Ben Kligman successfully defended his PhD dissertation last week. Congratulations, Ben!
Dr. Ryan Pollyea and PhD. student Lars Koehn visited the University of Texas Core Research Center while visiting VT alum, Dr. Andras Fall. The second picture shows Lars holding a 4” salt core in the temperature and humidity controlled storage room.
PhD student Lars Koehn presented at the SECARB/GOM-Carb Joint Partnership Meeting last week in Austin, TX. (SECARB is the Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration Project).
Last week's Friday seminar was given by Dr. Dr. Lynn Wingard of the U.S. Geological Survey on "The emerging field of conservation paleobiology and its role in restoration: Example from the Everglades." Dr. Wingard was hosted by Dr. Rachel Reid.
Dr. Emily Satterwhite, Director of the Appalachian Studies program at Virginia Tech, presented in this months WInGS seminar on “Virginia Tech and Appalachia: Questions of Equity and Inclusion.”
The The Geology Club took a road trip to Crabtree Emerald Mine in North Carolina (pictured, left to right, are Katie Hughes, Jonathan Stallings, Noah Crook, Gage Rodriguez, Noah Keller, Marc Hobbie, Jerry Saddler, Chris Polcha, and Will Barker with Morgan Shikle behind the camera).