Faculty
NV INBRE Pilot grant (UNR17-58 - 2017): $14,000. Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Tetrahydrocannabinol (TCH) and other illicit drugs in the waters of the Las Vegas Wash and its Biota.
Published - Peer reviewed
Buch, AC, DB Sims, ED Marques, E Silva-Filho, 2024. Case studies of assessment of human health risks after the dam failures of the Córrego do Feijão Mine and Fundão in Brazil, International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment. https://doi.org/10.1080/17480930.2024.2330227
Sims, D.B., Monk, J.R., Garner, M.C. et al., 2024. Occurrence, source, and ecological risk of pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs in surface water in Las Vegas, USA. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-024-05522-x
Woldetsadik, D.D., D.B. Sims, M.C. Garner, A.C. Hudson, in press. US verses imported rice metal(loid)s profile: Health risk assessment and Geographic origin discrimination. Biological Trace Element Research
Sims D.B., A. Buch, A.C Hudson, M.C. Garner, J.E. Keller, P. McBurnett, K. Lindley, T. Iipinge, J. Arostegui, R. A. Busch, L.E Beckstrom, J. J. Piacentini, 2023, in press. Trace Metals as Hydrologic Tracers for Particle Transport via Fluvial Processes in an Arid Environment of Southern Nevada (USA). Soil and Sediment Contamination: An International Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/15320383.2023.2241911
Woldetsadik, D.D., D.B. Sims, M. Garner, AC Hudson, 2023. Metal(loid)s profile of four traditional Ethiopian teff brands: Geographic origin discrimination. Biological Trace Element Research. DOI: 10.1007/s12011-023-03736-7
Andressa, B., D B. Sims; M E F Correia; E D Marques; S Ritcher; E V Silva-Filho, 2023. Preliminary assessment of potential pollution risks in soils: case study of the Córrego do Feijão Mine dam failure (Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil). International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment. https://doi.org/10.1080/17480930.2023.2226474
Sims, D.B., A.C. Hudson, J.E. Keller, D. Ferrari, G.M. Fernandez, J. Garcia-Hernandez, B.D. Kesl, F.W. Rodrigues, S.G. Torres, 2022. Extinct groundwater discharge locality in the Eldorado Valley; eastern Mojave Desert, Nevada, USA. Journal of Sedimentary Environments, https://doi.org/10.1007/s43217-022-00093-8
Conference presentation: DB Sims, AC Hudson, J Stordock, R Taggart, D Walton (2018). The Presence of Illicit Drug Secondary Metabolites in the Waters of the Las Vegas Wash. Poster session at the 2018 Nevada Water Resources Association, Las Vegas, NV. February 27 - March 1, 2018. [Poster]
Student
Mr. Joshua Monk. NV INBRE UROP grant mentor (8 P20 GM103440- 2019), Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP): $6,000. Mentoring 1 UNLV student in summer research of “Methods to identify emerging contaminants such as the metabolites of illicit drugs will increase knowledge concerning their presence in the wider environment.” Mentoring faculty: Dr. Douglas Sims and Dr. Amanda Hudson
Conference Presentation: Monk, J, MC Garner, AC Hudson, K Lindley, DB Sims, 2019. Method for Detecting Emerging Contaminants in the Environment. UNR INBRE Summer 2019 Undergraduate Research Symposium. August 7, 2019. [Poster]