Siddhartha Roy’s Group at Rutgers University

Updates

📰 Magazine: Could lessons from Flint help reduce lead in Ontario schools?. University of Toronto Investigative Journalism.

📑 Paper: Preventing lead (Pb) contamination in rural community water systems in LMICs through analytical screening, policy and standards enforcement, and supply chain interventions. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. 2025.

📰 Magazine: The Uncertain and Shifting Future of Ph.D.s in Science. Undark. 06/03/25

🔬 Preprint: Lead (Pb) leaching from galvanized handpump tanks, leaded brass taps, and stainless-steel alternatives used in rural LMIC settings using NSF 61 protocol. Under Review. 2025.

📑 Paper: Foresight 2035: a perspective on the next decade of research on the management of Legionella spp. in engineered aquatic environments. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 2025.

🗣️ Radio: Denver Water is halfway through replacing lead pipes. Why didn’t this happen sooner? . NPR and NPR Colorado. 11/07/24

📅 Event: 🇺🇸 / 🇫🇷 Reducing Lead Exposure: Evolution of Priorities and Regulation. Columbia and Sorbonne. 10/30/24 9a-1p ET

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Our research program uses a transdisciplinary approach to help answer the question:

We mentor students, conduct original research, craft data-driven stories to communicate our findings, and provide implementation and policy advice through an ethical lens:

Funding Agencies

NIEHS	Rutgers SEBS	USGS

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Siddhartha Roy (Biography)

Rutgers Department of Environmental Sciences

59 Dudley Rd, 308 Foran Hall

New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Laboratories: Foran 308; ENR 167.

(office) +1-848-932-5780

(email) roy [dot] s [at] rutgers [dot] edu

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