The Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology Student Symposium will be held on March 15-16 and abstracts are due February 21st.

Keynote speakers include:

Dr. Michael Hoffmann, Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, California Institute of Technology. Dr. Hoffmann is the 2019 Kappe Lecturer. The Kappe lecture series is an endowed seminar held annually by the Department of Environmental Engineering and Department of Chemistry.

Dr. Eric Roden, Professor of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Lara Fowler, Senior Lecturer of Law and Energy and the Environment, The Pennsylvania State University.

See the following links for registration or more information.

ECMSS 2019 registration and abstract submission

Deadline: February 21, 2019 (9PM EST)

For additional conference information go to: ECMSS 2019 website

Diana Ayala was awarded a SIAM Talent Grant to attend a summer school in anaerobic microbiology in the Wagenigen University in the Netherlands in August 2017. I think this is an amazing opportunity for other people who are also interested in anaerobic microbes. Here is the link of the SIAM website http://anaerobic-microbiology.eu/talent-talk/?platform=hootsuite .

“The lab work was so well-organized by Irene Sánchez-Andrea, Diana Sousa, Cornelia Welte and Laura Villanueva that I definitely learned by having hands on work all the time. In addition, I was able to learn and interact from the best in the field of anaerobic microbiology: Rolf Thauer, Friedrich Widdel, Fons Stams and Caroline Plugge. I felt so honored to share this time with all these incredible scientists”

Diana would be happy to talk about her experience with whomever might be interested in applying for the SIAM Talent Grant.

PPEM 440, Environmental Microbiomes: Concepts and Analysis Tools is instructed by Dr. Terry Bell, a new Biogeochemistry Faculty member and is offered

Mark your calendars for the 21st annual Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology Student Symposium! It will be held April 13-14th and co-chairs Mara Cloutier and Jenelle Fortunato have promised a great event! Click here for more information: http://sites.psu.edu/saese/events

This spring Mara Cloutier will start a biogeochemistry student organization and she is looking for people who would like to take an active role in the organization. If you are interested being a part of the organization in any capacity please email Mara (muc345@psu.edu).