Lynn Dudley is Association's President Elect

Lynn Dudley is Association's President Elect

Lynn M. Dudley, professor in the Department of Plants, Soils and Biometeorology, was recently elected president-elect of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS-PD). AAAS is the world's largest scientific society, serving 10 million individuals in more than 130 countries. The society advances science and innovation throughout the world, and publishes the prestigious journal, Science.

Dudley is co-author of a book published by AAAS-PD, which addresses the problem of toxic levels of selenium, arsenic, uranium, nitrates and pesticides in Western irrigation systems. The problem was first noticed in the mid-1980s when elevated selenium levels caused reproduction problems among waterfowl at a wildlife refuge in the San Joaquin Valley. The book focuses, in part, on ways to reduce toxics using irrigation engineering, physics and geochemistry. The research was funded by the President's Initiative on Water Quality.

Utah State University can look forward to having the AAAS-PD meet on its campus next summer when Dudley assumes the presidency. The Pacific Division encompasses California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Montana west of the Continental Divide.