Principal Staff

CECG Advisory Board

CECG Faculty Affiliate Members

Selected Research Activities

Laboratory Facilities Affiliated Through CECG

Calendar of Events

Funding Opportunities
  2003 Summer Fellowship
  Research Initiation Grant

Courses in Environmental Chemistry at Penn State

Job Postings

1. Potential Effects of Climate Change on Atmospheric Deposition in Central Pennsylvania 
   Anthony Buda, Forest Resources, Advisor: Dr. David DeWalle 
2. Influence of Varying Soil Moisture and Ozone Exposures on Gas Exchange and Visible Foliar Ozone Injury of Three Hardwood Tree Species
   Marcus Schaub, ERRI, Advisor: Dr. John M. Skelly 
3. Influence of Solvation on Water Cluster Reactions of Atmospherically Relevant Species
   John J. Gilligan, Chemistry, Advisor: Dr. A.W. Castleman, Jr. 
4. Ultrathin Coatings of Poly-dimethyl Siloxane (PDMS) on Surface Enhanced Raman (SERS) Substrates: Increased Sensitivity and the Exclusion of Interferents
   Shawn Mulvaney, Chemistry, Advisor: Dr. Michael J. Natan

1. The Effects of Treatment Processes on Phosphorous Availability of Biosolids
   Stacy Bower, Agriculture & Biology Engineering, Advisor: Dr. Herschel Elliott 
2. A Study of the Removal Mechanisms of Wastewater-Derived Nitrate from the Groundwater of the Florida Keys: Case Study of Key Colony Beach, Fl
   Erin M. Griggs, Geosciences, Advisor: Dr. Lee Kump 
3. Diurnal and Longitudinal Patterns in Nitrogen in Appalachian Forested Streams
   Mike Gockley, Forest Resources, Advisor: Dr. David DeWalle 
4. Investigation of the Use of Si and Sr as Natural Tracers for Age-dating of Groundwater in the Cape Cod Aquifer
   Brian Alexander, Geosciences, Advisor: Dr. Sue Brantley

1. The Abundance of (Per)chlorate Reducing Bacteria in the Natural Environment and the Application of Chlorate Reducing Bacteria to Degrade BTEX
   Jun Wu, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Advisor: Dr. Bruce E. Logan 
2. Cloning and Characterization of a Bidirectional Hydrogenase-like Operon in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002.
   Chris Nomura, BMMB, Advisor: Dr. Don Bryant 
3. Nuclear Receptor Coactivators, RIP140 and SRC-1 Interact with Q-rich Sub-domain of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor and Modulate its Transactivation Potential
   Mohan Kumar, Veterinary Science, Advisor: Dr. Gary Perdew 
4. Soil Physical and Chemical Relationships in Declining and Non-declining Plots of Sugar Maple Trees
   Patrick J. Drohan, Agronomy, Advisor: Dr. Gary Petersen

1. Comparison of Full-Scale GAC: Virgin Versus Reactivated at Cincinnati, Ohio
   Brian C. Moore, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Advisor: Dr. Fred S. Cannon 
2. Processes in Acid Mine Spoil Reclamation with Compost and Gypsum: II. Competitive Complexation of Ca and Al by Compost Derived Dissolved Organic Matter
   Frank J. von Willert, Agronomy, Advisor: Dr. Richard Stehouwer 
3. The Effectiveness of Limestone Sand Remediation of an Acidic Stream.
   Susan LeFevre, Forestry, Advisor: Dr. William Sharpe 
4. Assessing the Potential Mobility of Lead in Rifle Ranges at Fort Indiantown Gap
   David H. McNear Jr., Agronomy, Advisor: Dr. Jon Chorover 
5. Leachate Collection Efficiency of Pan and Wick Lysimeters Using a Water Balance Method
   Yuanhong Zhu, Agronomy, Advisor: Dr. R. H. Fox

Poster Session I: Analyses of Soils
 
1. Impacts of Spent Mushroom Substrate Weathering on the Chemical properties of Underlying Soils
   Mingxin Guo, Agronomy, Advisor: Dr. Jon Chorover 
2. Using 14C- and 15N- Labeled 2,4,6-TNT to Investigate the Nature of Binding in Various Fractions of Contaminated Soil During Composting
   Mark J. Strynar, Agronomy, Advisor: Dr. Bollag 
3. Impact of soil salinity on growth of soybean cultivars varying in Sclerotinia white mold resistance
   Kathryn R. Pennypacker, Geosciences, Advisor: Dr. Jon Chorover

   Poster Session II: Water and Land Analyses
    

4. The Alteration of Acid Mine Drainage Chemistry as a Result of the Addition of Fly and Bottom Ash to a Surface Mine Pool
   Caroline Loop, Geosciences, Advisor: Dr. William B. White 
5. Performance of Constructed Wetland Mesocosms Treating Vegetable and Fruit Processing Waste
   Elisa D. Brown, Agriculture and Biology Engineering, Advisor: Dr. Robert Shannon 
6. The fate of contaminants in groundwater; modeling the transport of sulfonates at the Kelly Farm Site, Petrolia, PA
   Benjamin Lengacher, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Advisor: Dr. Brian Dempsey

   Poster Session III: Biology and Microbiological Studies
    

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   Jennifer A. Bland, Geosciences, Advisor: Dr. K. Freeman 
8. Spatial and Temporal Variability in Methane Flux from a Temperate Salt Marsh: Chincoteague Bay, VA
   Erin M. Matlack, Geosciences, Advisor: Dr. M. A. Arthur 
9. Geomicrobial Surface Interactions between Hornblende or a Hornblende Glass Analog and Arthrobacter sp. and Streptomyces sp.
   A.S. Barnes, Material Science and Engineering, Advisor: Dr. Carlo Pantano 
10. Mechanistic studies of Phosphotransacetylase from Methanosarcina thermophila
    Prabha Iyer, BMB, Advisor: Dr. James G. Ferry

    Poster Session IV: Analytical & Characterization 
     

11. Surface alloying and dealloying in the system Cu - Au
    Bernd Witte, Material Science and Engineering, Advisors: Dr. H. W. Pickering and Dr. Konrad G. Weil 
12. Paleoenvironmental Records from Two Sites in Mesoamerica: Evidence of Vegetation Shifts Since the Last Glacial Maximum
    Michael Moreland, Geosciences, Advisor: Dr. Katherine Freeman 
13. Solid-State NMR Investigation of Leached Layers in Sodium-Aluminosilicate Glasses
    Natia Tsomaia, Chemistry, Advisor: Dr. Karl T. Mueller 
14. Ozone Absorption in the Nasal Cavity
    Lizzie Santiago, Chemical Engineering, Advisor: Dr. James Ultman