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Two new undergrads joined my lab this summer.   Kate Lyons is a Velay Fellow studying stormwater runoff.  No shortage of storms so far, but she quickly became adept at installing stormwater sampling bottles.       Chris Kobol is … Continue reading →

Ashleigh Kirker got a high pass on her PhD prelim this month, officially becoming a PhD candidate. Congratulations, Ashleigh!

My research was the cover story for the Temple alumni magazine. You can download the article if you didn’t get it in the mail.  I think I have gotten more readers and emails from this story than any of my … Continue reading →

Congrats to Liz Cushman who defended her masters thesis on stormwater monitoring and started a job at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.  I’ll miss installing rain samplers in the dark and burying stormwater sampling bottles with her.

Two important people graduated with their PhD this spring:  my first PhD Jim Berglund and my daughter Kate with a PhD in Economics from University of Kentucky.  Both have jobs lined up, Jim at the Montana Bureau of Mines and … Continue reading →

I teamed up with Jon Martin and Wendy Graham at University of Florida and Matt Covington at University of Arkansas to develop ideas for a carbonate critical zone research network.  NSF is funding this 5-year effort to  foster collaboration among … Continue reading →

We have a new Ph.D. in the department!  Jim Berglund defended and turned in his dissertation to the graduate school.  Graduation will be May 9. Congratulations Dr. Berglund!  Jim is joining the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology at Montana … Continue reading →

Dr Martin Helmke of West Chester University came out to the Temple Ambler campus to show us different types of drones and answer questions about starting a drone research program. He took a photo of our group in standard and … Continue reading →

I helped organize a symposium in honor of Gene Likens winning the 2019 Franklin Medal in Earth and Environmental Science.  The theme of the symposium was Science Communication and we had a lively panel discussion about how to do high … Continue reading →

Funded by the NSF Geopath initiative, I am making a video to highlight careers in urban geosciences.    20/20VisualMedia filmed the GIS class this month, along with student research, and HAZWOPER training. We expect to have our cut of the film … Continue reading →