198:. She has said that she joined Cal State LA because it valued teaching as much as research. There she has studied the impact of sunlight on pollutants, primarily at the air/water interface. She was awarded tenure in 2006 and the California State University, Los Angeles Distinguished Women Award in 2007. Beyond her work on pollutants, Foster has studied how
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