Acquisition of Instrumentation for Development of a Laboratory in Environmental Biogeochemistry and Groundwater Analyses

一个新实验室（密西西比大学环境生物地球化学和地下水分析实验室）的一套仪器将用于研究地下水的生物地球化学。仪器包括：(1)Finnigan Delta Plus同位素比质分光光度计，(2)Perkin Elmer Optima 3300 DV电感耦合等离子体光谱仪，(3)Dionex GP 50离子色谱仪，(4)同位素样品的样品制备线。通过自然系统对水的获取、利用和转化的分析是环境科学中许多领域的核心，包括水文学、生物地球化学、微生物和植物生理学以及生态学。密西西比大学野外研究站水和湿地资源中心的环境生物地球化学和地下水分析实验室将补充密西西比大学牛津校区的一个不断发展的项目：(1)生物系的植物生态学、微生物生态学和保护生物学；(2)地质与地质工程系水文地球化学；(3)化学工程系化学生态学与地下水修复。该设备将用于分析土壤、地下水、沉积物和孔隙水，用于密西西比大学本科生、研究生、博士后和访问科学家合作者的研究和培训。澳大环境生物地球化学和地下水分析实验室将成为教师研究和研究培训的催化剂，为在任何环境科学领域从事职业的学生提供帮助。它将吸引所有种族和文化背景的人才从事环境科学的职业。

A suite of instruments for a new laboratory (The University of Mississippi Laboratory for Environmental Biogeochemistry and Groundwater Analyses) will be used for studies of the biogeochemistry of groundwater. Instrumentation includes: (1) a Finnigan Delta Plus isotope ratio mass spectrophotometer, (2) a Perkin Elmer Optima 3300 DV inductively coupled plasma spectrometer, (3) a Dionex GP 50 ion chromatograph, and (4) a sample preparation line for isotope samples. Analysis of the acquisition, utilization, and transformation of water through natural systems is at the core of many fields within the environmental sciences, including hydrology, biogeochemistry, microbe and plant physiology, and ecology.A laboratory in environmental biogeochemistry and groundwater analyses in the Center for Water and Wetland Resources at The University of Mississippi Field Station will complement a growing program on The University of Mississippi (UM) Oxford campus in: (1) plant ecology, microbial ecology, and conservation biology in the Department of Biology; (2) hydrology and geochemistry in the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering; and (3) chemical ecology and groundwater remediation in the Department of Chemical Engineering. The equipment will be used for analyses of soils, groundwater, sediments, and porewater in research and training of undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral, and visiting scientist collaborators at The University of Mississippi. The UM laboratory in environmental biogeochemistry and groundwater analyses will be a catalyst for both faculty research and research training for students pursuing careers in any area of environmental science. It will attract talented individuals of all ethnic and cultural backgrounds to careers in the environmental sciences.