NAU Doctoral Student Wins Montgomery Prize

María José Uribe Pérez, a doctoral student at Northern Arizona University’s School of Earth Sciences & Sustainability, received the annual Montgomery Prize for effective science communication at the school’s Graduate Research Symposium on April 26, 2025.

Maria’s winning presentation is titled “Safe at the Source, Risky at Home: Water Quality in a Wayúu Indigenous Community.”

Established in 2009 by former NAU professor and founder of Montgomery & Associates, Dr. Errol “Monte” Montgomery, the annual $2,500 prize demonstrates M&A’s ongoing commitment to promoting excellence in research and communication in the field of hydrology and geology.

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