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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 […]
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Dr. Betsy Swanner's research highlighted in College News
Dr. Betsy Swanner and students' research on harmful algal blooms in West and East Lake Okoboji was recently featured in a College news article. Follow the link to read more about it: Lakeside Science
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Dr. Chris Harding and Dr. Franek Hasiuk highlighted in College News
Dr. Chris Harding and Dr. Franek Hasiuk have developed software for printing terrain models on a 3-D printer. Follow the link to the college news story to learn more: Iowa State geologists develop app to print 3-D terrain models of […]
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Anne Castle, 2017 Ronald Lecturer in Environmental Conservation (April 13)
Anne Castle, senior fellow at the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy and Environment at the University of Colorado Boulder School of Law, will present the 2017 Ronald Lecture in Environmental Conservation: The Colorado River, The Years of Living Dangerously […]