Ms. Jayme McBee

Research Interests

Broadly speaking, I am interested in stable isotope geochemistry with applications to environmental geochemistry, and, specifically, metals fate, bioavailability, and using isotopic ratios as environmental tracers. My research involves the investigation of  ^207/206Pb and ^208/206Pb isotope ratios as tracers of anthropogenic and geogenic lead in soils of Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. I seek to identify the distribution of anthropogenic versus geogenic ^207/206Pb and ^208/206Pb isotope end-members and to decipher the distribution and behavior of the anthropogenic lead component in soils.

Experience

• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Environmental Sample Analysis for IAEA Safeguards Program
  Intern (May 2010-August 2010)
• Texas A&M University
  Teaching Assistant (January 2009-present)
• Texas A&M University
  Research Assistant (May 2009-August 2009)
• Oklahoma State University
  Lab Technician, Environmental Geochemistry Laboratory (August 2006 - December 2006)
• Oklahoma State University
  Undergraduate Researcher, Ecotoxicology and Water Quality Research Laboratory (January 2006 - May 2006) 

Presentations

Foster, J., Gaffney, A., Williams, R., Evaluation of a modified BCR sequential extraction procedure for environmental sample analysis of Pb by quadrupole ICP-MS and MC-ICP-MS. Poster for summer student intern research symposium. July, 2010. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA.

Foster, J., Herbert, B., Marcantonio, F., Deciphering lead contamination distribution trends using ^206/207Pb stable isotope ratios as tracers of anthropogenic and geogenic lead. Poster for Geology Departmental student research symposium. April, 2010. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.