JoAnn M. Holloway

JoAnn M. Holloway is a biogeochemist with research interests exploring the influence of parent material, geomorphology and hydrologic processes on soil biogeochemistry. These processes are evaluated in the context of how land use, including  mining, urbanization, forestry, and agricultural practices can influence soil and water quality. Her background in hydrology, geology, geochemistry, pedology, and soil microbiology provides the basis for interdisciplinary collaborations to evaluate the impact of land use on soil and water quality. Her recent work has focused on how wildfire overprinting historically mined watersheds affect the remobilization of mercury and other trace metals and the implications for ongoing mining remediation operations. She has also worked with hydrothermal processes influencing the speciation of nitrogen and mercury in Yellowstone thermal waters.