Congratulations to Earth Sciences postdoc Tingting Liu (Cole group; Ph.D. OSU, 2017), whose recent publication was identified as a Hot Article of 2018 in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. The study was also profiled by the A. P. Sloan Foundation Deep Carbon Observatory. Dr.
Presenting some of the work done by current and former students in her group, including undergraduate students, Professor Wendy Panero gave an invited presentation at the Fall 2018 AGU in a joint AGU-AAS Session on Frontiers in Exoplanets, followed by a panel discussion.
Tom Darrah, Professor in the School of Earth Sciences and Associate Director of CERTAIN, was recently named the recipient of the 2018 NGWA John Hem Award. The National Ground Water Association is a not-for-profit professional society and trade association for the global groundwater industry.
Last May, Ohio State students from Earth Sciences and Public Health traveled to Japan as part of a unique interdisciplinary study abroad opportunity led by Professor Motomu Ibaraki.
Professor Liz Griffith took her Earth Science 5621 Introduction to Geochemistry course on a field trip to Southeastern Ohio to see first-hand the impacts and remediation of abandoned mine drainage on water in the region.
Samantha Carter was awarded a Presidential Fellowship by the Ohio State Graduate School. The Presidential Fellowship recognizes outstanding scholarly accomplishments and potential of doctoral students and provides a full year of support towards completion of their dissertations.
Visitors welcomed a new permanent installation in the Orton Geological Museum, Cryolophosaurus ellioti, at an open house on October 7. The 7-foot dinosaur replica was brought to Ohio State largely through generous donations from the community during a crowdfunding campaign last spring.
