The Salinity Laboratory, aided by its new, state-of-the-art facility, continues to provide world leadership in salinity research through the combined efforts of

Three interactive research units:

• Soil-Water Chemistry - Assessment
• Soil Physics - ^*Pesticides
• Plant Sciences

The structure of each of the three research units consists of

• Research Leader
• Lead Scientists
• Support Scientists
• Post-Doctoral Researchers
• Technicians
• Secretarial staff
• Students associated with the UC-Riverside campus who can work part-time as student assistants.

• Research is done by scientists working on individual projects, with team-cooperation among scientists of one or more research units, and frequently in cooperation with faculty members from the Department of Environmental Sciences (University of California, Riverside)
  
  
• Computer facilities are fully networked to enhance personal efficiency, and communication within the research units, with scientists at the University of California, and scientists around the world.
  
  
• Analytical laboratories are equipped with the latest technology for rapid organic and inorganic analysis of soil, water, and plant samples, including a separate scanning electron microscope (SEM) facility to provide direct X-Ray Spectroscopy of soil and plant surfaces.
  
  
• The Pesticide Residue Group* , while not officially a salinity research area, is "administratively placed", shares laboratory space, and has a lead scientist working on methyl bromide. The residue laboratory provides research instrumentation capable of parts-per-trillion (ppt) detection of pesticides and other trace organic compounds found in environmental samples of plants, soil, water, and air.

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