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D E C E M B E R2 0 1 4I S S U EN O . 8Earth & Environmental SciencesA letter from the chair.Dear friends, students, and alumni of Earth and Environmental Sciences,I wish you the warmest of holiday greetings.The EES department continues to be a vibrant academic community of highly talented faculty,staff, and students.albeit with change. Professor Bruce Hargreaves is set to retire after 38 years atLehigh. We all wish Bruce and his family good health and much success for years to come.EES achievements in 2014 made it difficult to select what to highlight in the following pages. Noteworthy were theelection of Professor Ken Kodama as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, theawarding of the Christian and Mary Linback award for distinguished teaching to Professor Frank Pazzaglia, and theselection of EES graduate student Helen Malenda as a National Science Foundation Fellow. The newsletter also gives mean opportunity to acknowledge the generosity of our alumni who have given their time to share their career experienceswith our students or their wealth to EES to embellish the educational experiences we can provide.For many earth and environmental scientists, a field setting always stirs emotions, provides awe and wonder, and inspiresour curiosity. The field setting also provides a strong social learning environment where professor-student and peer-to-peerrelations flourish. Inspirational field trips and summer field camp provides students with the opportunity to discover thebreadth and scale of the many processes that have shaped the Earth. Thanks to the generosity of the ChevronCorporation and Chevron-EES alumni our field programs got a boost in 2014.Basic discoveries are at the heart of every advance in science. Increasingly, this research demands specialized laboratoryequipment or access to distant field localities. Alumni giving can accelerate our scientific discoveries and help us educateand prepare the next generation of future leaders. I hope you are impressed reading about your Alma mater.Best Wishes for 2015,David Anastasio, Ph.D., P.G.Professor and ChairmanSTEPSSave Some Trees!The EES Department is offering an electronic only option for future newsletters. If you would like to receive yournewsletter electronically, please email Nancy Roman, nr00@lehigh.edu, with e-newsletter in the subject line and youremail address. You will receive an annual email blast with a link to the newsletter. This and past newsletters arearchived on the department webpage see “after Lehigh” section.E a r t h & E n v i r o n m e n t a l S c i e n c e s D e p a r t m e n t L e h i g h U n i v e r s i t y B e t h l e h e m , PA 1 8 0 1 5 - 3 0 0 1w w w. e e s . l e h i g h . e d u
RecognitionKen KodamaElected as AAAS FellowKenneth P. Kodama has been elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancementof Science. The following citation appeared in Science November 28, 2014: “For seminalcontributions in the discipline of sedimentary paleomagnetism, and for exemplary service,benefiting students and the larger scientific community.”Frank Pazzaglia Recognizedfor Distinguished TeachingFrank Pazzaglia was awarded the Christian R. and Mary F. LindbackFoundation Award for distinguished teaching at Lehigh. Since 1961, thefoundation has been recognizing outstanding faculty members at colleges anduniversities in Pennsylvania and New Jersey with the Lindback Award forDistinguished Teaching.Zicheng Yuis on the organizing committee for the Swiss OeschgerCentre for Climate Change Research’s 10th anniversary InternationalConference on Carbon Dioxide (ICDC10). The focus of ICDC10 is onchanges in carbon dioxide and the carbon cycle, and their interactions andlinkages with climate and human activities from the regional to the global scaleand from the past into the future.Frank made some of his epic polenta to thank thestudents who supported his nomination for theChristian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundationdistinguished teaching award!Helen Malenda receives prestigiousNSF FellowshipIn April, 2014, Helen F. Malenda was one of a select group ofPhD students in the United States awarded a National ScienceFoundation Graduate Research Program (NSF GRFP)Fellowship. The NSF GRFP’s mission is to recognize and supportoutstanding graduate students pursuing research-based graduatedegrees in the STEM fields. The fellowship provides three yearsof funding for stipend and tuition. Helen came to Lehigh’s EESdepartment from a consulting fir m specializing inhydrogeological and environmental consulting and she iscurrently a second year PhD student working with Dr. FrankPazzaglia. Helen is interested in geomorphology, active tectonics,and landscape evolution, as well as Quaternary geochronology.She spent the majority of her first year at Lehigh mapping fluvialdeposits in two quadrangles in the Central Virginia SeismicZone, locus of the widely-felt 2011 Mineral, Virginia M5.8earthquake, as part of a funded USGS EDMAP project. Lastspring she worked in Utah State University’s Luminescence Laband, also spent time, in summer 2014, conducting fieldwork andattending a tectonic geomorphology in the northern Apenninesoffered by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich(ETH).2E a r t h & E n v i r o n m e n t a l S c i e n c e s D e p a r t m e n t L e h i g h U n i v e r s i t y B e t h l e h e m , PA 1 8 0 1 5 - 3 0 0 1w w w. e e s . l e h i g h . e d u
AlumniCornerThree alums returned to Lehigh on September 12th.Can you tell who is Wegner, Popper, or Williams?Jeffress Williams, MS, ’70, Lehigh, retired 43 years with the USGS and Coastal Engineering ResearchCenter (coastal and shelf processes); currently consulting coastal scientist with appointments as a Senior ScientistEmeritus with USGS and the University of Hawaii.George Popper, PhD, ’70, Lehigh, Israeli Geological Survey (stratigraphy); Bendix Field Engineering (uranium resource evaluation);currently U.S. Office of Surface Mining (reclamation of coal mine shafts and subsidence issues).Robert Wegner, PhD, ’71, Rice, retired after 32 years with ExxonMobil (petroleum exploration research); 2010 President HoustonGeophysical Society; is currently a consultant and lecturer Rice University and the University of Texas.Photo above shows (from left) Williams, Popper and Wegner,hunkered down and barricaded in Williams Hall in a 3-floor gradstudent office in 1969.Alumni News.Andrée Bolduc, PhD, ’92 has assumed the role of Director, GeologicalSurvey Canada–Quebec, Earth Sciences Sector, effective July 15, 2014.She has national responsibilities for Environmental geoscience andHydrogeology logy/environmental-geoscience/10894).Brent Zaprowski, PhD, ’01, was recently promoted to the rank ofProfessor at the University of Salisbury, Maryland.Kristin Carter, MS, ’93, was promoted to Assistant State Geologistand Economic Geology Division Manager for the PennsylvaniaGeological Survey.Two former Lehigh undergrads have received GSA Division Awards thisyear. Jack Ridge, MS, ’83, Tuffs University, won the Kirk BryanAward from the Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Divisionand, Chris Paola, BS, ’76, University of Minnesota, won the SlossAward from the Sedimentary Geology Division.Congratulations alums!A note to share from Jeffress Williams.I'd like to thank you for hosting us Friday to talk a bit about ourcareer experiences since graduating from Lehigh. You clearlyput a lot of time and energy into making it a worthwhileexperience for us as well, hopefully, for the students and facultyand we greatly appreciate all of the day's activities from thespecial parking to the beers at Molly's and the excellent dinner.The new EES bldg. is very impressive and the students arebright and motivated. We didn't leave our contact info in hardcopy for the students nor copy of our ppt slides but feel free tomake that available for students who might be interested infollow up.Again, thanks and good luck navigating your administrativeduties.cheers,jeff williamsGrad StudentsThe 2014 Graduate Symposium occurs annually to showcase graduate student research and to bring together EESscientists past, present, and future. EES graduate students in residence present either an oral talk or poster accompanied by an abstract inprofessional meeting format. The graduate symposium is also our venue to host the next year’s prospective graduate students. This year’ssymposium was held on February 20 and 21st. On Thursday afternoon, festivities began with an industry seminar, “Preparing for a career in theoil industry” by Lehigh alum, Nathan Harkins, ExxonMobil, PhD, ’07, Penn State; MS ’02 and BS ’00, Lehigh. The talk was followed by areception in the STEPS Concourse. On Friday, the symposium started off with the poster session during which eighteen students presented theirresearch. The poster session was followed by oral presentations. This year, six students presented their research during the talk session. Theprogram also included a keynote talk by Nathan Harkins, entitled “Controls on opening-mode fracture formation on a Laramide-style fold andimplications for subsurface fracture prediction”. After this year’s talks and poster session ended, a cocktail hour, followed by the annual banquet,was held in the Wood Dining Room on the Mountaintop campus. As always, alumni are invited to attend the Graduate Symposium. This year,alumni attendees included Al Benimoff, PhD ’84 Allan Blanchard, MS ’86, Bob Bond, MS ’85, Chris Dempsey, PhD ’01, Bob Gibson,MS ’86, Bob’s son, Andrew, who received a geology degree at the Univ. of Buffalo, also attended. Don Monteverde, MS ’84 and Mike Serfes,MS ’84. The 2015 Graduate Symposium is scheduled for February 20 with invited alum speaker, Sean Gulick, PhD ’99, University of Texas.Please let us know if you are interested in attending. Email Nancy Roman, nr00@lehigh.edu.3E a r t h & E n v i r o n m e n t a l S c i e n c e s D e p a r t m e n t L e h i g h U n i v e r s i t y B e t h l e h e m , PA 1 8 0 1 5 - 3 0 0 1w w w. e e s . l e h i g h . e d u
GRADUATE STUDENT SYMPOSIUMAWARDSThis year the Best Talk Award was shared by:Daniel Minguez“Paleomagnetism of the Devonian Marcellus Formation”Jennifer Schmidt“Quantifying Tectonic Controls on Cenozoic Yarlung Tsangpo RiverEvolution, Southern Tibet”Runner up: Mingkai Jiang“Biogeochemical Parameterizations of Pennsylvania Dairy Pasture –Implications for Ecosystem Modeling Under Climate Change”Best Poster Award: Jill BurrowsEnhanced Zn Removal from AMD by Rapid Oxidation andPrecipitation of Fe Oxides at Near Neutral PhRunner up: Eric EllisonCharacterizing Iron-Nitrogen Colimitation Interactions in aChemostat Model of Freshwater EnvironmentsNathan CollinsPaul B. Myers, Jr. Distinguished Teaching AssistantAward. The award recipient is chosen by the EES faculty and carries anGrad student funding in 2014unendowed cash award.Farney FundingCleary - Paludification of Arctictundra on the north slope of Alaska:Induced by climate change orautogenic processes?Navara - Effects of hybridization andhabitat choice on fitness of blackcapped chickadees (Poecile Atricapillus)Palmer FundsAncuta - Thermochronology andg e o ch e m i s t r y o f l owe r c r u s t a lxenoliths, centralMongolia:Formation and evolution of the deepcrust in an intracontinental settingBurrows - Enhanced ZN removalfrom AMD by rapid oxidation andprecipitation of FE oxides at nearneutral pHMalenda - Surficial mapping andgeomorphic study of south Anna Riverdeposits, Virginia: Investigating thepresence of ongoing and cumulativedeformation in the central Virginiaseismic zoneClick the newsletter link on ourhome page for an online pdf ofthe newsletter.www.ees.lehigh.edu4*Fastest talker (self-explanatory) Philip Martin, “Preliminary resultsof shear wave splitting beneath the Hangay Dome, Mongolia;Applications of automated shear wave splitting measurementtechniques”*Largest scale (data covered the largest spatial and/or time scale)Leonard Ancuta, “Thermochronology and geochemistry of lowercrustal xenoliths, central Mongolia: Formation and evolution of thedeep crust in an intracontinental setting”*Most with least: mountain from a molehill (got the most from her data)Chandler Navara, “Effects of hybridization and habitat choice onfitness of black-capped chickadees (Poecile Atricapillus)”*Most Striking (most visually striking presentation) Nathan Hopkins,“Insar-derived rock glacier flow in the Andes of Argentina:Preliminary results, variability, and commonality”*The minimalist (student presented the data most efficiently)Zhongxiong Cui, “Crustal structure of the Arabian Plate: From newconstraints of receiver functions”Welcome to our newest graduate students!Zheng Gong, BS, Nanjing University, (Advisor: Kenneth Kodama)Chandler Navara, BS, Lehigh University, (Robert Booth)Stephanie Souza, BS, Lehigh University, (Anne Meltzer)Jonathan Stelling, BS, Ramapo College, NJ (Zicheng Yu)Janelle Thumma, BS, University of Pittsburgh (Peter Zeitler)Rebecca Whiteash, BS, Kutztown University (Don Morris)Graduate students’professional meetingattendanceLeonard Ancuta went to the AGU in SanFrancisco where he presented a poster. (PeterZeitler, advisor)Travis Andrews attended the 2014Ecological Society of America in Sacramentoand presented a poster on forest densitychange. (Bob Booth, advisor)Jill Burrows gave a talk at the NE GSA inMarch, “Enhanced Zn removal from AMD byrapid oxidation and precipitation of Fe oxidesat near neutral pH”. (Stephen Peters, advisor)James Carrigan presented a poster at theNational GSA Meeting “Recovering theunsteadiness of deformation with 104 yrresolution, SE Pyrenees, Spain”. He alsopresented a poster at the Eastern AAPGStudent Expo (David Anastasio, advisor)Kate Cleary attended AGU and presentedher poster “Long-term perspectives of shrubexpansions and peatland initiation in ArcticTundra on the north Slope of Alaska”. (ZichengYu, advisor)Zhongxiong Cui went to the AGU meetingand presented a poster entitled“Characterization of high velocity layer in thelower crust of southern Tibet” (Anne Meltzer,advisor)Nathan Hopkins gave a talk on thedrumlins of New York and co-led the Friendsof the Pleistocene field trip in NY. Nate alsoattended the National GSA in Vancouver andpresented his research on Baltic Ice Streamtills in Sweden as well as presenting a posteron the NY drumlins (Ed Evenson, advisor)Mingkai Jiang attended the EcologicalSociety of America (ESA) annual conferenceheld at Sacramento, CA in August, and gave aposter presentation. In addition, he went toMIT the Joint Program on the Science andPolicy of Global Change this November andgave an oral presentation to the student group.(Ben Felzer, advisor)Helen Malenda presented a poster atINSTOC at Cornell in Ithaca NY inSeptember. She presented a talk at the VAField Geologist Conference in Charlottesvillein October and presented both a talk andposter at GSA in Vancouver. (Frank Pazzaglia,advisor)K alin McDannell went to the 14thInternational Thermochronology conferencein Chamonix, France in September where hepresented a poster. He also presented a posterat the fall American Geophysical Unionmeeting. (Peter Zeitler, advisor)In the spring Chandler Navara attendedThe Lehigh Valley Ecology and EvolutionSociety (LVEES) meeting and won the awardfor Best Poster! (Bob Booth, advisor)Jen Schmidt presented posters at the AmtrakClub Conference, Lehigh University andThermo2014, Chamonix, France. Jen alsogave a talk at the AGU Fall Meeting in SanFrancisco. (Peter Zeitler, advisor)Stephanie Souza went to NE GSA andAAPG ACE. She presented posters at theAAPG Student Expo and the GSA AnnualMeeting. 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UndergraduatesUndergraduate SymposiumThe EES Undergraduate Symposiumis held annually on the last Friday of thespring semester, April 25th. It is a forum forthe presentation of undergraduate thesisresearch and awarding of undergraduateprizes. Honors thesis presentations follow akeynote talk by an EES undergraduatealumnus. The event is followed by the EESdepartment picnic and the awarding of theP. B. Myers, Jr. Distinguished TeachingAssistant award.This year’s symposium began with apresentation by Lehigh alumnus, EllynEnderlin, ’08. Ellyn completed her PhD inEarth Sciences at Ohio State in 2013 and iscurrently a postdoctoral researcher at theEESPoster presentations:1st place – Breanne Ensor “Influence ofoverstory vegetation on the abundance ofred-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus) inthe forests of South Mountain” (Booth)2nd place – Erin Lau “Analogue sandboxmodeling of accretionary prism formationsimulating rough and smooth crustsubduction” (Anastasio)Shayna Boulton “(U-Th)/He DetritalApatite Thermochronology of the SelengaRiver Catchment of the Hangay Dome,Mongolia” (Zeitler)Christopher Geist “AMS MagneticFabrics of the Late-glacial Dalby Tills, andthe development of a sampling strategy forpoorly consolidated, sandy tills in SkaneCounty Sweden” (Evenson, Hopkins,Kodama)Bob Mason “Relative influence of abioticand biotic disturbance on speciescomposition, tree establishment, and overallg rowth in the Lehigh UniversityExperimental Forest” (Booth)Ellyn EnderlinUniversity of Maine, Orono. She spoke on"Glaciers Gone Wild: Rapid Changes inGreenland Glacier Behavior Initiated at theOcean's Edge"Oral presentations:1st Place talk – Brionna O'Connor*“Exsolution of carbon dioxide from theSilver Creek AMD treatment system, NewPhiladelphia, PA” (Peters, Morris, andHargreaves)2nd place talk – Andrew Moodie*“Drainage divides, exhumation, anddynamic topography in active and ancientorogenic settings, the Gibraltar Arc andAppalachians” (Pazzaglia, Anastasio, andZeitler)Jo rd a n D y k m a n * “A l i g n m e n t a n ddivergence of pedologic, geomorphic, andgeochemical data for hillslope soils incentral PA” (Pazzaglia, Peters, and Blake)MaryBeth Lyons* “Changes in theoptical properties of dissolved organiccarbon during canopy interaction andshallow soil infiltration, Palmerton,PA” (Peters, Hargreaves, and Booth)Marisa Repasch* “Determination of foldkinematics using anisotropy of magneticsusceptibility (AMS) fabrics, Sant Llorenç deMorunys, Eastern SpanishPyrenees” (Anastasio, Kodama, and Parés)Cathy Withers* “Efficient downscaling ofclimate model to predict future stormdischarge for Monocacy Creek, Bethlehem,PA” (Felzer, Peters, and Ramage)Andrew Moodie “Drainage divides,exhumation, and dynamic topography inactive and ancient orogenic settings, theGibraltarArcandAppalachians” (Pazzaglia, Zeitler, andAnastasio)Chandler Navara“Effects ofHybridization and Habitat Choice onReproductive Success and Blood ParasiteInfection Levels of Black-capped andCarolina Chickadees“ (Booth and AmberRice)ANNUALUndergraduateAWARDS, 2014Students are recognized at the annual EESUndergraduate Symposium each springJ. Robert Munford Award Jordan DykmanThis award is given to the senior major whoDemonstrates Substantive Improvement over the Courseof their Program of Study, and Attain, in the SeniorYear, a Clear Record of Excellence. Jordan hasaccepted an internship at ExxonMobil inHouston, Texas!Donnel Foster Hewett Award Chandler E.Navara This award goes to a senior inGeological Sciences Who Best Demonstrates thePotential for Professional Excellence. Chandler iscurrently in the 5th year Master’s program andexpects to graduate in 2015!No 2014 recipients:Handwerk Prize This prize is presented toa student for Outstanding Achievement in the Fields ofChemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, or Earthand Environmental Sciences.David Hellekjaer Memorial Award,The award is presented to a senior who bestexemplifies characteristics of David Hellekjaer. Theawardee is dedicated to the study of science,participates vigorously in sports, anddemonstrates loyalty and contributes to afraternity or sorority.Elizabeth Odren“Holocene peat carbonaccumulation at ap er m a f ro s t b o g n ea rFiasco Lake in the YukonFlats of Alaska” (Yu, andthanks to Kate Cleary andCharly Massa)Alexa Pastuck & ToriWardamasky “Springdischarge and surface flowpatterns on the north sideof Blue Mountain atLehigh Gap NatureCenter (LGNC)” LEOInternship, Yasko)Enjoying some R&R and good eats at the annual EES department picnic!Pooja Potti “Effects of a TransientConstruction Site on Turbidity in aPennsylvania Stream” (Pazzaglia)Cody Raup “Correlating River Terraces ofthe South Anna River withPhotogrammetric Analysis ofClasts” (Pazzaglia and Malenda)Joseph Solly “Testing the role of AMDdischarge slope and width/depth ratios onthe precipitation of metals” (Peters)*Honors ThesesBA/BS research projectsfunded by theRyan Endowment FundBreanne EnsorErin LauMaryBeth LyonsRobert MasonChandler NavaraJoseph SollyE a r t h & E n v i r o n m e n t a l S c i e n c e s D e p a r t m e n t L e h i g h U n i v e r s i t y B e t h l e h e m , PA 1 8 0 1 5 - 3 0 0 15w w w. e e s . l e h i g h . e d u
Graduate SymposiumSymposium guest speaker, Nate Harkins, Lehigh ’00, ’02Undergraduate SymposiumBruce Hargreaves enthusiastically congratulates Erin Lau who won runnerup for Best Poster in the Undergraduate Symposium6E a r t h & E n v i r o n m e n t a l S c i e n c e s D e p a r t m e n t L e h i g h U n i v e r s i t y B e t h l e h e m , PA 1 8 0 1 5 - 3 0 0 1w w w. e e s . l e h i g h . e d u
Geological Society ofAmerica in Lancaster, PALehigh research had a strong showing at the GSANortheastern Section meeting in 2014. Some seniorundergraduate majors presented their projects.Undergraduate students led more than half of EES'sfifteen talks and posters. Students who attended were:Jordan Dykman, Mary Beth Lyons, Andrew Moodie,Brionna O’Connor, Marissa Repasch, StephanieSerritello, Joe Solly and Cathy Withers. Joe Solly, BS2014, was recognized with the best poster award.We congratulate these students on their accomplishments!Student attendance at professional society meetings ismade possible with grants from our endowed funds.Geoengineering: Insult to injuryor last best hope?This semester, students in our EES senior seminar EES 380:The Practice of Science, debated the pros and cons ofgeoengineering, the intervention in the Earth's system tocounteract climate change. Students explored both solarradiation management and carbon dioxide removaltechniques, including their potential to reduce globalwarming, and the impact these technologies would have onthe environment and society. The debate providedan opportunity for our seniors to integrate and synthesizeconcepts they’ve learned in our major and to extend theirknowledge and skills to new and complex problems. It alsotakes core concepts in EES and connects them directly tosocietal issues.-Professor Anne MeltzerSES Club report.by Robert Mason, SES Club PresidentFor many seniors in the EES department, Society of EnvironmentalScientists has always been a tight-knit group of upperclassmen whose bond wasadmirable but intimidating. Now SES has opened its doors wider than ever, invitingunderclassmen from all majors to sign up and experience the part ofLehigh that not only cares for and enjoys nature, but also seeks deeperunderstanding of the processes that shape our surroundings as well as thefunctions and services that result from those foundational principles.SES has been busy during the fall 2015 semester. To encourageinvolvement SES has been planning more events while minimizing theamount of meetings; instead students in SES have access to a Googledocument and spreadsheet through which anyone in the club can shareinformation and ideas. This semester SES has sponsored outings toRinging Rocks County Park, Bethlehem’s Bounty CSA, and JacobsburgState Park where members learned about geologic hill slope processes,organic farming techniques, and ecologic mark-and-recapture methodsrespectively. Many members also attended the Foster Hewett lectureseries, Environmental Initiative symposium, and the EES career night. Allof these events have served to remind members that knowledge amassedin the classroom is powerful in its application to real-world professions.As the fall 2015 semester comes to a close, SES will hold a peeradvisor registration session so students can guide each other through theschedule building process, providing insight on courses and requirements. The lastevent of the semester will likely be a movie night in December to give members astudy break during finals week – something of an SES tradition. Despite theapproaching winter months and waning appeal of outdoor activities, SES plans tomaintain its momentum through the 2015 spring semester.The SES Club officers are Bob Mason, president; Tori Wardamasky,vice-president; Allyson McCarter, secretary; and Kerry Austin, treasurer.Alumni, send your news to Nancy Roman nr00@lehigh.eduE a r t h & E n v i r o n m e n t a l S c i e n c e s D e p a r t m e n t L e h i g h U n i v e r s i t y B e t h l e h e m , PA 1 8 0 1 5 - 3 0 0 17w w w. e e s . l e h i g h . e d u
Congratulations 2014 Graduates!PhDJohanna Blake "Geologic, Tectonic, andGeochemical Signatures Leading toArsenic in Groundwater in the GettysburgBasin" (advisor, Ste ve Peters). Aftergraduation, Johanna took some time andtraveled across the U.S with her husband,Keith to arrive at her final destination, theUniversity of New Mexico in Albuquerquewhere she has a post-doctoral position inthe Department of Chemistry.MSEric Ellison "Characterizing ironnitrogen colimitation interactions in achemostat model of freshwaterenvironments" (advisor, Steve Peters). Eric isnow living in Boulder, Colorado, where hebegan a job as a Senior ProfessionalBAResearch Assistant in the GeosciencesD e partm ent at the Univer sity ofColorado. He manages a new laboratoryfacility providing Raman microscopycapabilities to users in the Geosciencesdepartment and and the university ingeneral, with an emphasis on applyingRaman microscopy and other analyticaltechniques to frontiers in geomicrobiology.Katharine LeBoeuf, BS, ’13 "HoloceneVegetation, Hydrology, and Fire in theNorth-Central Adirondacks of NewYork" (advisor, Robert Booth).Michelle Spicer, BS, ’13 "The Legacy ofPlanting: A Century-Long Experiment inFo r e s t D e v e l o p m e n t a t L e h i g hUniversity" (advisor, Robert Booth). Michelleis currently in the PhD program in Biologyat the University of Pittsburgh. She isresearching tropical forest communitydynamics. Her dissertation research willtake place mostly in the permanent forestplots in the La Selva Biological Station innortheastern Costa Rica, and will likelyfocus on the compositional, spatial, andcarbon accumulation changes in the forestRickie J. HillGrace M. AbelNicole D. LambTrista C. BartholMoira K. McGowanMichael L. EniAriella T. ScaleseBSShayna BoultonChandler NavaraRachel R. CharlesBrionna H. O’ConnorCamille S. DelavauxElizabeth A. OdrenJordan N. DykmanAlexa N. PastuckBreanne L. EnsorPooja S. PottiNatalie L. FrendbergMarisa N. RepaschBrian J. GrelisDaniela RossiRachel R. HenkeStephanie A. SerritelloDavid M. JabautJoseph A. SollyErin K. LauStephanie SouzaAnna LimNicolette S. SraMaryBeth LyonsAlexis N. WachterAndrew J. MoodieCatherine E. egree!EES 2014 graduates have Lehigh legacy connectionsIn May, the Earth & Environmental SciencesDepartment graduated five students who havea Lehigh legacy connection! Their parents,father, uncle, brother, or a combination of,have graduated from Lehigh.Joe Solly carried on his family’s Lehighlegacy. He was fourth generation Lehigh! Hisfather, Carl, attended and was a member ofFiji. His grandfather, Joseph, graduated in1949, after returning from Japan (he leftLehigh to join the Marines and fight inWWII); great grandfather, Walter, graduatedin 1912 and, his great uncle, Howard alsoattended.Joe explained that the legacy that hisancestors built at Lehigh encouraged him,from a young age, to continue the tradition.Since around second grade, when he got hisfirst Lehigh T-shirt, he knew he wanted to bethe fourth consecutive Solly male to attend.Brian Grelis’ father & brother attendedLehigh, his father graduated with a geologydegree and his brother, an EES degree. OtherEES Lehigh legacy connections include GraceAbel, Camille Delavaux, and AlexaPastuck. I spoke with Camille, Alexa, andGrace, collectively, about their thoughts ontheir personal Lehigh legacy. I heard similarcomments from each, about growing up andhearing stories from those family alums. Theynow have acquired their own Lehighexperiences and have their own stories toshare with their families when they inevitablyhear “when I was at Lehigh” come up duringSunday dinners, holidays or family reunions.It was apparent that each of their families arevery proud of the fact that their childrenchose to carry on the Lehigh tradition.Camille’s father, mother, and brother allattended Lehigh (her mother, Marie-HeleneChabut, is a professor in Lehigh’s ModernForeign Language department). Camille’ssuccessful experience in Earth &Environmental Sciences has paved the way toher next challenge (which she was obviouslyvery excited to announce). This fall she begangraduate studies at Yale University’s School ofForestry & Environmental Studies!Alexa is the fifth member of her family toattend Lehigh. She was very upbeat andexuberant about her future while sharing withme how she plans to explore all thepossibilities after graduation. She feels herLehigh education prepared her well to now goout into the world and make her mark . howthe world is her oyster!Grace reminisced how she knew she wantedto become a Lehigh student after she began tovisit her brother when he was attending. Sheloved the atmosphere on campus and said shehad no doubts about choosing Lehigh, an
geology/environmental-geoscience/10894). Brent Zaprowski, PhD, '01, was recently promoted to the rank of Professor at the University of Salisbury, Maryland. Kristin Carter, MS, '93, was promoted to Assistant State Geologist and Economic Geology Division Manager for the Pennsylvania Geological Survey.
