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Dr. Cinzia Cervato featured in ISU News
Dr. Cinzia Cervato, Morrill Professor in the Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, was featured in an ISU News article published on August 28, 2018. Quick look: Cinzia Cervato will start the fall semester with an explanation and an invitation […]
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Chanel Vidal, geology sophomore, featured in ISU news story
Chanel Vidal, who just started her sophomore year as a geology major at Iowa State University, was recently featured in a ISU news story highlighting the multiple field work opportunities that she participated in this summer. These opportunities included spending […]
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Gabrielle Ladesma, working with Dr. Elizabeth Swanner, receives Dean's High Impact Undergraduate Research Award
Gabrielle Ladesma, an undergraduate student majoring in geology, received a Dean's High Impact Undergraduate Research Award to work with Dr. Elizabeth Swanner, assistant professor of geological and atmospheric sciences, this summer. Ladesma has been helping to look at how microbial […]
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Dr. Alan Wanamaker and Suzanne Ankerstjerne earn LAS awards
Dr. Al Wanamaker, associate professor in geology, and Suzanne Ankerstjerne, the Stable Isotope Lab manager and lecturer in geology, both recently received awards from Iowa State University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Dr. Wanamaker was awarded the Trapp Innovation […]
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Gutowski selected as lead author in IPCC Sixth Assessment Report
William Gutowski has been selected to be a lead author for the next Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment report which will be published in 2021. Gutowski, professor of geological and atmospheric sciences and associate dean of the College […]
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Dr. Betsy Swanner's research highlighted in College News
An experiment conducted by Dr. Betsy Swanner recently made headlines in College News. Follow this link for more information:
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Iowa State University researchers receive EPA grant to study harmful algal blooms in Iowa lakes.
Dr. Elizabeth Swanner, along with researchers from the ISU College of Engineering, received a $760,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to study harmful algal blooms, a growing threat to human and animal health in Iowa’s lakes. Harmful algal […]
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Field Trip to the Swiss Alps!
The trip will lead us to the Alps next August 3-17, 2018 and we will get to see some extraordinary geology. Read about it here https://structure.ge-at.iastate.edu/2017/11/02/field-trip-to-the-swiss-alps/
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GEAT Seminar 2017: Dr. Jiafu Mao - Tuesday, August 29
The GEAT department is pleased to welcome Dr. Jiafu Mao from Oak Ridge National Laboratory as our first seminar speaker for Fall 2017! Title: “Driving mechanisms and feedbacks of the land greening” When: Tuesday, August 29 @ 4:10 pm Where: […]
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Dr. Betsy Swanner receives donated spectrophotometer
On June 15, the Geobiology Lab received a donation of a DR1900 field spectrophotometer from Hach here in Ames. The donation was facilitated through LAS/ISU Foundation Executive Director of Development Michael Gens. Hach Director of Operations Dr. Thorsten Bergemann graciously […]