out with weather patterns, but they can remain in the atmosphere for weeks at a time, too. They can also replicate while in the atmosphere!

The hardest part of my study was dealing with technological issues. The software I used crashed a few times, and the developers are all based in Germany, so I had to navigate communicating across time zones and a language barrier!

The most surprising result was that I only confirmed the presence of atrazine-based metabolites even though I looked for metabolites from the 10 most commonly used pesticides in Ohio. Future work should focus on adjusting the methods to try to find out more about the other nine pesticides!

By: Debbie Espinosa

Debbie Espinosa — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 19:48:53 +0000

I learned a lot about the chemicals on rain water that I hadn’t thought about before. Thanks for sharing your research, Lily!

By: Patty Will

Patty Will — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 18:27:51 +0000

Congratulations, Lily, on completing all the work required of this amazing project. Great job on your scientific process and providing a sound basis for further studies. Congratulations too on receiving the Dr Melissa Schultz Award, a very well deserved honor.

By: Torence

Torence — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 15:27:54 +0000

Great work!! Were there any surprising results or outcomes during the course of your research?

By: Emma

Emma — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 14:07:29 +0000

I love your work! What was the hardest part of doing this study?

By: Saralee

Saralee — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 13:14:55 +0000

Awesome work, Lily. Congratulations!

By: Prof. Claire Eager

Prof. Claire Eager — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:53:59 +0000

Congratulations, Lily! I’ve heard about other pollution studies from Prof. Faust’s students in the past, but now I’m curious about the atmospheric microorganisms. Do they tend to hang out up there or do they cycle in and out with weather and precipitation?

By: Bryan Karazsia

Bryan Karazsia — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:38:09 +0000

Lily – Such a relevant project with important implications for this community (and many others, too).

Wishing you very well on symposium day!