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Professional
Biography: |
Dr. Ketia L.
Shumaker has
been a part of
the UWA’s
Department of
Biological and
Environmental
Sciences since
2004. She
teaches courses
in biology and
environmental
science, while
also serving as
the Student
Success
Coordinator for
the College of
Natural Sciences
and Mathematics.
Her research
interest lies in
the field of
phytoremediation
(an innovation
green technology
that uses plants
to remove
contaminates
from soil and
water) water
quality
monitoring,
molecular
biology and
plant genetics.
In addition to
her research
focus, Dr.
Shumaker mentors
and recruits
undergraduate
students for
summer research
internships.
Since 2009, Dr.
Shumaker has
been able to
take
undergraduate
students with
her to
Pennsylvania
State University
to participate
in a ten-week
long paid summer
research
program. Funding
for these summer
programs have
been provided by
grants from The
Natural Science
Foundation (NSF)
and The United
States
Department of
Agriculture.
Although Dr.
Shumaker travels
during the
summer, she
enjoys her
southern living.
She was born in
a small town
called Ackerman,
Mississippi. She
completed both
her Bachelor’s
of Science
degree in
Biology
Pre-medicine and
Masters of
Science degree
in Biology at
Alcorn State
University in
Lorman,
Mississippi (http://www.alcorn.edu/).
By age 28, she
had earned her
doctoral degree
in environmental
science from
Jackson State
University in
Jackson,
Mississippi (http://www.jsums.edu/).
She has
participated in
several academic
and research
support programs
throughout her
education; such
as Upward Bound,
Ronald E. McNair
Scholars
program, the
Alliance for
Graduate
Education in
Mississippi, and
the Bill and
Melinda Gates
Millennium
Scholarship
programs.
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Recent
Publications: |
Shumaker,
K.L.,
S. Ghosh and
M.S. Zaman.
2011. Phytoextraction of
Cadmium and
Responses of
Indian Mustrad Plants
to Cadmium
Contaminated
Soil.
Adv. Sci. Tech.
5: 1: 70-75.
Brantley, Susan,
Mary Ann
Bruns, Ketia Shumaker et.al. (2011) Thirteen
Hypotheses to
Test How
Biology,
Weathering and
Erosion Interact
within the
Critical Zone.
Geobiology. DOI:
10.1111/j.1472-4669.2010.00264.x
Shumaker, K. L.
and Begonia, G.
2005. Heavy
Metal Uptake,
Translocation,
and
Bioaccumulation
Studies of
Triticum
aestivum
Cultivated in
Contaminated
Dredged
Materials.
International
Journal of
Environmental
Research and
Public Health.
2:1-2.
Zaman, M. S., C.
P. Jennings, and
K. L. Shumaker.
2003. Chelator
Induced
Phytoaccumulation
of Cadmium in
Brassica juncea
grown in Cadmium
Contaminated
Soil. J.
Mississippi
Acad. Sci.
48:1:13.
Shumaker, K. L.,
E. I. Hamadain,
and C. Rhyne.
2002.
Challenging
Three Potential
Phytoaccumlators
for Lead in
Contaminated
Dredged
Material. J.
Mississippi
Acad. Sci.
47:1:16.
Shumaker, K., A.
M. Powell, and
M. S. Zaman.
2002.
Bioaccumulation
of Cadmium and
Lead in Indian
Mustard Grown in
Metal
Contaminated
Soils. J.
Mississippi
Acad. Sci.
47:1:15.
Zaman, M.S., K.
L. Shumaker, and
A. M. Powell.
2001. Chlorosis
in Brassica
juncea: An
Assessment of
Plant Tolerance
to Metal
Pollutants in
Soil. J.
Mississippi
Acad. Sci.
46:1:13.
Shumaker, K.L.,
M. S. Zaman, V.
Boyd and A. M.
Powell. 2000.
Responses of
Indian Mustard
in Soil Cadmium
and Lead
Pollution. J.
Mississippi
Acad. Sci.
45:1:14.
Shumaker, K.
L., M. S. Zaman,
V. Boyd, L.
Johnson, and A.
M. Powell. 2000.
Tolerance of
Indian Mustard
(Brassica
juncea) to Soil
Metal
Pollutants.
Proc. 7th
Biennial
Symposium on
Minorities, The
Medically
Underserved and
Cancer 60-61.
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