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known researcher on microscopic plastic pollution in oceans and lakes. Her work has been published in the peer-reviewed science journal Nature and reported in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, The National Geographic website, Atlantic magazine and others. The work of Rios Mendoza and other researchers led to laws in Wisconsin and Michigan banning the use of microplastic beads in personal-care products.

Among students at UWS, she is known for how she encourages them to learn from their mistakes and feel confident in the laboratory, and for taking a personal interest in their success in and out of the classroom. D