Our Fluorinated Fingerprint: Understanding Bioaccumulation of Per/Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs)
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The University of Arizona's College of Medicine-Tucson Department of Physiology presents the Seminars in Translational and Advanced Research (STAR) series, hosting Dr. Carrie McDonough from Carnegie Mellon University.
Dr. McDonough is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University, where her research group investigates how known and novel organic contaminants accumulate and transform in the body using high-resolution mass spectrometry and ion mobility spectrometry. She completed her B.Sc. in Chemistry at MIT and her Ph.D. in Chemical Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island, then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Colorado School of Mines, where she developed methods to discover novel PFASs in human blood. Her work explores how molecular structure and chemical properties determine the impacts of contaminants on aquatic food webs and humans.
Join us in-person at 11 a.m. on Friday, November 7, 2025 in Arizona Health Sciences Center, Room 8403.
The lecture will also be available via Zoom.