Program

Symposium Program

8:30 - 9:00 AM - Welcome & Refreshment

9:00 - 11:00 AM - Talk Session 1 (Tate 410-20)

11:00 - 12:15 PM - Poster Session (Tate Atrium)

12:15 - 1:00 PM - Lunch 

1:00 - 2:00 PM - Keynote Speaker (Tate 101)

2:00 - 4:15 PM - Talk Session 2 (Tate 410-20)

4:15 - 5:30 PM - Poster Session 2 (Tate Atrium)

5:30 - 6:30 PM - Reception & Awards


Morning Talk Session: 9:00 - 11:00 AM

9:00 - 9:15

Title: Investigating Lead Sequestration in the Soil Bacterium Bacillus megaterium

Authors: Jamison Ward, Beverly Flood, Cara Santelli, Jake Bailey


9:15 - 9:30

Title: Evaluating the Redox Evolution of Martian Magmas

Authors: Sanath Aithala, Marc Hirschmann, Maria Buss, Jasper Goldstein


9:30 - 9:45

Title: Cranial ontogeny in the Early Cretaceous ceratopsian dinosaur Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis: intraspecific variation by age and taxonomic implications

Authors: Minyoung Son, Peter J. Makovicky, Gregory M. Erickson, Chang-Fu Zhou, and Ya-Lei Yin


9:45 - 10:00

Title: A comprehensive database of dissolved riverine rare earth elements (REEs): Seeking the controlling factors from the global perspective

Authors: Weiming Ding, Yves Plancherel, Andrew Wickert, Kate Davies, Chandranath Basak, Xin-Yuan Zheng


10:00 - 10:15

Title: Unraveling viscous remanent magnetization of cave formations

Authors: Emma Kostecki, Plinio Jaqueto, & Josh Feinberg


10:15 - 10:30

Title: Historical snow-drought-streamflow relationships in a sensitive aquatic ecosystem: Understanding the implications of snowmelt timing and magnitude for wild rice abundance

Authors: Paige R. Voss, G. H. Crystal Ng, Daniel J. Larkin, William (Joe) Graveen, Shaoqing Liu

Morning Poster Session: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Title: Petrographic Analysis of the Giants Range Batholith in Northeastern Minnesota

Authors: Lauren Pardi, Zsuzsanna Allerton, Christian Teyssier

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Title: Not all compost is rad(ish): how compost and soil quality impact radish growth and taste

Authors: Adora Thao, Vang Moua, Bennett Nguyen Prowell, Nana Vang, Sakura Vue, James Nins, Christof Zweifel, Amanda Patsis, Lindsey Kimmerling, Luis Santiago-Rosario, Lauren Agnew, David Woods, Emilie Snell-Rood, and Cara Santelli

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Title: Zircon geochronology across the Giants Range Batholith in northeastern Minnesota

Authors: Marek Poplawski, Zsuzsanna Allerton, and Christian Teyssier

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Title: Visualization of Agriculturally-Induced Pollution across the Otter Tail Watershed and its Broader Implications for Decline of Manoomin/wild rice

Authors: Madeline Dickenscheidt, Amelia Olsen, Cara Santelli

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Title: Microbiome sequencing provides insights into microbially-mediated lead transformations in urban gradient soils

Authors: Madeline Taylor, Cara Santelli, Luis Y. Santiago-Rosario, Amanda Patsis, Emilie Snell-Rood

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Title: Characterizing iron-rich layers in Bahamian speleothems

Authors: Author R. Doctor, J. Feinberg, P.M. Chutcharavan, R.L. Edwards, D.A. Richards

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Title: Digitized Map of the Ruby Gap Complex in Central Australia

Authors: Joshua Schultz, Hannah Tebbens, Christian Teyssier

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Title: Deposition of forever chemicals (PFAS) on the Greenland Ice Sheet: an ice core study

Authors: Sydney Waldrop and Joel Barker

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Title: Dark Fenton Reactive Oxygen Species Generation at the Sediment Water Interface of Prairie Pothole Wetlands

Authors: Maricia Pacheco, Cole Stenberg, William Arnold, Brandy Toner

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Title: Sugar Beet Production: Investigating the Effects of Cover Crops on Yield, Quality, and Soil Health

Authors: Mehmet Ozturk, Anna Cates, Lindsay Pease

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Shandin Pete

Title: Indigenous Science Knowledge in Anthropocene

Dr. Shandin Pete1

1 Assistant Professor of Teaching; University of British Columbia - Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science Department – Vancouver, BC, CAN 


The dynamics of contemporary scientific knowledge production in the Anthropocene through the lens of indigenous philosophy aim is to unravel the concept of a science tradition that is often perceived as enigmatic. There are apparent divergences in philosophical underpinnings in the literature when examining the pursuit of knowledge from apparent different scientific traditions. This exploration seeks to highlight the underlying parallels between indigenous and Western academic scientific traditions, both rooted in the practical pursuit of knowledge and the endeavor to elucidate uncertainties.


Moreover, the presentation will shed light on the challenges posed by resistance to mutual understanding, which manifests as a form of injustice that marginalizes alternative interpretations. This examination reveals a fundamental discrepancy in the recognition of what constitutes sources of higher-order uncertainty and credible evidence.


Examples drawn from Indigenous hydrological, astronomical, and geomorphological traditions will be presented to illustrate perspectives often overlooked in the face of predominant Western academic pressures. These examples serve to underscore the richness and validity of indigenous knowledge systems, offering valuable insights for contemporary scientific discourse and practice.


Afternoon Talk Session (2:00 - 4:15 PM)

2:00 - 2:15

Title: Terrestrial, deep, subsurface microorganisms fuel metabolism with linked organic and inorganic sulfur cycles

Authors: Amanda Patsis, Cara Santelli, Cody Sheik


2:15 - 2:30

Title: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Stocks Across Hillslopes Underlain by Continuous Permafrost in the Northern Arctic Foothills, Alaska, USA

Authors: I.A. Ainuddin, N.A Jelinski, R. Matamala, C.L. Ping, J.D. Jastrow


2:30 - 2:45

Title: Solutes as tracers of streamflow components in an agricultural headwater catchment in Southern Brazil

Authors: Alice Dambroz, Paul Capel, Jean Minella, Fábio Mallmann, João Henrique Silva, Felipe Bernardi, Larissa Werle, Fabio Schneider and Gustavo Merten


2:45 - 3:00

Title: Seasonal variation of CO and CO2 concentrations and fluxes above an urban footprint in Greater New York

Authors: Trey A. Maddaleno, Dylan B. Millet, Michael P. Vermeuel, Katelyn L. Rediger, Jeff Peischl, Emily B. Franklin, Delphine K. Farmer


3:00 - 3:15

Title: Experimental and numerical investigation of dislocation-based transient creep mechanisms in the upper mantle

Authors: Diede Hein, Lars N Hansen


3:15 - 3:30

Title: Conserving Soil During Perennial Crop Termination

Authors: Jake Kundert; Manbir Rakkar; Jessica Gutknecht; Jacob Kundert


3:30 - 3:45

Title: Fluvial Mobility of Hadrosauroid Dinosaur Skeletons: Experimentally Testing Transport Potential in Extinct Reptiles

Authors: Michael Chiappone, Michele Guala, Raymond Rogers, Peter Makovicky


3:45 - 4:00

Title: Isotopic evidence reveals limited mobility in the short-legged rhinoceros Teleoceras major at Ashfall Fossil Beds, USA

Authors: Clark T. Ward, Brooke E. Crowley, Ross Secord


4:00 - 4:15

Title: Assessing Dinoflagellate Cysts and Geochemical Signals in Surface Sediments of the Northern Bering Sea

Authors: Vincy Y Winifred, Vera Pospelova, Evangeline Fachon, Kenneth Neil Mertens and Donald M Anderson

Afternoon Poster Session (4:15 - 5:30PM)

Title: Simultaneous Measurement of Phase Transitions and Magnetic Susceptibility of Clay Minerals using a High-Temperature Magnetic Susceptibility Bridge

Authors: Kacie Malone, R. Doctor, J. Feinberg

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Title: Unraveling Early Holocene Glaciofluvial Activity in the Upper Mississippi Valley, USA: Insights from Slackwater Deposits in the Whitewater River Region

Authors: Abigail Wilwerding, Shanti Penprase, Andy Wickert

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Title: Multidecadal Climate Variability in Large Model Simulations o and Proxy Records of the Past 1000 years

Authors: Alejandro Fernandez, Byron A Steinman, Michael E Mann

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Title: Discovering the Position of Earth’s Last Geomagnetic Reversal in Sediments from Blackwater Draw, Texas

Authors: Ruby Sandell, Jonathon Stine, Joshua Feinberg

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Title: The role of point defects in the crystal plasticity of olivine

Authors: Hagmar Tinoco Madeira, Lars N. Hansen, Amanda M. Dillman

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Title: Reaction-induced and Background tectonic stresses guide fracture, fluid flow, and serpentinization in the mantle wedge corner

Authors: Jeremiah J McElwee, Ikuko Wada, Kazuki Yoshida, Hiroyuki Shimizu, Atsushi Okamoto

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Title: Fate and transport of lead within Twin Cities stormwater catchment ponds using inductively coupled mass spectrometry and synchrotron based X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Authors: Christof Zweifel, Ben Janke, Lea Pollack, Timothy Mitchell, Kaya Koraleski, Jacques Finlay, Emilie Snell-Rood, and Cara Santelli

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Title: Dendroclimatology of Northern Minnesota using Thuja occidentalis

Authors:Naomi Schulberg, Daniel Griffin, Kurt Kipfmueller, Andrew Wickert

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Title: Molecular Mechanisms of Algal Growth Enhancement by Phycosphere Bacteria Under Iron Limiting Conditions

Authors: NR Coffey, B Newell, K Manning, RK Stuart, X Mayali, Y Corilo, W Kew, C Dewey, RM Boiteau