Beth Polidoro is an Associate Professor of Environmental Chemistry and Aquatic Conservation in the School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences at Arizona State University. She also serves as Associate Director of Biodiversity Assessment in the Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, which is jointly housed in the School of Life Sciences and the Global Institute of Sustainability. Her primary research interests are in risk assessment and applied toxicology within the context of marine and freshwater biodiversity conservation, human health and international development.
Dr. Polidoro has a broad background in the marine, chemical and environmental sciences. Before to coming to ASU’s New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences in 2012, she was a Senior Research Associate with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), where she worked with scientists around the globe to quantify the impacts of anthropogenic threats on more than 20,000 marine species for inclusion on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Currently, she works on various marine and freshwater conservation initiatives and risk assessments in the United States, Latin America, Asia and Oceania. Her current research projects involve the development of ecological and public health risk assessments for microplastics and other contaminants in aquatic environments, pollution vulnerability indices for marine biodiversity, and new methodologies to detect and assess the impacts of pollution and other threats to marine ecosystems across the globe. She also supports a long-term monitoring project for microplastics and other pollutants in aquatic resources and recreationally-caught fishes in metro-Phoenix.
ecological and environmental risk assessment, water quality, toxicology, marine and freshwater conservation
Polidoro, B. A Comprehensive Petrochemical Vulnerability Index for Improved Decision-making and Marine Biodiversity Risk Assessment in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem. GoMRI (01/01/2018-06/30/2020).
Carpenter, KE and Polidoro, B. Centennial Genetic and Species Transformations in the Epicenter of Marine Biodiversity. NSF PIRE (10/1/2017-09/30/2022)
Polidoro, B. A screening-level ecological risk assessment for microplastics in seafood in American Samoa. NOAA (8/1/2017 - 7/31/2020)
Polidoro, B. Community Monitoring of Pollutants in Urban Waterways and Recreational Fisheries. EPA (9/1/2016 - 10/31/2018)
Polidoro, B. Whats the Catch: Monitoring and Conservation of Urban Waterways and Recreational Lakes for Native Fishes Migratory Birds and Local Communities. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (7/1/2016 - 6/30/2018)
Summer 2022 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
FOR 499 | Individualized Instruction |
Spring 2022 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ENV 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
ENV 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
ENV 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 592 | Research |
BIO 593 | Applied Project |
ACO 593 | Applied Project |
BIO 599 | Thesis |
SOS 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
CHM 302 | Environmental Chemistry |
ENV 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ENV 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
LSC 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ENV 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 592 | Research |
BIO 593 | Applied Project |
ACO 593 | Applied Project |
LSC 598 | Special Topics |
BIO 599 | Thesis |
SOS 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
FOR 499 | Individualized Instruction |
Spring 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
LSC 434 | Marine Ecology |
ENV 485 | Environ Impact Assessment |
LSC 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ENV 492 | Honors Directed Study |
LSC 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
ENV 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
LSC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ENV 499 | Individualized Instruction |
FOR 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 593 | Applied Project |
LSC 598 | Special Topics |
BIO 599 | Thesis |
SOS 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
CHM 302 | Environmental Chemistry |
LSC 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ENV 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
ENV 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
LSC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ENV 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 593 | Applied Project |
LSC 598 | Special Topics |
BIO 599 | Thesis |
SOS 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ENV 385 | Environ Impact Assessment |
LSC 434 | Marine Ecology |
LSC 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ENV 492 | Honors Directed Study |
LSC 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
LSC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ENV 499 | Individualized Instruction |
FOR 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SOS 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
CHM 113 | General Chemistry I |
CHM 302 | Environmental Chemistry |
LSC 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
LSC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ENV 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
Summer 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
LSC 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
LSC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
FOR 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ENV 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SOS 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
LSC 484 | Internship |
LSC 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
LSC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ENV 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
FOR 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SOS 790 | Reading and Conference |
SOS 792 | Research |
SOS 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
LSC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
CHM 302 | Environmental Chemistry |
ENV 385 | Environ Impact Assessment |
BIO 412 | Conservation in Practice |
LSC 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
LSC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
FOR 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ENV 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SOS 598 | Special Topics |
BIO 598 | Special Topics |
LSC 598 | Special Topics |
GPH 598 | Special Topics |
SOS 792 | Research |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
LSC 484 | Internship |
LSC 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
LSC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
FOR 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ENV 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SOS 790 | Reading and Conference |
SOS 792 | Research |
2016 New College Tenured/Tenure-Track Research Excellence Award