Gerardo Martinez
PhD Student in ERDE
Gerardo Martinez
PhD Student in Earth Resources Development Engineering (ERDE)
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SHPE: Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
CSM Diversity and Inclusion committee
Gerardo is a Ph.D. student at Colorado School of Mines, studying earth resources development engineering. He received his M.S. in environmental engineering from the University of California, Davis. His master’s thesis focused on mercury contamination in watersheds due to uncontrolled gold mining in the Madre de Dios region of Peru. Gerardo, a 2015 EPA STAR Fellow, has over seven years of laboratory and research experience. He is currently studying the opportunities and challenges associated with formalization of artisanal and small-scale gold mining in the Puno region of Peru. His previous work at Syracuse University focused on the fate and transport of mercury and nutrients in an agricultural constructed wetland.
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Publications
Martinez, G., McCord, S.A., Driscoll, C.T., Todorova, S., Wu, S., Araujo, J.F., Vega, C.M., Fernandez, L.E., 2018. Mercury contamination in riverine sediments and fish associated with artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Madre de Dios, Peru. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 15 (8), 1584. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15081584.