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Central America’s oldest marine mammal from the Panama Canal

Drs. Jorge Velez-Juarbe, Assistant Curator of Marine Mammals, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and Aaron Wood, Director of the Iowa State Geology Field Station and lecturer in the Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, describe Central America’s oldest marine mammal in a new article of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. The 20-million-year-old fossil … Continue reading Central America’s oldest marine mammal from the Panama Canal

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Undergraduate Geology Student Gabrielle Ledesma Featured on ISU Homepage

Gabrielle Ledesma, an ISU junior geology major, has been featured in an article posted to Iowa State University’s homepage. The piece highlights the research that Gabbie has been doing with geology professor Dr. Elizabeth Swanner. Check out the full story here: https://www.iastate.edu/stories/2019/02/ledesma.

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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 a week aboard the R/V Endeavor on a research expedition from Rhode Island to Barbados, … Continue reading Chanel Vidal, geology sophomore, featured in ISU news story

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Gabrielle Ledesma, working with Dr. Elizabeth Swanner, receives Dean’s High Impact Undergraduate Research Award

Gabrielle Ledesma, 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. Ledesma has been helping to look at how microbial communities impact the iron and carbon cycles in the anoxic environments of midwest lakes. The … Continue reading Gabrielle Ledesma, working with Dr. Elizabeth Swanner, receives Dean’s High Impact Undergraduate Research Award

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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 award, set up by Onnolee U. Trapp and Orlin D. Trapp. Suzanne received the Professional … Continue reading Dr. Alan Wanamaker and Suzanne Ankerstjerne earn LAS awards

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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 of Liberal Arts and Sciences, researches regional scale climate simulation and analysis. His expertise will … Continue reading Gutowski selected as lead author in IPCC Sixth Assessment Report

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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 blooms in water produce dangerous toxins that can cause serious health concerns for humans, as … Continue reading Iowa State University researchers receive EPA grant to study harmful algal blooms in Iowa lakes.

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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/