Center for Aquatic Chemistry and Environment

Pollutants are having devastating effects on ecosystems including the plants, animals and people who depend on them. The Center for Aquatic Chemistry and the Environment (CAChE) is a National Science Foundation (NSF) Center of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) that tackles one of the most complex challenges: environmental contamination. Learn more about our Research:

Detection & Identification

Using advanced chemical sensing technology for the environment

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Fate & Transport

Quantifying how contaminants move through South Florida's ecosystems

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Impacts & Visualization

Developing methods to assess impacts on our shared environment

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Leading in Student Research

We are happy to share that one of our computer science students with CREST CAChE, Deya Banisakher, has won the Best Poster Award at the 30th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference. Congratulations to Deya, his advisor Mark Finlayson, and the COGNAC team at FIU.

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News

Sep
27

CREST CAChE Seeks Communications Coordinator/Student Assistant

The NSF-funded CREST Center for Aquatic Chemistry and Environment (CAChE) is seeking a Communications Coordinator, Student Assistant to assist with developing marketing […]

Sep
18

First CREST CAChE PhD Student Graduates

This summer, Peter Regier was the first PhD candidate within the CREST Center for Aquatic Chemistry and Environment (CAChE) at […]

Aug
07

Graduate Student Fellowships at the Center for Aquatic Chemistry and Environment (CAChE)

The NSF-funded CREST program at Florida International University, the Center for Aquatic Chemistry and Environment (CAChE), has a number of […]

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