Joint Interagency Phytoremediation Research Program Mitch Lasat, EPA

Affiliation: National Science and Technology Council Participating Agencies: DOE, NSF, EPA, ONR, and SERDPFocus: Investigate the Mechanisms of Interactions Between Plants, Microorganisms, and Contaminant ChemicalsObjective: Promote Phytoremediation of Contaminated EnvironmentContacts: DOE- Dr. Paul Bayer (paul.bayer@science.doe.gov); ONR-Dr. Linda Chrisey, (chrisel@onr

.navy.mil); EPA- Dr. Mitch Lasat, (lasat.mitch@epa.gov); NSF- Dr William Winner, (wwinner&nsf.gov) Awards• Genetic and Molecular Dissection of Arsenic Hyperaccumulation in the Fern Pteris vittata. Jo Ann Banks, Purdue University• Enhancement of Selenium Volatilization by Salicornia: Plant and Microbial Interactions. Zhi-Qing Lin, Southern Illinois University• A Phytoremediation Strategy for Arsenic. Richard B. Meagher, University of Georgia• Phytoremediation of Marine Sediments Contaminated with PAHs and PCBs Using Eelgrass (Zostera marina). Michael Huesemann, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory • Mechanistic Role of Plant Root Exudates in the Phytoremediation of Persistent Organic Pollutants. Jason White, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Connecticut • Evaluation of Monoterpene Producing Plants for Phytoremediation of PCB and PAH Contaminated Soils. David Crowley, University of California-Riverside• Physiological Mechanisms of Estuarine Sediment Oxidation by Spartina Cordgrasses. Raymond Lee,Washington State University• The Molecular Basis for Heavy Metal Accumulation and Tolerance in the Hyperaccumulating Plant Species, Thlaspi caerulescens. Leon Kochian, Cornell University

• Genome-Wide Hunt for Metal Hyperaccumulation Genes. David E. Salt, Purdue University• Molecular Mechanism of Nickel Hyperaccumulation in Thlaspi goesingense. David E. Salt, Purdue University• Intraspecific Variation in Thlaspi caerulescens: The Key to Increasing Metal Sequestration in Plants. Stephen D. Ebbs, Southern Illinois Univ• Are Plant Root-Mycobacterium Interactions Beneficial in Remediation of Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons? Anne J. Anderson, Utah State University• Molecular Genetics of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Stress Responses and Remediation by Arabidopsis thaliana. Adan Colon- Carmona, University of Massachusetts-Boston • Understanding and Enhancement of Arsenic Hyperaccumulation by a Fern Plant.. Jean-Francois Gaillard, Northwestern University• Applications of 13C Tracer Studies and Stable Isotope Geochemistry to Determine Rhizosphere Alteration of PAH Bioavailability in Contaminated Geomedia. Elizabeth G. Nichols, North Carolina State University• Involvement of an Endosymbiotic Methylbacterium sp. in the Biodegradation of Explosive RDX and HMX Inside Poplar Tree Populus deltoides). Jerald Schnoor, University of Iowa