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Associate Professor Biogeochemistry/Modeling Joint Appointment Department of Natural Resources and Environment University of New Hampshire Title: "An Aquatic Symphony: the revolution in in situ water quality sensing and what it means for watershed science and management"

Assistant Professor Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Kentucky Title: "Extending and Erasing the Teton Fault" Abstract: The two most recent fault ruptures along the Teton fault (Wyoming, USA) were interpreted as Mw = 6.8 and Mw = 7.1 events resulting from slip magnitudes of 1.3 m and 2.8 m at ~4,800 and

Alaina Smith Title: "Investigating the Metamorphic History of Metasediments in a Magmatic Arc Using SM-Nd Garnet Ages: Fiordland, NZ" Bingqing Lu Title: Identifying Non-Darcian Flow and Non-Fickian Pressure Propagation in Field-Scale Discrete Fracture Networks"

Learn about exciting research and opportunities within the Department of Geological Sciences. Dr. Nearing - "Computer Modeling for Hydrology and Water Resources" Dr. Genareau - "From the Earth to the Atmosphere" Drs. Cartwright and Plattner - "Geology in space: Exploring other planets, moons, and asteroids" Denise Hills - "Geoscience opportunities beyond academia" Hosted by Dr.

Kaydee West Title: "What Fossils Can Tell Us About the Past: A Stable Isotope Approach" Christine Bassett: Title: "Fact or Fiction? Neoglacial Sea Ice off the Coast of Unalaska, Alaska"

University of Cincinnati Assistant Professor Title: "Environmental and Anthropogenic Drivers of Ecological Change: Lessons Learned from Land Snails"

Elizabeth Bollen Title: "A Tale of Two Chronometers: Lu-Hf vs. Sm-Nd Garnet Ages in Proterozoic Rocks, New Mexico" Ginny Andrews Title: "Using NASA and NOAA Satellite Data to Improve Volcanic Ash Plume Modeling for Impact Decision Support"

Research Scientist at the Planetary Sciences Institute NASA Title: "Modern Meteorite Fall Recovery – New Technologies such as Twitter, Lightning Sensors, and Weather Radar" Advances in “crowdsourcing” and publicly available data sources have a broad impact on our lives, and are driving the growth of surprising new capabilities in meteorite fall detection and recovery. Historically,

Title: “Imaging Slab Detachment within the Western Hellenic Subduction Zone.”

Western Carolina University Geology Department Assistant Professor Title: "Extinction and Recovery in a Lost Ocean: The Permian-Triassic Transition in the Cache Creek Terrane of British Columbia"