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Dr. Mark dela Cerna (BCP) was awarded the 2024 Jean Dreyfus Lectureship Grant for UndergraduateInstitutions.Thisfoundationonlyawardedthegranttoeightinstitutions.
The Jean Dreyfus Lectureship awards provide a $25,000 grant to bring a leading researcher to a primarily undergraduate institution to give at least two lectures in the chemical sciences One of the lectures should be accessible and promoted to a wide audience that includes the general public The remaining lecture(s) may be more technical The lecturer is expected to spend more thanonedayattheinstitutiontosubstantivelyinteractwithundergraduatestudentsandabroad rangeoffacultyovertheperiodofthevisit.
Aportionoftheawardistosupporttwoundergraduatesinsummerresearch.Theundergraduates engagedinsummerresearchareexpectedtoworkwithmentorsincontemporarychemistry.
Dr.JianhouHe(BCP)publishedapaperinthejournalScienceofTheTotalEnvironment (Q1,IF8.2).ThetitleofthepaperisMicroplasticeffectsoncarboncyclinginterrestrialsoil ecosystems:Storage,formation,mineralization,andmicrobialmechanisms.
Thepaperisareviewofthecurrentstateofunderstandingoftheimpactofmicroplastics onsoilenvironments.Thefullreferenceis,Liu,Y.;Wang,W.;He,J."Microplasticeffectson carboncyclinginterrestrialsoilecosystems:Storage,formation,mineralization,and microbialmechanisms"ScienceofTheTotalEnvironmentVolume954,1December2024, 176658
PhDstudent,CarisaMacpherson(SEES)wasawardeda$30,000ForEvergladesResearch EnhancementGrantfromtheEvergladesFoundationentitledIsthe(Sea)GrassAlways GreenerontheOtherSideoftheReef:FloridaBaySeagrass-ModifiedSeawaterandits CapacitytoBufferOceanAcidificationonFlorida'sCoralReef?
COSM NEWS
On Saturday, October 19, 2024, the School of Earth, Environment & Sustainability hosted their annual Herty Homecoming Alumni Breakfast. The breakfast has been a regular homecoming eventfortheformerDepartmentofGeology&Geography,nowSEES,forover25years.Itisatime for faculty, staff, students, and alumni to visit and network, providing invaluable connections for SEESundergraduateandgraduatestudents,helpingthemgetlaunchedintheprofessionalworld
This year we had 17 alumni in attendance and approximately 70 attendees overall Pictured are thealumniwhoattendedthisyear
Right to left: David Rawlins, Dr Darrell, Autumn Arnold, Emory McKenzie, Sarah Fuller Joshua Abrams, Clara Ray, James Jackson, Amelia Frank's, Floyd Leach, Anne Baer, Will Collins, Peyton Johnson,ElliottWoods,RyanMiller,DanielGray,ShawnJackson,TreyAdams,MichaelDibblenotin picture
COSM NEWS
This past weekend Tyler Cyronak (SEES) escorted his ENVS7130BiogeochemicalCycles class as wellasstudentsfromtheNSFfundedResearchandMentoringforPostbaccalaureatesinBiological Sciences program on an educational cruise up the Savannah River on the R/V Savannah out of SkidawayInstituteforOceanography
RESEARCH COURSES
Finding Funding/Commun icatingwith POs/Building Competitive Proposals
Thiscourseorientsresearchersto thestartingprocessforfunding searches.Topicsincludelocating fundingsources,creatingof lettersofintent,communicating withPOs,andconstructing researchbriefs.
Wednesday,November 13th,12:00pm
https://georgiasouthern .zoom.us/s/84039311783
Submission Processand FacultySupport
Thiscourseintroduces researcherstothe"QuickStart" approachtobeginningfunding proposalsthroughtheOfficeof Research.InadditiontoawalkthroughoftheQuickStartsurvey, researcherswillexploretheOffice ofResearchpreparationand submissionresourcesthatare locatedonourwebsite.
Budgets
Post-Award Processesat GeorgiaSouthern
Thiscourseprovidesadetailed interactiveguidetothe processesofgeneratingbudget categoryitems,writingaformal budgetfortheproposal,and craftingabudgetjustification.
Thiscourseorientsresearchersto theworkthattakesplaceonce fundinghasbeenawarded.Itis taughtbyamember(s)ofthe post-awarddepartmentand coversresearchaccounting, administration,andotherpostawardconsiderations.
Wednesday,November 13th,1:00pm
https://georgiasouthern .zoom.us/s/84039311783
Thursday,November 14th,10:00am
https://georgiasouthern zoomus/s/84039311783
Thursday,November 14th,11:00am
https://georgiasouthern .zoom.us/s/84039311783
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