17 More Faculty News My research group is continuing to explore topics ranging from paleoenvironmental conditions to organic compounds in produced water to a new collaborative NASA EPSCoR grant investigating potential biosignatures on Enceladus. Kehinde Egunjobi earned a GSA research grant for his work on unraveling the MECO in the Southern Hemisphere. The WRANE program is wrapping up, with one last upcoming summer symposium for our high school cohorts. We are also looking at ways to make our educational materials available for teachers to use in the classroom or with student groups. Teaching-wise, my first run of GEOL 2403 for the Environmental Geoscience major this past spring was a good balance of geochemistry basics with practical skills, though I definitely have improvement plans for next time. For outreach, the 2024 GEO-REx camp went well and we are currently planning for this summer’s camp. Many thanks to the societies and donors who have supported us! TRACY QUAN PROFESSOR Stable Isotope Geochemistry, Organic Geochemistry, Paleoceanography and Sedimentary Geochemistry NATASCHA RIEDINGER ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Graduate Coordinator: Sedimentary Geochemistry, Marine Systems and Biogeochemical Cycles Last year, I spent the spring semester on sabbatical leave in Corvallis, OR, at the Oregon State University. This stay allowed me to catch up with some writing and to establish new research collaborations. I was also able to promote my geochemistry group and the department by giving several invited talks at national and international institutes and universities last year, and I was one of eight invited international speakers at a Marine Benthic Biogeochemistry symposium (GEOMAR, Germany). I also co-organized an international workshop on marine sediment fluids in Ohio. On student news, Lauren Haygood (PhD candidate), successfully applied to participate in an ocean drilling expedition (International Ocean Discover Program 403) in the summer. While Emma Shook (MS student), graduated in December, I was able to recruit one new MS student, Olivia Galvez, who is working on earthquake-triggered sediment deposits. And one of my undergraduate students successfully applied for the OSU Neil Purdie scholarship. spring.2025
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