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Cao co-authors new paper in Basin Research journal
Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Wentao Cao co-authored a new paper in Basin Research, an international journal.
Newspaper article highlights Purtill's latest publication
A recent column published in the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch newspaper highlighted a journal article, “The Road Not Taken: How Early Landscape Learning and Adoption of a Risk-Averse Strategy Influenced Paleoindian Travel Route Decision Making in the Upper Ohio Valley," written by Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Matthew Purtill.
Wigdahl-Perry receives USGS grant to continue rain monitoring station
The United States Geological Survey has awarded a five-year contract to Department of Biology Associate Professor Courtney Wigdahl-Perry to continue operation of an acid precipitation monitoring station.
Purtill writes multidisciplinary article for archaeology journal
Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Matthew Purtill recently had a multidisciplinary article published in American Antiquity, an online publication of Cambridge University Press considered to be the premier journal of North American archaeology.
Purtill, recent grad to present poster at geology conference
Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Matthew Purtill, along with ‘20 graduate Gillian Tytka, will give a virtual presentation at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America on Thursday, Oct. 29.
Cao lead author of paper on the melting of eclogite for Precambrian Research journal
Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Wentao Cao is the lead author of a paper that has been accepted for publication in Precambrian Research, a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the geology of the Earth and its planetary neighbors.
Cao selected as associate editor of two journals
Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Wentao Cao has been appointed an associate editor of the journals Lithosphere and Geochemistry.
Geology professor to give virtual talk on dehydration in subduction zone
Dr. Besim Dragovic, who is an assistant professor at the University of South Carolina, will give a virtual talk, “Pulsed Metamorphism and Fluid Release at the Subduction Interface,” on Tuesday, Oct. 13, from 1 to 2 p.m.
Paleontology professor to give virtual talk on oldest animal ecosystems
Dr. Marc Laflamme, an associate professor at the University of Toronto Mississauga, will present a virtual talk, “Complexity in the Oldest Animal Ecosystems,” on Tuesday, Oct. 6, from 1 to 2 p.m.
Hegna co-authors book chapter in ‘The Natural History of the Crustacea’
Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Thomas Hegna and two co-authors, Javier Luque, of Yale University and Joanna Wolfe of Harvard University, wrote a book chapter, Fossil Record of the Crustacea, published in “The Natural History of the Crustacea,” volume 8.