Current Group
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Anthony Pompa |
Past Group
Senior Thesis Students
| Reed Plunkett | Effects of sulfate reduction on authigenic carbonate production and the carbon isotopic record: A 1-D reactive transport modeling approach | 2022-3 |
| Victoria Paul | Analyzing the Mixing Endmembers of the Groundwater Geochemistry at the Living Filter | 2022-3 |
| Daniel Hayden | Potential for Clumped Isotopes to Assess Marine Carbonate Recrystallization | 2022-3 |
| Mason Barner | An Experimental Evaluation of the Living Filter: Using Geochemistry to Determine the Effectiveness of Wastewater Irrigation Systems |
2021-2 |
| James Tierney | Analysis of trace metal contaminants in stormwater-impacted sediments at the Penn State Duck Pond basin | 2019-20 |
| Cheng Tarng | Sr isotopes as tracers of diet and provenance in lemmings | 2017-8 |
| Yonghuai (Charles) Huang | Morphological expression of saturation state and inhibition in gypsum | 2017-8 |
| Stephen Williamson | Effects of diffusion on the isotopic composition of dissolved Cu | 2017-8 |
| Dan Heilemann | Metal distributions and plant uptake of metals at the Living Filter wastewater irrigation system | 2017-8 |
| Priyanka Bose | Geochemical constraints on the accommodation of diagenetic alteration in heterogeneous marine carbonates | 2017-8 |
| Lisa Glendinning | Nitrogen isotopes as indicators of the effects of wastewater treatment at the Living Filter | 2015-7 |
| Jack Phillips | An Analysis of Living Filter Soils through Elemental Compositions and Organic Contents | 2016-7 |
| Elizabeth Roddy | Nitrogen isotopes as indicators of the effects of wastewater treatment at the Living Filter | 2014-5 |
| Evan Onuskanych | Laser ablation studies of metals in tree cores as indicators of airborne pollution | 2014-5 |
| James Hemmerly | Mössbauer spectroscopic investigations of microbially-catalyzed Fe-sulfide precipitation | 2013-4 |
| Hanna Quinn | Mössbauer spectroscopic investigations of the PETM | 2013-4 |
| Amanda Fobes | Effects of solution chemistry on mineral morphology | 2012-3 |
| Theodore Present | Ca Isotope Exchange during Gypsum to Anhydrite Transformation | 2010-11 |
| Paolo Roffo | Assessing the environmental impacts of Interstate 99 highway construction | 2007-8 |
Graduate Students
| Ben Barnes | PhD. Geosciences [co-advised: Kump] |
THE BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN THE MODERN AND ANCIENT OCEANS | 2022 |
| Clarissa Crist | M.S. Geosciences | EXPLORING HOW DIAGENETIC ALTERATION OF MARINE CARBONATE SEDIMENTS IS ACCOMMODATED IN HETEROGENEOUS ASSEMBLAGES | 2020 |
| Jennifer Estrada | M.S. Geosciences [co-advised: Russo] |
EFFECTS OF BRINE EVOLUTION ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF CALCIUM ISOTOPES IN THE SALAR DE ATACAMA, CHILE |
2019 |
| Jared Carte | M.S. Geosciences | URANIUM-SERIES GEOCHEMISTRY IN RESIDUAL SOILS: EXAMPLES FROM CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA | 2019 |
| Elizabeth Andrews | M.S. Geosciences | LITHIUM ISOTOPES IN CARBONATE-RICH MARINE SECTIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR DIAGENESIS, AUTHIGENIC CLAY FORMATION, AND THE GLOBAL LITHIUM CYCLE | 2018 |
| Muammar Mansor | Ph.D Geosciences
[co-advised: Macalady] |
ISOTOPIC AND TRACE METAL GEOCHEMISTRY OF CALCITE, GYPSUM, AND PYRITE AS PROXIES FOR ANCIENT LIFE AND ENVIRONMENTS | 2017 |
| Piyali Chanda | Ph.D Geosciences | PERSPECTIVES ON THE DIAGENETIC ALTERATION OF MARINE CARBONATES USING A MULTI-PROXY APPROACH: A MULTI-SITE COMPARISON OF MG, CA, AND SR ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS OF CARBONATES |
2016 |
| Khadouja Harouaka | Ph.D Geosciences |
EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF MICROORGANISMS, ORGANIC MOLECULES, AND ATOM EXCHANGE RATES ON THE CA ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF GYPSUM: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE USE OF CA ISOTOPES AS A GEOCHEMICAL PROXY |
2016 |
| Matthew Gonzales | M.S. Geosciences | IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS OF CALCIUM CARBONATE PHASE HETEROGENEITY DURING MINERAL PRECIPITATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF CALCIUM CARBONATE BASED PROXIES | 2014 |
| Heather Tollerud | Ph.D Geosciences | THE ROLE OF WATER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SURFACES ON PLAYA SEDIMENTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR AEOLIAN ERODIBILITY AND DUST EMISSION | 2014 |
| Rebecca Wieczorek | M.S. Geosciences |
WEATHERING RESPONSES TO RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE: ANALYSIS OF A HIGH RESOLUTION OSMIUM ISOTOPE RECORD AT THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM |
2012 |
| Khadouja Harouaka | M.S. Geosciences | AN INVESTIGATION OF THE MECHANISMS OF CALCIUM ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION IN GYPSUM | 2011 |
REU and Other Summer Program Students
| Niwdé Marie Rivera-Maldonado | Climate Science REU | 2022 |
| Eliza Goodell | Climate Science REU | 2021 |
| Victoria Froh | Climate Science REU | 2020 |
| Jenny Verniero | Space Grant and Science Mission Directorate Internship Program | 2012 |
| Zoe Ruge | CEKA Summer Internship | 2007 |
Undergraduate Laboratory Researchers
| Sabrina Blacklock | Geochemical analysis of fertilizers | 2022-3 |
| Nancy Weinheimer | Geochemical analysis of groundwaters | 2018-9 |
| Alyssa Barr | MIL lab research assistant | 2018 |
| Cheng Tarng | MIL lab research assistant | 2016-8 |
| Laurie Eccles | Lab research assistant | 2006-7 |