Geo-Happenings
Oct. 31, 2022
Sen. Mark Warner's staffers tour Geosciences
On Oct 26, graduate students Yezi Yang and Cece Wood organized a lab visit for Senator Mark Warner staffers, Adam Kubiske and Caroline Broom. During the one-hour visit, the staffers toured facilities of the VT Biogeochemistry Lab and the VT Chemical Hydrogeology Lab. They learned about the research projects that federal funding has made possible, from Ben's famous Alaska field trip, Rachel's two-meter-thick bat guano samples, to Fe/Mn cycling in Virginia's reservoirs. Ben Gill, Rachel Reid, Maddy Schreiber, Nick Hammond, Abby Lewis, and Mary Verne also contributed to the visit - team work!
Geosciences at the GRACE Science Team Meeting, Potsdam, Germany
Members of VT-Geosciences attended the GRACE Science Team Meeting in Potsdam Germany last week. The group gave five oral presentations during the 3-day conference: two by Khosro Ghobadi Far, two by Susanna Werth and one by Grace Carlson.
Friday Seminar: Dr. Charlie Shobe, West Virginia University
Professor Charlie Shobe of West Virginia University gave a fascinating talk entitled "Into the abyss: Passive margin stratigraphy reveals seascape evolution processes."
GEOS Tuesday: Professional geologist certification
Last week's GEOS Tuesday featured a highly informative session about preparing for the Geologist-in-Training and Professional Geologist exams, hosted by Dr. Ryan Pollyea and grad student Cissy Ming. Special guest Katie Krueger -- who finished her B.S. in our department in 2017 and M.S. in 2019 -- joined by Zoom from Colorado.
Rachel Reid presents in three fifth-grad classrooms
Research Scientist Rachel Reid gave three 60-min Skype A Scientist presentations for 5th grade classrooms in Wentzville, Missouri.
Manoo Shirzaei receives research award
Associate Professor Manoochehr Shirzaei was among 64 faculty honored for research impact at the Research Excellence Celebration sponsored by Virginia Tech's Office of Research and Innovation. The faculty received a plaque and handshakes with VPs and the President Sands.
Seen on Twitter: Advanced Geomorphology field trip!
We came across this amazing photograph -- posted by Elizabeth Curtiss (@BeeRoseCurtiss) -- of a field trip to Stone Mountain by Dr. Jim Spotila's Advanced Geomorphology class.
Brian Romans and sed/strat class in the Daily Doodle!
Those of you who receive the daily news email from Virginia Tech (VTX) probably enjoy the Daily Doodle at the bottom of the email, drawn by Steven White. Last week one of the doodles featured our own Dr. Brian Romans and his sed/strat class on a field trip to an outcrop on the Little River Dam. Brian cuts a rather imposing figure in the drawing (is that why the student on the right is trying to crawl away?).
