GSA 2023 faculty, staff, and student presentations
With 25 abstracts from alumni, students, faculty, and staff, the School of Earth Sciences was strongly represented at this year's Geological Society of America meeting. Use the dropdowns below to view the abstracts from our talented students, faculty, and staff!
Sunday 10/15/23
8:05 AM - 8:20 AM
Presenter: Professor Mark Kleffner
Title: PAUCITY OF STRATA ASSIGNED TO THE PTEROSPATHODUS CELLONI (click for abstract)
Room: 303
9:20 AM - 9:35 AM
Presenter: Postdoctoral Scholar Devin Smith
Title: STABLE WATER ISOTOPES OF THE SCIOTO RIVER: SEASONAL AND SPATIAL VARIATIONS OF AN URBAN SYSTEM (click for abstract)
Room: 325
10:20 AM - 10:35 AM
Presenter: Professor W. Berry Lyons
Title: GEOCHEMISTRY OF URBAN KARST WATERS AND ITS INFLUENCE ON AN URBAN RIVER (click for abstract)
Room: 325
11:20 AM - 11:35 AM
Presenter: Claire Nidy
Title: GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PACAYA VOLCANIC COMPLEX IN GUATEMALA (click for abstract)
Room: 327
2:10 PM - 2:25 PM
Presenter: SES Alumnus Michael Braunagel
Title: ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY RECORDS FRICTIONAL WEAR PROCESSES ACTIVE DURING EMPLACEMENT OF THE GIGANTIC-SCALE SEVIER GRAVITY SLIDE (click for abstract)
Room: 310/311
2:25 PM - 2:40 PM
Presenter: Postdoctoral Scholar Datu Adiatma
Title: CALCIUM ISOTOPIC CONSTRAINTS ON THE ORIGIN OF THE MID-DARRIWILIAN CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSION (MDICE) (click for abstract)
Room: 304/305
4:05 PM - 4:20 PM
Presenter: Graduate Student Carmi Milagros Thompson
Title: 57-10: CHANGES IN TROPHIC STRUCTURE OF NEOGENE GASTROPODS FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN (click for abstract)
Room: 303
Booth 48
Presenter: Graduate Student Christopher Tokuhisa Waid
Title: HIRNANTIAN(?) THROUGH WENLOCK (LATE ORDOVICIAN THROUGH LLANDOVERY) CONODONTS AND STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES FROM THE MEDINA AND CLINTON GROUPS, SUBSURFACE CENTRAL OHIO, DISTAL APPALACHIAN BASIN, USA (click for abstract)
Location: Hall B
Booth 149
Presenter: Graduate Student Zhaozhe Chen
Title: REMOVAL OF MICROCYSTIN USING ARTIFICIAL FLOATING ISLANDS IN RESIDENTIAL WASTEWATER (click for abstract)
Location: Hall B
Booth 194
Presenter: Dr. Sue Welch
Title: PB IN TAP WATER IN THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT, COLUMBUS OH, USA (click for abstract)
Location: Hall B
Booth 308
Presenter: Undergraduate Student Abigail Dietrich
Title: HYDROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF RIVERS DRAINING PEATLANDS IN NORTHWEST IRELAND (click for abstract)
Location: Hall B
Monday 10/16/23 (no SES posters this day)
8:05 AM - 8:20 AM
Presenter: Postdoctoral Scholar Matthew Braun
Title: A PAIRED δ44/40CA AND Δ47 INVESTIGATION OF EARLY MISSISSIPPIAN PLATFORM CARBONATES. DID DIAGENESIS DRIVE THE KINDERHOOKIAN-OSAGEAN BOUNDARY EXCURSION? (click for abstract)
Room: 335
8:05 AM - 8:25 AM
Presenter: Professor Frank Schwartz
Title: LIVING IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS: HYDROLOGIC SERENDIPITY AND THE GARAMANTIAN EMPIRE OF THE SAHARA DESERT (click for abstract)
Room: 319
10:55 AM - 11:10 AM
Presenter: Professor Anne E. Carey
Title: GEOCHEMISTRY OF SURFACE WATERS IN THE BURREN REGION, WESTERN IRELAND (click for abstract)
Room: 303
Tuesday 10/17/23
11:35 AM - 11:55 AM
Presenter: SES Alumnus David (Davy) Wright
Title: PHYLOGENETIC PALEOBIOLOGY AS A TOOL FOR TESTING MACROEVOLUTIONARY HYPOTHESES: CASE STUDIES WITH CAMBRIAN ECHINODERMS (click for abstract)
Room: 301/302
1:35 PM - 1:50 PM
Presenter: SES Alumnus Selina (Lena) Cole
Title: DID CALCITE-ARAGONITE SEAS DRIVE PHANEROZOIC ECHINODERM DIVERSITY? EXPERIMENTAL AND MACROEVOLUTIONARY INSIGHT (click for abstract)
Room: 303
3:50 PM - 4:10 PM
Presenter: Graduate Student Carmi Milagros Thompson
Title: BEYOND THE BOOK CLUB AND INTO ACTION: BUILDING COLLABORATIONS AND COMMUNITY ACROSS TIME AND SPACE (click for abstract)
Room: 330
Booth 131
Presenter: Professor Loren Babcock
Title: FOSSIL FISHES FROM PALEOZOIC LAGERSTÄTTEN OF OHIO: REVIEWING THE PIONEERING WORK OF JOHN STRONG NEWBERRY (click for abstract)
Location: Hall B
Wednesday (10/18/23)
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Presenter: Graduate Student Megan O'Quin
Title: UNCOVERING THE PAST: UTILIZING INVERTEBRATE SUB-FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES FROM BELIZEAN LAGOONAL REEFS TO DETERMINE DRIVERS AND TIMING FOR CARIBBEAN REEF ECOSYSTEM DECLINE (click for abstract)
Room: 303
1:35 PM - 11:55 PM
Presenter: Professor Loren Babcock
Title: MARINE ARTHROPOD LAGERSTÄTTEN: AN OVERVIEW IN HONOR OF RODNEY M. FELDMANN (click for abstract)
Room: 304/305
Booth 96
Presenter: Graduate Student Dane Bryant
Title: TEXTURAL EVIDENCE OF MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF SULFIDES IN THE MIDDLE DEVONIAN MARCELLUS FORMATION (WEST VIRGINIA) (click for abstract)
Location: Hall B
Booth 187
Presenter: Graduate Student Megan O'Quin
Title: BURROWING INTO TERRESTRIAL PALEOECOLOGY WITH MODERN ANALOGUES: OBSERVATIONS OF DERMESTID BEETLE DAMAGE ON SKELETAL MATERIAL (click for abstract)
Location: Hall B
Booth 199
Presenter: Professor Loren Babcock
Title: THE MEGALONYX PROJECT: BLENDING SCIENCE EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY, DIGITAL ARTS, AND HUMAN AFFAIRS THROUGH RESTUDY OF A LANDMARK SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY (click for abstract)
Location: Hall B
Booth 214
Presenter: Undergraduate Student Kyle Shoen
Title: FIELD EXPERIMENTS TO EVALUATE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SEISMIC SIGNALS AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT IN HIGH-LATITUDE RIVERS (click for abstract)
Location: Hall B
Booth 245
Presenter: Undergraduate Student Trinity Shirk
Title: A COMPARISON OF DIATOM RELATIVE ABUNDANCE AND TOTAL PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATIONS IN OHIO’S INLAND LAKES (click for abstract)
Location: Hall B
