Jani Ingram: ‘We have seen wells with uranium levels higher than the drinking water standard’

Jani Ingram

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The environmental chemist on addressing pollution of Navajo waterways from legacy mining, her life off the reservation and a puke green Datsun

Jani Ingram is an analytical and environmental chemistry professor at Northern Arizona University (NAU) whose work has addressed water contamination and environmental contaminants more generally. She has worked with Native American communities in her research, and she received the American Chemical Society’s Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences in 2018.