Year in Review 2017–2018 Depa rtment of Geology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Earth, Society, and Environment An Extraordinary String of Awards for Grad Students and Faculty!

hat is the connection between proposals with international WAlaskan volcanoes, the River colleagues and how to create a Waal in Holland, and a catchment research plan that benefits both my basin in a remote French Alsatian research and the current research village? The answer—four Geology taking place in the River Waal,” doctoral students are conducting said Cisneros. groundbreaking research in these far- “Julia’s GRFP and GROW flung locations, thanks in part to grants have enabled her to reach prestigious National Science Founda - out across the globe to study some tion (NSF) graduate fellowships and of the world’s biggest rivers, and other prestigious awards. rivers with some of the most Within the past three years, pressing issues of anthropogenic Nicole Fernandez-Franzen, Julia change. This funding has also al - Cisneros, Robby Goldman, and Jack lowed her to interact with leading interna - Albright have been selected among The department’s four NSF Graduate Research tional groups, access unique datsets and Fellowship recipients. From left: Robby Goldman, Julia make links that will be of immense benefit thousands of applicants for the NSF’s Cisneros, Jack Albright, and Nicole Fernandez-Franzen. Graduate Research Fellowship Program to her current research and future career (GRFP). GRFP fellows receive full stipends able to develop unique and transformative aspirations,” said Prof. Best. for a three-year period, paving the way new datasets indicating the extent to Robby Goldman joined Prof. Trish for travel, data collection, and collabora - which isotopic signatures of minerals are Gregg’s lab in January of 2017, after a tive research opportunities. reset by fluids. I am delighted to see her Fulbright Fellowship in New Zealand, Nicole Fernandez-Franzen received her flourish as she pursues exciting new where he investigated the Akoroa Volcano. NSF fellowship in Fall 2016. Her research developments,” said Prof. Druhan. His work examines how the stress state in examines the role of chemical weathering Julia Cisneros was awarded her NSF volcanic host rock affects magma propaga - in the production and transport of solutes fellowship in Fall 2017, for her research tion during an eruption. Through NSF, from the continents to the oceans. Nicole, concerning “Dune morphology and Robby has applied for Graduate Research advised by Prof. Jenny Druhan, has spent dynamics in fluvial channels.” Dunes are a Internship Program (GRIP) funding to the past year at the Institut de Physique du key element in controlling river dynamics visit the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory in Globe de Paris (IPGP), conducting research across many scales, and her doctoral re - summer 2019. There, he can collaborate with their collaborator and renowned search with Prof. Jim Best aims to investi - with other volcanologists to study Kilauea. chemical weathering expert, Prof. Jérôme gate dune formation and dynamics in “The trip to Hawaii will help me de - Gaillardet. fine-grained sediments, and the nature of velop models of magma migration through “The NSF award gives me so much dune response to changing flow conditions. Kilauea's summit and flanks, to improve flexibility and independence, and it has Cisneros has also been awarded an eruption forecasts and hazard assess - been great to deepen the collaboration NSF Graduate Research Opportunities ments. This is an especially meaningful between Prof. Druhan’s lab at Illinois and Worldwide (GROW) grant, which allowed opportunity for me since I am part Native IPGP. Prof. Gaillardet’s group has so much her to spend Summer 2018 at Delft Hawaiian and have always wanted to visit field experience and knowledge of global University of Technology, and the nearby and observe Hawaii's volcanoes,” said weathering, and their unique global data research institute Deltares. Together, Goldman. sets are allowing us to test and apply our Cisneros and her Dutch colleagues will “Robby’s work has excellent potential models to what we observe in the real investigate the effects of bedform-flow for helping scientists understand the world,” said Fernandez-Franzen. hysteresis in the River Waal, Holland. interplay between host rock stress evolu - “Nicole’s NSF Fellowship has opened “This fellowship has given me the op - tion and eruption timing and location. the door to new opportunities, including portunity to really focus on my research, Thanks to support from NSF GRFP, he her collaboration with IPGP and a and build my career as a scientist. Specifi - is beginning work to better understand Chateaubriand Fellowship. She has been cally, I have learned how to write research the interaction of earthquakes and dike (continued on page 4) Many of the UIUC Geology alumni who were on hand for the NHB Grand Opening celebration on November 4th, 2017 gathered near the rebuilt grand staircase in the north end. Over 50 Geology alumni from across the country attended the various festivities that day.

Letter from the Head

his year has been full of great success head, then as Director of the School of • Graduate fellowships funded by gener - Tand a few major transitions. The depart - Earth, Society and Environment. We will ous gifts over the past 25 years have ment is truly on a roll, with a wave of miss his energetic and caring leadership. greatly enhanced our grad program; awards and honors bestowed on students The department is extremely grateful we use them mostly to recruit our and faculty in recent years (see article, for the many donations from alumni and top applicants. We aim to build up page 1), and with renewed visibility in friends over the past year. Many of you the endowments further, to increase our impressive, reborn NHB home on the donated generously to the NHB campaign. the number offered each year and quad. We were elated to see so many of We are wrapping up that effort, though enhance that success. you at the NHB grand opening celebration opportunities for named spaces are still To see a list of current high-priority on November 4th, 2017. One of the most available. Our fundraising focus is shifting giving opportunities and/or to make an rewarding aspects of my role as depart - to other urgent needs: online gift, please visit the department ment head is interacting with alumni from • Support for field trips is much needed web page (www.geology.illinois.edu) and all eras, and showing you all the great right now, as some sources of support click on the “GIVE” link in the upper right things that are happening here. have declined and costs continue to corner. Alternatively, please use the dona - With the work related to the NHB climb for course field trips (e.g., tion envelope inside this newsletter. If you project fading away, we are turning our Baraboo and the Saint Francois need help with any method of donation, focus to strengthening our education and Mtns.), the spring GEOL 415/515 field feel free to call the department at research programs, and serving a larger course, and the summer field camp. (217) 333-3540. number of students in more ways. And, We believe field experiences are more Please drop in whenever you are in the as Steve Marshak has just retired (or important than ever, and we don’t area—we love to catch up with our alumni “graduated” as we prefer to say), we are want students to be deterred by field and friends! Our LinkedIn group, “UIUC transitioning from some 18 years (!) of his trip fees that must be added to Geol - Geology Alumni” has over 160 members leadership, first as Geology department ogy courses, or by the cost of our rig - and is increasingly helpful as a way for our orous, six-week summer field camp. alumni to connect, and to recruit or search • Undergraduate scholarships are in - for job opportunities—if you’re not a mem - Year in Review is published once a year by the Department of creasingly important these days. ber already, please join. And as always, we Geology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, to highlight Higher tuition and fees are a daunting love to hear from you when you send your the activities and accomplishments within our department challenge for many families and we news to us at [email protected]. and feature news from our alumni and friends. Department Head: Tom Johnson ([email protected]) hope to greatly increase scholarship Cheers, Co-editors: Matt Cohn and Lana Holben opportunities specifically for Geology Graphic Design: Pat Mayer majors. 2 www.geology.illinois.edu Tom JJohohnnsoson n Paleontologist Max Christie Settles into Department

r. Max Christie joined the department Please share a few teaching highlights disparate geological data to make sense of Das a lecturer in August, 2017, weeks since joining the Geology faculty. a geologic scene is extremely rewarding. after completing his Ph.D. in Geology One of my favorite things is taking How did you begin using drones in the from Penn State. He has already become a students out to the field. There’s no field, and how it has supplemented your key figure in our educational programs. substitute to getting on the rocks if you teaching? We asked Max to describe his interests: want to learn about geology. I took my I got into flying UAVs (drones) because Sed-Strat students to Indiana to look at a What is your academic background, it’s fun, but I quickly realized their poten - Carboniferous fluvial channel and oxbow and what are your current research tial for research and teaching. Bird’s eye lake, and we tried to fit the outcrop into interests? views of an outcrop are a huge advantage a depositional model. A proud moment I studied biology and ecology as an when looking at stratigraphy. In addition, for me was watching small groups of stu - undergraduate. Given that early training, new techniques like Structure from Motion dents sketching hypotheses in their field I tend to see the ancient world through allow us to build accurate 3D models of books, and coming to the conclusion that an ecologist's lens. I’m interested in how large outcrops that can be measured as if this had to be an ancient river system. animals respond to times of stress, such we were there. In my teaching, I have used I also really enjoyed working at the as environmental change and extinction UAVs to build 3D models of field areas so Wasatch-Uinta field camp with over a events. I tend to focus on marine inverte - students can virtually see landscape fea - dozen Illinois students. Watching them brates because there are so many of them tures before and after we go in the field, use the accumulated knowledge of in the fossil record, and they can answer which is a great way to review and rein - several years' worth of geology classes, large-scale questions like, how does force geoscientific concepts. and helping them take seemingly extinction affect ecosystem functions, or how do species move their geographic ranges in response to extinction? 1989 2017

2017 Alumni Achievement Award: Jim Kirkpatrick

n November 3rd, 2017, Prof. R. James 0Kirkpatrick (PhD ’72) accepted our Alumni Achievement Award, and pre - sented a lecture “NMR Spectroscopy and a fruitful collaboration with Prof. Eric vancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow. Computational Molecular Modeling of Oldfield in the Chemistry Department, Geology professor emeritus Craig Bethke Mineral Surfaces and Interlayer Galleries: applying rapidly developing Nuclear Mag - (PhD, ’85) was one of Jim’s many successful Structure, Dynamics and Energetics.” netic Resonance (NMR) methods to explore doctoral students, and wrote his AAAS Jim served at Illinois for nearly thirty the structure of silicate liquids quenched to nomination letter. years, as an Illinois Geology faculty glass. The NMR work expanded to studies “Kirkpatrick’s work led to new understand - member, department head (nine years), probing how ions in water interact with ing of the short-range order in the structures and R.E. Grim Professor. He also thrived in mineral surfaces, and the interlayer spaces of alumina, silica, and aluminosilicate miner - administrative roles, first as head of of clay minerals. Later work with computer als. He went on to use NMR to define the na - our department, then for ten years as modeling yielded important new insights ture of borosilicate and phosphate glasses, Executive Associate Dean of the College of into ion dynamics. Jim is an author on over the structures of clays, and the sorption of Liberal Arts and Science. He then became 250 peer-reviewed publications. ions onto mineral surfaces. More recently, he Dean of the College of Natural Science at 2015 was a banner year, in which has created an intellectual bridge between Michigan State University (2007-2018), Jim received the Mineralogical Society of geoscience and materials science. In these ef - where he remains on the Department of America (MSA)’s Dana Medal; the Clay Min - forts, he has contributed fundamental under - Chemistry faculty. erals Society’s Marilyn and Sturges W. Bailey standing of the atomic structures of cements Jim’s research career began in Distinguished Member Award, and was and concrete, two of the main building blocks elected an American Association for the Ad - of our modern world,” wrote Bethke . igneous petrology, and he soon developed 3 Donor Profile Jack C. and Katy I. Threet port for programs that integrate education and scientific discovery. Trish and her stu - dents are using sophisticated geodynamic models to investigate catastrophic caldera ack and Katy Threet are among the most loyal, long-term supporters of the eruptions and forecast volcanic unrest, Jdepartment. Jack served as a member, and a chairman, of the Geo Thrust and the eruption potential of volcanoes committee, the alumni group that completed a 3 million dollar campaign in 2005. in the Aleutians. Lijun and his students He and Katy created the Jack C. Threet and Richard L. Threet Endowed Professor - develop geodynamic models that integrate ship in Sedimentary Geology, gave generously to the Texas-Louisiana Graduate many aspects of Geology on continental Fellowship fund, and most recently sponsored the Jack C. and Catherine I. Threet scales, from structure and tectonics to Gateway that is the nucleus of the department in the reconfigured Natural History igneous petrology. Lijun also received the Building. They have made many annual gifts to the Geo Thrust fund over the years. American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2015 Jack received the Dean’s Quadrangle Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Jason Morgan Award, given to the top Sciences in 2011. early-career tectonophysics researcher. Jack began studying at the U of I in 1946. His father had moved the family to Several faculty were recognized by Champaign from Dundas, Illinois (population 100) in order to facilitate his sons’ scientific societies for career contributions: attendance at the university. Jack recalls that, by living off campus with his Prof. Jim Best was named an AGU Fellow folks and working summers at construction sites, he was able to afford a college in 2015, and was awarded the European education. “After all, tuition was $35 per semester and other expenses were equally Geophysical Union’s 2018 Lamarck Medal modest,” he adds. for “major contributions to our under - (continued on page 7) standing of physical sedimentary processes and their products in the geological An Extraordinary String of Awards for Grad Students and Faculty! record.” Ralph E. Grim Professor and LAS (continued from page 1) Dean Feng Sheng Hu was elected a lifetime Fellow of the Ecological Society of Amer - propagation leading to flank eruptions on these prestigious federal fellowships in ica, for “paradigm-shifting research in the Big Island of Hawaii,” said Prof. Gregg. such a short period of time attests to the paleoecology and important contributions Jack Albright's doctoral research, also extraordinary talents of grad students who to understanding climate change and eco - with Prof. Gregg, focuses on combining have joined the department over the past logical impacts, particularly in arctic and volcano-monitoring data sets with multi - few years. The fellowships advance the boreal regions.” Prof. Tom Johnson was physics finite element models to forecast students’ careers, the productivity of our elected Fellow of the Geological Society of volcanic unrest. He is currently investigat - research groups, and the reputation of the America, in recognition of his fundamental ing the 2008 eruption of Alaska’s Okmok department simultaneously!” contributions to the analysis of chromium, Volcano to better understand what triggered While the grad students have been so selenium, mercury, and uranium isotopes this event. “Jack’s work will greatly help successful with fellowship applications, in the context of environmental geology, monitoring agencies to get the most out of the past few years have seen an excep - and his departmental leadership. their geophysical datasets. Thanks to the tional string of awards and achievements Prof. Jessica Conroy was named a 2017 support from NSF, he can take his methods for Geology faculty and staff as well. Kavli Fellow by the National Academy of in new and exciting directions to better un - Most notably, Prof. Gary Parker, W. Hilton Sciences (NAS). The Kavli Frontiers of derstand how volcanoes evolve and what Johnson Professor of Geology, was elected Science symposium series is the premiere triggers their eruption,” said Gregg. to the National Academy of Sciences NAS activity for distinguished young scien - Prof. Gregg’s group has, stunningly, a (NAS) in 2017. This is one of the highest tists, who participate in an international third prestigious fellowship winner: Yan awards bestowed on scientists nationwide, symposium to report on current research Zhan has been selected for a NASA ESS with only about 80 selected each year, within their disciplines to an academically fellowship, a highly competitive, 3-year nationwide, across all the sciences. NAS trained and scientifically diverse audience. fellowship awarded to only about 10% of Fellows are recognized for their outstand - Prof. Jenny Druhan received an “R&D applicants. Yan's NASA ESS Fellowship ing contributions to science, and are 100” award for co-developing Crunchflow, will support his PhD work, applying High charged with providing scientific advice to a software package for modeling ground - Performance Computing data assimilation the government “whenever called upon.” water flow, solute transport, and subsur - approaches to investigate the 2006 eruption Two Geology faculty received presti - face chemical reactions. Professor Emerita of Korovin Volcano in the Aleutian Arc. gious National Science Foundation (NSF) Sue Kieffer received the 2017 Marcus Department head Tom Johnson ex - CAREER grants: Prof. Trish Gregg this year, Milling Legendary Geoscientist Medal. And pressed his elation at the grad students’ and Prof. Lijun Liu in 2016. These rare and finally, Office Administrator Lana Holben 64 string of successes: “Having so many of coveted grants provide five years of sup - earned an LAS Staff Award in 2016! Spring Field Course Returns to the Highlands!

Left: Students observe Hutton’s unconformity at Siccar Point. Top: Students take notes in their (hopefully) waterproof he department’s spring field course, grapple first hand with the same notebooks as Prof. Stewart explains the geology at Eriboll. TGeology 415/515, returned to Scotland exposures that led to some of the most This was the one day students and faculty experienced in May. Prof. Michael Stewart and Ad - profound and fundamental concepts in “classic Scottish weather” on the trip. junct Prof. Kurt Burmeister (Ph.D., 2005) the geosciences.” Bottom: Prof. Gregg and grad student Yan Zhan at the led the trip, with help from Profs. Alison Each year the field course, funded Moine Thrust. Anders and Patricia Gregg. Burmeister, a in part by a donation from Shell Oil professor at University of the Pacific and Company, combines a semester-long se - In recent years, the spring field course Co-Director of our Wasatch-Uinta Field ries of lectures and student presentations has rotated between Scotland, Ireland, Camp has assisted on our past field with several days of observation, discus - Arizona, and Cyprus. Geology 415/515 excursions to Arizona, Ireland, and sion, problem solving, and synthesis on has been one of the high points of Scotland. The course continued the the outcrops. The field trip began in students’ careers at Illinois. Bailey Moser department’s tradition of student field Edinburgh, where students visited (BS ’18) appreciated the world-class expo - study in Scotland, dating back to the Hutton’s grave, then continued to Siccar sures of a wide range of geologic features: 1970’s and 1980’s, when the late Point, where they observed Hutton’s un - “The geologic field work in Scotland con - Prof. Dennis Wood ran a very popular conformity and pondered geological time. nected to my Geology studies at U of I; Highlands field course that attracted The trip continued through the highlands, we used field skills and knowledge from students from across the country. This to many classic localities, including the various courses to sort out the complex year’s version included twenty-two Glen Coe volcanic complex, the Parallel geology of Scotland. Given Scotland’s undergraduate and graduate students Roads of Glen Roy where Agassi puzzled complicated and diverse geology, it was on an eight-day expedition. with glacial advances, the mylonites of necessary to utilize Sed/Strat, Petrology, The students worked at world-class the Moine thrust, Tertiary volcanism on Structure and Tectonics, Volcanology, and field localities, and also followed in the the Isle of Skye, and a variety of glacial Earth History.” Graduate student Yan footsteps of James Hutton, the founding and Quaternary features. “Scottish Zhan reflected on the importance of field father of geology, as well as other giants geology provides a superb opportunity work: “The field is our best teacher. in geology, including Lapworth, Peach to observe a great diversity of geological Although the basic geological theories and Horn, Nicol and Murchison, to the features in a relatively small area. The have been established, there are still places where the theories of uniformitari - travel time and cost of airfare are more a lot of unanswered questions we can anism, thrust tectonics and glaciology than offset by the ability to work at so explore in the field. The field geology were founded. Prof. Stewart says, “The many excellent localities while driving teaches us to be humble, that our knowl - field localities in Scotland provide unique only a few hours per day,” says depart - edge of the Earth is still minor compared opportunities for students to observe and ment head Tom Johnson. to the infinite detail of the field.” 5 Faculty Spotlight: Jessica Conroy

essica Conroy’s research has taken the future. Water is critical to humans and ratios in their wide array of tropical Pacific Jher to the Galapagos Islands, to the the natural world, so understanding how rain and seawater samples. They are also windswept Tibetan plateau, and to Kiriti - patterns of rainfall can shift, weaken, or collecting and analyzing Midwestern rain mati, the remote central tropical Pacific strengthen is extremely important in light samples as part of a new project to investi - atoll known as Christmas Island. She and of projecting such changes on a future, gate controls on precipitation; and creating her graduate students are (literally) testing warmer earth.” a large database of stable oxygen isotope the waters in these remote places to piece In July 2017, Conroy was invited to the values from land snails in Midwestern together Earth’s prehistoric climate and Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium in loess deposits to reconstruct changes in rainfall patterns, and ultimately help chart Ambon, Indonesia (notable for its location precipitation during the last glacial period. its future. at the edge of El Nino’s western starting Department Head Tom Johnson is Conroy specializes in paleoclimatology, point). The Kavli Foundation brings to - very pleased with Conroy’s rapid rise the science of extracting climate records gether emerging scientists, encouraging as a scholar and educator in her 5 years from material including sediment, coral, them to collaborate and share data across at Illinois: “Jess has quickly built a shells, and ice sheets, which she refers to disciplines. Conroy presented several productive research group and laboratory, as natural climate archives. Each of her strategies to make paleoclimate data obtained funding from NSF and the Petro - far-flung field sites contain valuable paleo - more useful to climate modelers and other leum Research Fund, and mentored three climate data due to their seclusion from geoscientists, who might not have the grad students through the completion of human activity over the millennia, and chance to visit Tibet or Kiritimati. For their degrees. She clearly has an interna - their locations at the anchor points of instance, her lab was able to translate their tional reputation for her research, and is major rainfall-controlling systems. The sediment measurement data into monsoon pursuing a variety of new projects. Her Tibetan plateau’s steep rise strengthens precipitation data, which are essential data contributions on the teaching side have India’s monsoon, and the Galapagos and variables for climate modelers. been excellent as well, ranging from our Kiritimati mark El Niño’s eastern and Closer to home, Conroy and her stu - large Geology 100 Gen Ed course to an western starting points. dents are making full use of the new advanced graduate class. She and the “My group is particularly interested in Paleoclimate Lab (Room 3041 NHB). other new faculty have energized and what we dub ‘hydroclimate.’ We want to Current projects include geochemical strengthened this department greatly know how the earth’s water cycle has var - analysis of lake, dune, and loess sedi - over the past several years!” ied in the past, and how it may change in ments, and measuring the stable isotope

Prof. Conroy’s research group, from left: Sarah Dendy, Mingfei Chen, Vinothan In the field, after a long day coring lakes on Kiritimati. The insects were so thick the field Sivapalan, Jessica Conroy with son Rexford, Melinda Higley, and Allie Wyman. party had to cover their mouths with bandanas. From left: Dr. Christina Karamperidou (Univ. of Hawaii), grad student Melinda Higley, Prof. Conroy, and grad student Allie Wyman. 46 Undergraduate Student Profile – John Luchok ‘18

Mountains during the Geology 107 and 208 organize and catalog our department’s field trips, but his most memorable field fossil collection! experience was Prof. Marshak's GEOL 415 Off-campus, John took a mineral pro - trip to the southwestern U.S. “We visited cessing internship with Freeport-McMoRan the Badwater Basin, which is the lowest Copper & Gold Inc. in Tucson, Arizona in point in the U.S., and the surrounding the summer of 2017, which solidified his Death Valley National Park. I had never interest in the mining industry. Starting been to that part of the country, and I this fall, he will start as a consultant for especially enjoyed seeing the metamorphic Alight Mining Solutions, a hard-rock min - core complexes caused by Cenozoic ing technology start-up in San Francisco. extension in Arizona.” John will help configure Alight’s cloud- ohn Luchok (BS, 2018) peered down John excelled in his on-campus based planning and forecasting applica - JNevada’s vast Carlin gold mine, and Geology coursework, and always sought tions using mining principles related to stargazed at Utah’s San Rafael Swell out additional hands-on learning experi - engineering, geology, and business. during this summer’s Wasatch-Uinta ences. With Dr. Jacalyn Wittmer, he “The Geology Department at Illinois field camp, reflecting on his time at Illinois studied fossils and their host rocks to de - served as my bedrock in helping me as he prepares to start a career in the termine the paleoecology, sedimentology, achieve my goals. From the first Physical mining industry this fall. and stratigraphy of part of the Cincinnati Geology lecture as a freshman until now, As a freshman, John quickly discov - Arch. He also worked for the Illinois State every class has challenged me to be the ered that Geology majors were a tight-knit Geological Survey, digitizing cores and best geologist I can be. I couldn't have group who took every available opportu - maps in the Coal Geology section; and asked for a better or more supportive nity to explore Earth’s natural and engi - sampling and photographing carbonate group and am proud to call myself an Illi - neered landscapes. He meandered through cores for isotope testing in the Bedrock nois Geology alum!” Turkey Run State Park's sandstone Geology and Industrial Minerals section. canyons and scaled Missouri’s St. Francois In John's “spare” time, he even helped

Donor Profile Geology, where answers were often less ous career that Katy recalls required 35 obvious. “I especially enjoyed my classes moves! (continued from page 4) in stratigraphy and sedimentation.” “Obviously, none of this would have But shortly after enrolling in Aeronauti - After receiving his B.S., he stayed on been possible except for my father’s wis - cal Engineering, he began thinking about for graduate work under Harold Scott. dom and zeal to help his sons to get a col - other careers, including oil exploration, During the first semester, Jack received a lege education, by moving the family to which he saw as a young boy during the $500 stipend from Shell Oil Company to Champaign. That move allowed me to boom in southern Illinois. It was his older continue his studies and an offer of a study under Professors White, Wanless, brother, Richard, who re-kindled Jack’s in - summertime job as a junior stratigrapher. Kummel, Henderson, and others, and reap terest in Geology. By the time Jack had fin - Having just married Katy, that spring lasting and immeasurable benefits of an ished two years of engineering, Richard stipend and job offer were, in Jack’s excellent, broad education in the Earth had his Master’s degree in chemistry at U words, “Huge. It matched our needs for Sciences at U of I! That experience, cou - of I. But he had decided he should get a sure.” Near the end of that summer of pled with the always-present support of Ph.D. in Geology, which he did, later be - 1951, Shell offered him a full-time job in Katy and our two daughters, made every - coming Professor of Geology at Nebraska, lieu of returning to school. Except for two thing possible along the way.” Utah, and finally at San Diego State. “I years in the military, that summertime job In addition to the Threets’ support of could sense Richard’s growing interest in turned into a 36-year career at Shell! He Geology at U of I, they are also strong Geology as he switched from chemistry. So served as exploration manager at many lo - supporters of many other organizations, it made my switch to Geology even easier cations in the U.S., Australia, and Canada, including the AAPG, AGI, YMCA, Rotary, and I will be forever grateful he did.” Jack and was promoted to Vice President of Ex - and a number of churches, hospitals, and still recalls the change from the larger, ploration and Production in Canada, then charities. Jack served as an officer or board more structured classes in Engineering to New Orleans and Houston, before spend - member of several of these organizations. the smaller, more personalized classes in ing his last nine years as Vice President of Exploration of Shell Oil. It was an illustri - 7 Steve Marshak “graduates” to become Professor Emeritus

fter 35 years of dedicated teaching and Aadvising, research, and administrative service, Prof. Stephen Marshak is retiring from the Geology faculty, and from his role as director of the School of Earth, Society, & Environment (SESE). In these roles, he oversaw pivotal moments for Geology and SESE, including the $78M Natural History Building renovation, the solidification of SESE as an alliance of three Earth-related departments (Geology; Geography & GIS; and Atmospheric Sciences), and the evolution of SESE's interdisciplinary major. Throughout, he continued teaching core geology courses, maintained a research program in structural geology and tectonics, advised graduate students, and managed Steve Marshak in Death Valley, leading a recent GEOL 415/515 field course. to keep up with his “hobby” of writing geology textbooks. Teaching was always Steve's favorite fabrics, Precambrian tectonics, and in touch with the department and SESE. part of the job. He enjoyed the challenge Midcontinent tectonics. Recently, he In the near term, he will focus on finish - of introducing geoscience to students, participated in an EarthScope project to ing research papers, completing new whether to a large class of non-majors try to understand what's under the Illinois editions of his SIX textbook titles (used in Geology 100 –Planet Earth, or to gradu - Basin and Ozark Plateau, for, as he notes, at hundreds of colleges and universities ate students in Geology 511 –Advanced “There are a lot of fascinating geological worldwide), and writing the first editions Structural Geology or 512 –Geotectonics. puzzles beneath the plains that remain to of a couple of new books. This summer Steve also led many field courses, includ - be solved.” This work contributed new and fall, Steve will participate in a field ing the Arizona-California GEOL 415/515 ideas concerning the formation of the trip along the northern edge of the trip and the Wasatch-Uinta field camp. Great Unconformity, a global erosion Tibetan Plateau, after which he will teach “It's just great to be able to see the light surface separating Precambrian and a short course in China. Then he and bulb go on when a new student suddenly Paleozoic rocks. Kathy will host a University of Illinois understands what a geologist sees, when During his eight years as Geology de - alumni trip along the coast of New looking at an outcrop,” he says. partment head, Steve particularly enjoyed England. Is this really “retirement”? His contributions to geoscience educa - getting to know alumni in connection Department head Tom Johnson says, tion were recognized with two College of with the Geo Thrust Campaign, which “Steve’s teaching, research, and adminis - LAS teaching awards, two campus-level added $3M to the Department's endow - trative efforts have had a huge, positive teaching awards, and the Neil Miner ment. As SESE director, Steve guided the impact in the department, SESE, and the Award from the National Association of transformation of the Natural History broader geoscience community! Steve Geoscience Teachers. Steve feels privi - Building into a 21st-century teaching and prefers to call this transition “graduation” leged to have served as the principal ad - research facility. He was a tireless advo - rather than retirement, and we agree with viser for 30 graduate students, almost all cate for the interests of the school and its him because his work on the best text - of whom remain active in geology (some departments, chairing the committee that books in the business is, in itself, a full- in academia, some in industry, and some worked closely with architects and engi - time job! We are already missing his at federal or state agencies). neers to ensure that the building met the dedicated contributions to this campus, Steve's field work took him not only needs of those who would populate it, but we also know we’ll see him frequently to locations around the United States, but while at the same time respecting NHB's and continue to count him among the de - also Brazil, north Africa, Europe, Asia, distinctive features. partment’s active members.” and Antarctica. He has contributed to the Steve and his wife/editor Kathy will understanding of fold-thrust belts, rock be staying in town, and he plans to keep 8 Around the Department

Stephen Altaner served on the organizing com - Nicole Fernandez-Franzen, successfully passed ing resource website. Sue is in her fourth year mittee for the 55 th Annual Meeting of the Clay their preliminary exams, and MS student Max of serving both on the Resilient America Minerals Society, hosted by the Univ. of Illinois. He Giannetta graduated in May. Jenny has also taken Roundtable of the National Academy of led a full-day field trip to the Starved Rock State on a new role as an Associate Editor for Water Sciences, and as one of two vice-presidents of Park area and a half-day field trip to sites that fea - Resources Research , AGU’s principle hydrology the International Association for Promoting ture clay minerals in mudstone, soil, and a moraine. journal. Geoethics (IAPG). He also chaired and presented a talk at a thematic session on Teaching of Clay Science. He continues Bruce Fouke continues to serve as Director of Lijun Liu ’s group had several major achieve - to coordinate the department’s teaching program the Carver Biotechnology Center (CBC), a core ments during the 2017-2018 academic year. as Associate Head, and teaches online classes research and service facility on campus. The CBC Prof. Liu was promoted to Associate Professor during the summer and winter sessions. core facilities are staffed by 42 full-time scientists in May 2017 and named the GeoThrust who provide more than 450 Illinois faculty with Professorial Scholar. He served on one NSF Alison Anders and her group have been working analyses in DNA Services, High-Performance panel, performed multiple interviews with on the development of the Illinois landscape from Computing Bioinformatics, Functional Genomics, popular media, and presented about 15 Quaternary glaciation through to the modern Proteomics, Metabolomics, and Flow Cytometry. invited lectures at major conferences, institu - agricultural system, as part of an NSF-funded The Fouke research group continues to work on tions, workshops, and public forums. Two Intensively Managed Landscapes Critical Zone several externally-funded geobiology research graduate students, Jiashun Hu and Quan Zhou, Observatory (CZO). Alison, along with her students topics, including coral skeletal density banding successfully defended their PhD theses in May and colleagues have published papers on the geo - on the Great Barrier Reef, travertine depositional 2018, both having their PhD work published in morphology of Illinois episode glacial deposits, a dynamics in Yellowstone, kidney stone dissolu - multiple high-profile journals—including two conceptual model for the critical zone of the tion with the Mayo Clinic, and oil field biosouring. Nature Geoscience articles in early 2018. Dr. Hu glaciated Central Lowlands, and numerical model - Ongoing education and public outreach pro - is now heading to Caltech for a Postdoc, and ing of the growth of river networks following grams include field courses in Yellowstone and Dr. Zhou was hired as a software engineer at glaciation. She co-taught the GEOL 415/515 field Curacao, workshops at the Field Museum and Granular in California. course in Scotland, where students appreciated St. Louis Science Center, multiple online courses glacially-influenced landscapes and sheep. attended by more than 30,000 participants each Xiaodong Song , Ph.D. student Jiangtao Li, and year, and a Scholar-Athlete program for more colleagues developed an improved method Dan Blake continues his studies of the fossil record than 600 athletes in collaboration with the Illinois to image crustal structure by incorporating of asterozoan echinoderms (starfish, etc.). He Division of Intercollegiate Athletics. P wave constraints into a popular method of published a monograph, Toward a History of the the joint inversion of receiver functions and Paleozoic Asteroidea , in the May issue of Bulletins of Willy Guenthner spent the last year building surface wave dispersions (published in Journal American Paleontology, and a co-authored paper up HAL, a new laboratory for (U-Th)/He analysis, of Geophysical Research ). Xiaodong recently on a Cretaceous asteroid from a South Dakota as well as advancing various research projects. stepped down from the Chair and Chair-elect seep deposit in March of this year. Dan’s Antarctic He received two NSF grants, one for laboratory of International Professionals for Advancement journeys are a thing of the past, unfortunately. A technician support, and another to examine of Chinese Earth Sciences (IPACES), and has bachelors-degree alumnus, Dan still greatly enjoys mountain belt uplift and erosion in Idaho and taken on Associate Editorship of the journal participating in the Geology Alumni Advisory Montana. He has recently become very inter - Earth and Planetary Physics (EPP). Board. ested in documenting the timing of erosion asso - ciated with the Great Unconformity—the global Gillen Wood has been appointed Associate Di - Jessica Conroy had a productive academic year. horizon that separates the Cambrian from the rector of the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, After the long, winding road of writing and revi - Precambrian. Willy taught Structural Geology and Environment (iSEE), and will continue to sions, her lab published exciting new papers in for the first time last fall, taking over for Steve serve as director of the Certificate in Environ - Quaternary Research, Paleoceanography and Marshak who taught the course for 30+ years mental Writing (CEW). Gillen's principal role in Paleoclimatology, Geology , and Journal of Geophysi - (big shoes to fill indeed!). The highlight, as always, the department is teaching environmental cal Research-Atmospheres . Two new PhD stu - was the field trip to Wisconsin's Baraboo Hills. writing, and editing an online magazine featur - dents—Mingfei Chen and Sarah Dendy—joined ing students’ original work. Gillen will teach a the lab, and soon-to-be Dr. Melinda Higley landed Sue Kieffer , Jim Best and Eckart Meiburg (U.C. signature department course, GEOL 201 – a job at the Ohio Geological Survey! Santa Barbara) have been working on the role of History of Geology this Fall, while pursuing vortices in high-speed erosive boundary layers, multiple research projects in geology-related Jenny Druhan oversees the new Hydrogeochem - and presented applications of the work to fur - subjects. He continues to give lectures here istry laboratory at NHB, which features multiple rows on Volcán Bárcena, Mexico (7 th Internat. and abroad on his 2014 book about the aqueous and gas phase reactive transport analyti - Maar Conf. in Olot, Spain) and furrows on Martian Tambora eruption, including at the Huntington cal capabilities. Her recent work has emphasized impact craters (GSA Seattle). She gave a presenta - and Morgan Libraries and at NASA in Washing - the relationship between the range of times and tion at the 2018 Resources for Future Generations ton. Gillen is currently finishing a new book pathways by which fluids move through the sub - meeting in Vancouver, B.C., on a year-long project on the scientific discovery of Antarctica, surface and the resulting chemistry of groundwa - she undertook with a middle-school teacher in scheduled for publication by Princeton ter and rivers, and she received an R&D 100 award Phoenix on teaching science and critical thinking University Press in 2019. for related reactive transport software develop - to homeless and at-risk students. They are now ment. Two of her PhD students, Yuchen Liu and adding the material to the SERC/Carleton teach - 9 Alumni News

1950s Jim McCollum (BS ‘56) stopped in for a visit at the Natural History Building. He is now teaching as an adjunct professor at Southern Arkansas University.

1960s John Hawley (PhD ‘62) closed down Hawley Geomatters, his illustrious consulting firm, after it completed its “20th and final year as a personally rewarding and productive small-business adventure, which was definitely not noted for its success as an economically viable activity.” John and his wife, Diane, look forward to traveling in the future.

John Tubb, Jr. (MS ’61, PhD ‘63) was awarded the Houston Geological Society’s President’s Award, for his “unflagging dedication behind the scenes as Curt Abert (BS ’92), Andrew Louchios (BS ’02), James Cokinos (BS ’02), Chris Korose (BS ’96, MS ’10) at the ESRI Chairman of the Office Management Committee… GIS conference in San Diego, CA. This group of alumni worked together at one time or another at the Illinois State Chairman of the Scholarship Night Committee and Geological Survey. the Directory Committee this year.” John has received other HGS awards, including the Distinguished Serv - ice Award and the Society’s highest honor, the Gerald sight of underground waste injection facilities, as well as After 11 years at Stantec, Anna Sutton (BS ’01, A. Cooley Award in 2013 for his service as Treasurer- general regulatory compliance evaluations of landfills, MS ’03) joined Cardno in April for an opportunity to Elect, Treasurer, President-Elect, and finally as HGS small businesses, and industrial facilities. grow their environmental assessment and remedia - President in 2010-2011. John remarks, “I attribute tion group in the Midwest. She is based out of their much of my professional success to the training, 1990s Monee, Illinois restoration services office. Anna con - guidance, and encouragement that I received during Laura Keefer (BS ’90) , head of the Watershed tinues to serve as treasurer for the Illinois-Indiana my stay at the U. of I., especially from Prof. Wanless. Science Section at the Illinois State Water Survey (ISWS), section of the American Institute of Professional Outside of family members, Prof. Wanless was the has been named Illinois State Hydrologist, one of seven Geologists. Anna’s daughter Aurora will turn two in most influential person in my life.” state scientist positions enshrined in Illinois law and based September. The family loves spending time on the at the University of Illinois’ Prairie Research Institute. In this Lake Michigan shore whenever they can get away. 1970s role, Laura will provide science-based information and 2010s William I. Ausich (BS ’74) received, at the AAPG/ leverage the expertise of Water Survey staff on statewide SEPM meeting in Salt Lake City, the 2018 SEPM water issues. Allison Greaney (BS ’14) is pursuing a PhD in Raymond C. Moore Medal for Paleontology, which geochemistry at UC Santa Barbara. recognizes excellence in paleontology. Bill is Professor Rod Padgett (BS ’91) manages a petroleum production Emeritus at Ohio State, having stepped down from and consulting business in southeastern Illinois. He has Sean Griffin (BS ’17) joined Citizen Energy in teaching a few years ago. He published frequently some production of his own, and manages crude oil pro - Denver, CO, an oil company based out of Tulsa, OK. and enjoys having more time for his research: “Finally duction for some other companies. Rod also consults on As a geologist with Citizen Energy, Sean conducts in retirement, I can return to my passion!” well design location, and stimulation (such as fracking, data analysis and subsurface mapping. acidizing). He supervises new well construction from a ge - Nancy Beresky (BS ’78) celebrates her 40 th year ological and project management standpoint. Rod works Jessica Hinton (MS ’16) started working as a geolo - as a geologist, the past 28 years as an environmental mostly in Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky; but has consulted gist for the US Army Corps of Engineers in Nashville, consultant. She is currently Managing Principal on projects in Oklahoma and Texas. TN in December 2017. She is working with a team of Hydrogeologist for Waterstone Environmental, Inc. in geologists and engineers to design and build new Anaheim, CA. She often serves as an expert witness, Lisa Whitenack (BS ’99) has been promoted to Associate locks on the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers evaluates environmental issues on commercial or Professor of Biology at Allegheny College. In addition to within the Tennessee Valley. Jessica’s job is to iden - industrial sites, and performs assessment and teaching and supervising student research in both the bi - tify potential zones of weakness in the bedrock that cleanup/closure of contaminated properties. Nancy ology and geology departments, she continues the fossil could affect the integrity of the new locks and the is retiring in 2019 and will relocate to Champaign, IL shark research that began with her senior thesis at Illinois. existing dam structures. to be closer to family and her beloved Illini. This led to her being one of ten featured female shark scientists to speak at the first "Shark Tales: Women Making Ashley Lawrence (BS ’16) moved to Grand Tricia Santogrossi (BS ’74, MS ’77) has accepted a Waves,” a symposium organized by the Gills Club, an edu - Junction, Colorado, to work as a physical scientist permanent position at Geophysical Insights after cation initiative of the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy. aid for the Bureau of Land Management. serving as a consultant for three years. 2000s Evan Lindroth (BS ’17) is currently a master’s 1980s student in the Department of Geography & GIS Melissa Chipman (MS ’07) completed her PhD in Plant at Illinois. David Bieler (PhD ’83) is chair of the Department of Biology here at Illinois, and will begin a tenure-track Geology at Centenary College of Louisiana. He is very faculty position at Syracuse University after completing Rachel Oien (MS ’16) is a Scottish Alliance for involved with coordinating and teaching classes in a post-doc at Northwestern. Geoscience, Earth, and Society (SAGES) scholar the Centenary in Paris study abroad program. at the University of Aberdeen, U.K. where she is Matt Kirk (MS ’04) and Brenee welcomed a baby boy on pursuing a PhD. Jeff Turner (BS ’83) recently observed his 30 th Christmas day. Matt is an associate professor at Kansas anniversary at the Illinois Environmental Protecion State University. Andrew Ostendorf (BS ’10) has a new position Agency in Champaign. His duties there include at Barrick Gold Corporation as an Exploration groundwater monitoring compliance evaluations of Tom Schickel (MS ’06) has announced his new business, Geologist. hazardous and solid waste disposal sites and over - Schickel Resources, LLC. He is living in the Pittsburgh area. Zhenhao Zhou (MS ’17) is pursuing a PhD at the University of Toronto. 10 in Memorium

John A. Ames (MS ’50) No further information. Mary Freeman (BS ’53) passed away on Decem - Arthur F. Preston (BS ’53) passed away on ber 13, 2017 at the age of 86. During her time at March 24, 2018 at age 89. He founded the Louis W. Butler III (PhD ’69) passed away on the U of I, she served as president of the Delta Traverse Oil Company in 1970 along with his January 28, 2018. Lou was an oceanographer with Delta Delta sorority. She and her husband lived in three brothers. They made many discoveries in the U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory and sailed as Huntsville, Alabama and then South Bend, Indiana the Nigerian reefs, Michigan’s most active oil chief scientist aboard multiple vessels. He later where Mary helped found Little Montessori and gas region. Arthur eventually sold Traverse worked for NOAA, in the U.S. Coast and Geodetic School. Mary later worked for the South Bend City and moved back to Texas where he continued to Survey's Office of Research and Devolvement, as School district. discover and develop oil fields. He also loved well as the Office of Ocean Resources Conserva - horses, and owned Oxbow Farm and Preston tion and Assessment. He retired in 1996 after Robert N. Ginsburg (BS ’48) passed away on Stables in Paris, Kentucky. more than 30 years with NOAA. July 9, 2017. Bob, a carbonate sedimentologist, completed B.S. degrees here in both Geology Harold C. “Hal” Rasmussen (BS ’54) died on Frederick W. Cropp III (MS ’56, PhD ’58) passed and Chemistry, and completed his PhD at the August 5, 2017 in Greeley, Colorado at the age away on August 9, 2017. Fred taught at UIUC for University of Chicago with Francis Pettijohn. He of 88. Hal served in the army prior to graduating six years, before joining the College of Wooster was one of the first people to discover and identify from Illinois, and had a long career in petroleum where he taught until retirement in 1998. He Holocene dolomite in the intertidal zone of the exploration. He enjoyed sailing on the Great served as Dean and Vice President for Academic Florida Keys and Bahama Banks. Bob retired from Lakes. Affairs from 1968-77. “Fred influenced thousands the University of Miami in 2011, at age 85. of students at Wooster, and hundreds more Joseph S. Rosenshein (PhD ’67) passed away during 80 10-day raft trips through the Grand Donald R. Gorman (PhD ’62) died on April 19, on April 21, 2018 at the age of 89. He was a U.S. Canyon that he organized and led. All told, he 2018. After graduating from Illinois, Don became a Army veteran, and worked in the USGS Water spent more than two years of his life sleeping professor at Bradley University, where he taught Resources Division for over 41 years, where he under the stars in the Canyon!” from 1962-2004. He loved the outdoors, and led held multiple leadership roles. A founding many summer field camps in the Midwest, scuba member of the American Insitute of Hydrology, Lester (Les) Woodrow Clutter (BS ’48) , loyal diving in the Florida Keys, and throughout the he served as Chair of the AGU Ground Water alumnus, former member of the Geo Thrust Pacific Northwest. Don provided transportation for Committee, Chair of GSA’s Hydrology Division, committee, petroleum geologist, and WW II Army some of these field trips in his home-built camper and President of the U.S. Chapter of the Interna - Air Corps veteran, died May 26, 2018, in Tulsa. van, known as the Gorman-mobile. tional Association of Hydrologists. Joseph was His 50-year career included work for the USGS, awarded the USGS Distinguished Service Award Texaco, Mapco, and CNG and took him to Tulsa, Christopher A. Heren (BS ’05) died on December and Medal, as well as several other awards. Durango CO, Billings MT, Williston ND, Tripoli, 3, 2017 in Peoria, IL. Chris received bachelor’s Libya, London, and back to Tulsa. Les was com - degrees from Illinois in geology and biology. He Edward L. Rosenthal (BS ’69) died on Decem - mitted and dedicated—family, U of I Geology, also earned master's degrees in theology and sys - ber 21, 2017. Known affectionately as “Rosie” by volunteering at church and in community, and tematics from Luther Seminary. At the time of his his students, Ed was a longtime earth science personal fitness. passing, Chris was an adjunct professor at Illinois teacher at Naperville North and Joliet Catholic Central College and a substitute chemistry teacher high schools. He serve one term as mayor of Chad Dobrei (BS ’91) passed away March 22, at East Peoria Community High School. Bolingbrook, where he was also a trustee. Ed 2016. While at the Wasatch-Uinta Field camp was also a golf coach, inducted into the Illinois around 1990, Chad may or may not have been Joanne Kluessendorf (BS ’83, MS ’86, PhD ’90) Coaches Association Golf Hall of Fame in 1995. involved in an incident involving a Chevy passed away on June 1, 2018. Joanne resided in Suburban, a Utah porcupine, and TWO flat tires. Appleton, WI, and was the founding director of the William D. “Bill” Sevon III (PhD ’61) passed After graduation, Chad had a successful career in Weis Earth Science Museum at the University of away on October 8, 2017 in Worcester, MA. environmental consulting, eventually overseeing Wisconsin-Fox Valley in Menasha, Wisconsin. He retired from the Pennsylvania Geologic Tetra Tech’s Reno and Las Vegas offices, then Survey in 2001, where he had worked since becoming East Regional Operations Manager Karl J. Koenig (BS ’41, MS ’46, PhD ’49) died on 1965. Bill had previously taught at the University before returning to California in 2013. September 4, 2017 at the age of 97. Karl served in of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. the United States Army after earning his BS, and He was a member of the Harrisburg Area John B. Droste (BS ’51, MS ’53, PhD ’56) died on was awarded a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star for Geologic Society, and a Geologic Society of February 5, 2018 at the age of 90. John, a WWII Valor. He returned to Illinois to pursue a master’s America Fellow. veteran, was a professor of geology at Indiana and PhD degree, and then began a career with University from 1957-1992. He specialized in the Shell Oil Company. He joined the Texas A&M Conrad E. Shaw (BS ’52) passed away on June lithostratigraphy of Indiana's Paleozoic rocks, and geology faculty in 1955, where he remained until 19, 2018 in Evansville, IN at the age of 92. the study of local and regional tectonic events in retiring in 1998. “Connie” was a WW II U.S. Navy veteran, who relation to petroleum geology. John was known worked for over 35 years as a petroleum to shake each student's hand before every class. John E. Moore (MS ’58, PhD ’60) died January 6, geologist for several oil exploration companies. 2018. John was a well-known hydrologist with the He retired in 1986. John R. “Jack” Dyni (MS ’55) died on September USGS and the EPA. He served as president of the 24, 2017 at the age of 85. John worked for the International Association of Hydrogeologists and Irwin L. Svoboda (BS ’50) died on June 10, Army Corps of Engineers in Kansas City and the the American Institute of Hydrology. He was a sen - 2018 at age 91. Irv served in the Navy during USGS in Denver, CO. While in Colorado, he earned ior Fellow of GSA, and a member of Sigma Xi. He WW II, as well as the Korean War. He had retired a PhD in geology at the University of Colorado in produced many influential publications, including after 40 years as an industrial salesman and had 1981. He worked for the USGS for more than Field Hydrogeology : A Guide for Site Investiga - once been an Elk Grove Boys Baseball coach. 50 years, with expertise in world oil shales and tions and Report Preparation, and, with Joe associated minerals. Rosenshein (PhD ’67), History of the development Arthur Wood (BS ’46) No further information. of hydrogeology in the United States.

11 Annual Report for 2017-2018

In Memoriam Student Awards Degrees conferred in 2017-2018 Estwing Award Bachelor of Science Degrees Prof. Emeritus Dana Drinkall George Klein , who August 2017 taught in the depart - R. James Kirkpatrick Award for Outstanding Kyle S. Balling Tyler P. Hartman ment from 1970 to Graduate Research in Geology Andrew J. Birkey Sharif Khan 1993, passed away Jiashun Hu Joshua D. Erenberg Stirling H. Lemme on April 30th, 2018. Matthew Felch Colin J. Winter Harriet Wallace Outstanding Woman Graduate Tad W. Gastfield Steven S. Zhang George earned three Student Award degrees in geology, Julia Cisneros December 2017 his bachelor’s at Scott J. Constantine Andrew A. Ooley Wesleyan, a master’s Harriet Wallace Outstanding Woman Isaac D. Foli from the Univ. of Undergraduate Student Award Kansas, and his Yunhe Cui May 2018 doctorate at Yale, Cristopher S. Alvarez Villa Fredy Martinez in 1960. George’s Harriet Wallace Geology Graduate Student Rebecca N. Ambresh Samuel B. Shaw Service Award academic career began with a faculty position at the Yunhe Cui Vinothan S. Sivapalan Robert Goldman University of Pittsburgh. He moved on to the Univ. of Angela L. Fiorito Blake I. Spitz Jacob P. Henss Alex G. Tkaczyk Pennsylvania, and finally to Illinois. After his 23 years Harriet Wallace Geology Undergraduate here, George left to become President of the New Student Service Award Jersey Marine Science Consortium and State Sea John S. Luchok Master of Science Degrees Grant Director of the New Jersey Sea Grant College Program; he then returned to geology, developing Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant August 2017 a consulting firm in Houston and working both Award Kalin Howell , “Paleoenvironments, Architecture, and nationally and internationally. At the time of his Spring 2017: Noah Jemison Heterogeneity of Thick Sandstone Reservoirs in the death, George was living in retirement in Guam with Fall 2017: Melinda Higley Mississippian Cypress Formation, Illinois Basin” his wife, Suyon Cheong Klein. Outstanding Senior Award George worked broadly in sedimentary geology, May 2018 Cristopher Steven Alvarez Villa Alexander B. Bryk , “The Influence of Channel- sedimentary petrology, and basin analysis. He was skewed Bedforms on Flow Structure in a High Ampli - particularly proud of his recognition of the signifi - Morris Leighton Research Grants tude Meandering Channel” cance of tidal processes in the geologic record, Michael DeLucia and of the coining of the word “Tidalite” for tidally- Andrew Garcia Max G. Giannetta , “A Revised Monod-type Rate Law dominated deposits; although much of this work was Nathan Fifield Predicting Variable Sulfur Isotope Fractionation Fac - focused on clastic settings, George extended his work Michelle Frankel tors as a Function of Microbial Sulfate Reduction to carbonates. George published 160 refereed titles Robert Goldman Rate” during his career, and he received thirteen national Jenna Kaempfer Jingtao Lai and international awards for his research. Fangruo Zhao , “Crustal Structure beneath Hi-CLIMB Jiangtao Li At Illinois, George was a rigorous and demand - Seismic Array in Western Tibetan Plateau from a Gen - Xiaobao Lin ing teacher, and his students benefited greatly from eralized H-K Method” Yi Yang his knowledge and breadth of experience. As one former student put it, George was "a man of strong Jackson Geology Graduate Student Research Doctoral Degrees convictions, and who sometimes caused turmoil in Awards his wake.” He supervised 7 PhD, 5 external PhD, 14 MS Julia Cisneros August 2017 and 5 affiliated research students, many of whom Michael DeLucia Jing Jin , “Structure of the Earth’s Topmost Inner Core attained significant and influential accomplishments Max Giannetta from Seismic Waveform Inversion” during their own careers. His teaching abilities began Jenna Kaempfer Eric W. Prokocki , “The Sedimentology of Bedforms at the undergraduate level, with Joan Crockett (BS, Olivia Thurston to Barforms within Tidally-Influenced Fluvial Zones ’83), for example, commenting "Sedimentology with Naomi Wasserman Yan Zhan (TIFZs): Lower Columbia River, OR/WA, USA, and the George made me think about the world in a different Lower Chehalis River, WA, USA” way, and it was the most beneficial course I took in Winslow Research Grants terms of working in geology and oil and gas.” Dave Max Giannetta May 2018 Heidlauf (MS, 1985) described George as a gifted Noah Jemison Quan Zhou , “Understanding Late Cenozoic Western sedimentologist who challenged his students to think Jia Wang United States Mantle Dynamics and Surface Tectonics critically and independently, and to make lasting, Using Forward-adjoint Data Assimilation Models” publishable contributions. Jim Castle (PhD, 1978) Sohl Award for Research found George’s personal style of teaching led to his Julia Cisneros learning a great deal. Jim was struck by George’s smile and upbeat demeanor during George’s later years, Midwest Alumni Undergraduate Research and he was grateful and honored to have known him. Grants Bailey Moser Monica O’Brien Vinothan Sivapalan

12 Honor Roll of Donors—July 2017-June 2018

The following is a list of friends and alumni of the Department of Geology who have donated to the Department during the 2016 calendar year.

Mr. Franklin Andrews Dr. Mohamed T. El-Ashry and Dr. Roscoe G. Jackson II Prof. Stephen Marshak and Mr. Edward G. Stermer and Dr. Robert F. Babb and Mrs. Patricia R. El-Ashry Mr. Steven F. Jamrisko and Mrs. Kathryn G. Marshak Mrs. Brenda R. Stermer Mrs. Laurie E. Hartline Mr. Richard W. Ely Mrs. Jean M. Jamrisko Dr. Robert M. Mason and Dr. Michael L. Sweet Mr. Rodney J. Balazs and Dr. Frank R. Ettensohn and Mr. Bruce A. Johnson and Mrs. Penny A. Mason and Mrs. Lily Sweet Mrs. Jean C. Balazs Mrs. Beth Ettensohn Mrs. Ann Johnson Mrs. Joyce C. Mast Dr. Daniel A. Textoris and Ms. Debbie E. Baldwin and Mr. Kenneth T. Feldman and Mr. Eric M. Johnson and Dr. E. Donald McKay III Mrs. Linda K. Textoris Mr. Fred Olsen Mrs. Gayle Gordon Mrs. Katherine J. Johnson Ms. Elizabeth L. Meister Mr. Jack C. Threet and Mrs. Laura S. Bales and Dr. Peter Fenner and Mr. John M. Johnston and Ms. Linda A. Minor Mrs. Catherine I. Threet Mr. James E. Bales Dr. Kate M. Fenner Mrs. Dena M. Johnston Mr. Brian Donald Noel and Dr. John B. Tubb and Dr. William M. Benzel and Mr. Lawrence L. Fieber and Dr. Suzanne E. Kay and Mrs. Lynn Ellen Noel Mrs. Ann W. Tubb Mrs. Julia A. Benzel Mrs. Sonia Soto Mr. Robert W. Kay Dr. Norman J. Page and Mr. Robert W. Von Rhee and Dr. Marion E. Bickford and Mr. Gary M. Fleeger Dr. Ronald A. Kern and Mrs. Hilary Page Mrs. Pamela N. Von Rhee Mrs. Elizabeth E. Bickford Mr. Gary R. Foote Mrs. Ruth Kern Mrs. Corinne Pearson and Dr. F. Mike Wahl Dr. Daniel Blake Mr. Robert E. Fox and Dr. John D. Kiefer and Mr. Thomas E. Krisa Dr. James G. Ward Dr. Charles J. Bopp and Mrs. Sue W. Fox Mrs. Martha M. Kiefer Dr. Russell A. Peppers Mr. Dederick C. Ward Mrs. Amanda L. Bopp Dr. Linda P. Fulton Dr. Stephen H. Kirby Mrs. Elaine L. Peppers Mr. Jack L. Wilber Mr. Joseph E. Boudreaux and Mr. Barry R. Gager and Dr. R. James Kirkpatrick and Dr. Brian L. Phillips and Mr. Donald R. Williams and Mrs. Martha B. Boudreaux Mrs. Sandra L. Jacob Mrs. Carol A. Kirkpatrick Dr. Katherine E. Sugg Mrs. Elaine R. Witt Mr. Michael W. Bourque and Mr. Luis A. Garcia Mr. Michael B. Lamport Mr. Bruce E. Phillips Mr. William W. Wilson Mrs. Marsha G. Bourque Mrs. Theresa C. Gierlowski and Dr. Robert H. Lander and Dr. Paul L. Plusquellec Mr. Lawrence Wu Ms. Annette Brewster Mr. Patrick C. Cummins Dr. Linda M. Bonnell Mrs. Betty J. Plusquellec Mrs. Melinda L. Ylagan and Mr. Ross D. Brower and Dr. Richard A. Gilman and Mr. Rik Lantz and Mrs. Ann C. Ms. MaryAnn Read Dr. Robert F. Ylagan Mrs. Carolyn J. Brower Mrs. Carmen L. Gilman Logue Mr. David P. Ripley and Mr. Thomas J. Zychinski and Dr. Henry S. Brown and Mr. John R. Garino and Ms. Nita C. Lathia Mrs. Sarah P. Ripley Mrs. Shari B. Zychinski Mrs. Wilda Eskew Mrs. Carol E. Garino Dr. Stephen E. Laubach and Mr. William F. Ripley and Dr. Susan B. Buckley and Mr. Charles J. Gossett and Mrs. Ann M. Laubach Mrs. Altha Lee Ripley Corporate Donors Dr. Glenn R. Buckley Mrs. Joan Gossett Mrs. Kathryn L. Lee and Dr. Nancy M. Rodriguez Chevron Corporation Mr. Steven P. Burgess and Dr. James W. Granath Mr. James G. Lee Mr. Mark D. Russell ConocoPhillips Corporation Mrs. Vicki L. Burgess Dr. Stuart Grossman and Mr. Stephen C. Lee and Mrs. Samantha E. Rutkowske Dominion Foundation Dr. Thomas C. Buschbach Mrs. Harriet S. Grossman Mrs. Priscilla Lee and Mr. Michael Rutkowske Estwing Manufacturing Dr. Jim W. Castle and Mrs. Elly Dr. Albert L. Guber Dr. Margaret S. Leinen Mrs. Patricia A. Santogrossi Company M. Castle Mr. Daniel W. Harms and Mr. Edwin D. Lindgren and and Mr. Joe Delasko ExxonMobil Foundation Mr. Jeffrey G. Catalano and Mrs. Catherine L. Harms Mrs. Susanne M. Lindgren Mr. Jay R. Scheevel and Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Mrs. Laura Catalano Dr. Henry J. Harris and Dr. Chao-Ning Liu and Mrs. Mary B. Scheevel The GDL Foundation Dr. Charles J. Chantell and Mrs. Joyce T. Harris Mrs. Kung-Jen Liu Mr. Thomas J. Schickel Jura Energy Consultants Mrs. Beverly G. Chantell Dr. Joseph R. Hatch and Dr. Chao-Han Liu Dr. David C. Schuster Mean Trail Trust Dr. Lorence G. Collins Mrs. Sandra C. Hatch Dr. Chao-Shiuan Liu and Dr. Frank W. Schwartz and Mobil Retiree Program Mrs. Susan E. Collins and Mrs. Roberta Lynn Hay Mrs. Ming-Sai Chien Mrs. Diane P. Schwartz Mor-Staffing, Inc. Mr. Randolph M. Collins Dr. Mark A. Helper and Dr. Chao-Kai Liu and Mrs. Helen M. Sestak and S. Drain Engineering of Dr. Virginia A. Colten-Bradley Dr. Sharon Mosher Mrs. Bau-Dau Shen Mr. Thomas P. Cronin Illinois, LLC and Dr. Michael G. Bradley Dr. Lee M. Hirsch Mrs. Susan Liu Mrs. Erika L. Sieh and Shell Oil Company Ms. Nancy M. Corrigan Mr. Theodor W. Hopkins and Mrs. Jennifer C. Liu and Mr. David A. Sieh Shell Oil Company Dr. Norbert E. Cygan and Mrs. Elizabeth D. Wilkins Mr. Brian Lowry Mrs. Crystal G. Simler Foundation Mrs. Royann Cygan Mr. Gary W. Horton and Ms. Joanne Liu Mr. Roger A. Sippel and The Walt Disney Company Mr. Maarten P. deVries and Ms. Sharon Horton Mr. Peter R. Malecki and Mrs. Martha K. Sippel Foundation Mrs. Joy A. deVries Ms. Ashley L. Howell Mrs. Amanda A. Sonneborn Mr. Eric P. Sprouls and Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC Ms. Stephanie Drain Dr. Stephen D. Hurst and Mr. John W. Marks and Mrs. Linda S. Sprouls (Anonymous Donor) Ms. Sophie M. Dreifuss Mrs. Karen Hurst Mrs. Charlene D. Marks Mr. Carl K. Steffensen and Mrs. Frances Steffensen

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ALISON ANDERS DAN BLAKE Druhan, J. L. & Maher, K. The influence change, Ecography , 40 (5), 606-617. Flynn, W. J., Nesbitt, S. W., Anders, A. M. Blake, D.B. Paleozoic echinoderm hang - of mixing on stable isotope ratios in Vachula, R. S., Chipman, M. L. & Hu, F. S. & Garg, P. Mesoscale precipitation char - overs: Waking up in the Triassic, Geology , porous media: A revised Rayleigh Holocene climatic change in the acteristics near the Western Ghats dur - 45 (7), e417-e417. model, Water Resources Research, 53 (2), Alaskan Arctic as inferred from oxygen- ing the Indian Summer Monsoon as Blake, D.B. , Tintori, A., Kolar-Jurkovšek, T. 1101-1124. isotope and lake-sediment analyses at simulated by a high-resolution regional New Triassic asteroidea (echinodermata) BRUCE FOUKE Wahoo Lake, Holocene , 27 (11), 1631- model, Quarterly Journal of the Royal specimens and their evolutionary signifi - Botto, J., Fuchs, S. J., Fouke, B. W. , 1644. Meteorological Society , 143, 3070-3084. cance, Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Clarens, A. F., Freiburg, J. T., Berger, P. M. Schwörer, C., Gavin, D. G., Walker, I. R. & Grimley, D. A., Anders, A. M. , Bettis, E. A., Stratigrafia , 123 (2), 319-333. & Werth, C. J. Effects of Mineral Surface Hu, F. S. Holocene tree line changes in Bates, B. L., Wang, J. J., Butler, S. K. & Huot, Blake, D.B. Two new Carboniferous Aster - Properties on Supercritical CO2 Wetta - the Canadian Cordillera are controlled S. Using magnetic fly ash to identify oidea (Echinodermata) of the family bility in a Siliciclastic Reservoir, Energy by climate and topography, Journal of post-settlement alluvium and its record Urasterellidae Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie and Fuels, 31 (5), 5275-5285. Biogeography , 44 (5), 1148-1159. of atmospheric pollution, central USA, und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen , 284 Dong, Y., Sanford, R. A., Chang, Y. J., Anthropocene , 17, 84-98. Zhao, Y., Nelson, D. M., Clegg, B. F., An, C. (1), 65-73. McInerney, M. J. & Fouke, B. W. B. & Hu, F. S. Isotopic analysis on JIM BEST Blake, D.B. , Donovan, S.K., Harper, D.A.T. Hematite Reduction Buffers Acid nanogram quantities of carbon from Simmons, S. M., Parsons, D. R., Best, J. L. , A Silurian ophiuroid from the west of Ire - Generation and Enhances Nutrient dissolved insect cuticle: a method for Oberg, K. A., Czuba, J. A. & Keevil, G. M. land. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences , 35, Uptake by a Fermentative Iron Reduc - paleoenvironmental inferences, Rapid An evaluation of the use of a multibeam 57-66. ing Bacterium, Orenia metallireducens Communications in Mass Spectrometry , echo-sounder for observations of sus - Strain Z6, Environmental Science and 31 (21), 1825-1834. pended sediment, Applied Acoustics, JESSICA CONROY Technology , 51 (1), 232-242. Chipman, M. L. & Hu, F. S. Linkages 126, 81-90. Conroy, J. L. , Thompson, D. M., Cobb, K. M., Noone, D., Rea, S. & Legrande, A. N. Motta, D., Keenan-Jones, D., Garcia, M. Among Climate, Fire, and Thermoero - Sinha, S., Hardy, R. J., Blois, G., Best, J. L. Spatiotemporal variability in the δ18 O- H. & Fouke, B. W. Hydraulic Evaluation sion in Alaskan Tundra Over the Past & Sambrook Smith, G. H. A numerical salinity relationship of seawater across the of the Design and Operation of Ancient Three Millennia, Journal of Geophysical investigation into the importance of bed tropical Pacific Ocean, Paleoceanography , Rome’s Anio Novus Aqueduct, Research, Biogeosciences , 122 (12), permeability on determining flow struc - 32 (5), 484-497. Archaeometry, 59 (6), 1150-1174. 3362-3377. tures over river dunes, Water Resources Singh, R., Sivaguru, M., Fried, G. A., Research, 53 (4), 3067-3086. Karamperidou, C., Jin, F. F. & Conroy, J. L. SUE KIEFFER The importance of ENSO nonlinearities in Fouke, B. W. , Sanford, R. A., Carrera, M. Kieffer, S.W. Researching the Earth-and Kim, T., Blois, G., Best, J. & Christensen, tropical pacific response to external forc - & Werth, C. J. Real rock-microfluidic a Few of Its Neighbors, Annual Review of K. T. Experimental study of turbulent ing, Climate Dynamics, 49 (7-8), 2695- flow cell: A test bed for real-time in situ Earth and Planetary Sciences , 45, 1-29. structure over permeable walls with a 2704. analysis of flow, transport, and reaction refractive-index-matching technique, in a subsurface reactive transport LIJUN LIU International Symposium on Turbulence Conroy, J. L. , Hudson, A. M., Overpeck, J. environment, Journal of Contaminant Zhou, Q. & Liu, L. A Hybrid Approach to and Shear Flow Phenomena , TSFP10, T., Liu, K. B., Wang, L. & Cole, J. E. The pri - Hydrology, 204, 28-39. Data Assimilation for Reconstructing macy of multidecadal to centennial vari - Vol. 1. Palmer, C. L., Thomer, A. K., Baker, K. S., the Evolution of Mantle Dynamics, ability over late-Holocene forced change Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems , Leyland, J., Hackney, C. R., Darby, S. E., Wickett, K. M., Hendrix, C. L., Rodman, of the Asian Monsoon on the southern 18 (11), 3854-3868. Parsons, D. R., Best, J. L. , Nicholas, A. P., Tibetan Plateau, Earth and Planetary A., Sigler, S. & Fouke, B. W. Site-based Aalto, R. & Lague, D. Extreme flood- Science Letters , 458, 337-348. data curation based on hot spring Chen, L., Capitanio, F. A., Liu, L. & Gerya, driven fluvial bank erosion and sedi - geobiology, PloS one , 12 (3), e0172090. T. V. Crustal rheology controls on the ment loads: direct process measure - Thompson, D. M., Conroy, J. L. , Collins, A., Tibetan plateau formation during India- PATRICIA GREGG ments using integrated Mobile Laser Hlohowskyj, S. R., Overpeck, J. T., Asia convergence, Nature Communica - Zhan, Y. & Gregg, P. M. Data assimila - Scanning (MLS) and hydro-acoustic Riedinger-Whitmore, M., Cole, J. E., Bush, tions , 8, 15992. tion strategies for volcano geodesy, techniques, Earth Surface Processes and M. B., Whitney, H., Corley, T. L. & Kannan, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Hu, J., Faccenda, M. & Liu, L. Subduc - Landforms , 42 (2), 334-346. M. S. Tropical Pacific climate variability over the last 6000 years as recorded in Research , 344, 13-25. tion-controlled mantle flow and seismic Konsoer, K., Rhoads, B., Best, J. , Langen - anisotropy in South America, Earth and Bainbridge Crater Lake, Galápagos, Zhan, Y., Gregg, P. M. , Chaussard, E. & doen, E., Ursic, M., Abad, J. & Garcia, M. Planetary Science Letters , 470, 13-24. Paleoceanography , 32 (8), 903-922. Aoki, Y. Sequential assimilation of vol - Length scales and statistical characteris - canic monitoring data to quantify tics of outer bank roughness for large JENNIFER DRUHAN CRAIG LUNDSTROM eruption potential: Application to elongate meander bends: The influence Li, L., Maher, K., Navarre-Sitchler, A., Lundstrom, C. C. A self-consistent Kerinci Volcano, Sumatra, Frontiers in of bank material properties, floodplain Druhan, J. & 21 others. Expanding the top–down model for differentiation in Earth Science, 5, 108. vegetation and flow inundation, Earth role of reactive transport models in critical bimodal suites: application to the Sonju Lake Intrusion–Finland granite system Surface Processes and Landforms , 42 (13), zone processes, Earth-Science Reviews , WILLIAM GUENTHNER 2024-2037. 165, 280-301. (MN), International Geology Review , 59 Guenthner, W. R. , Reiners, P. W., Drake, (11), 1451-1470. Bristow, N., Blois, G., Best, J. & Chris - Huber, C., Druhan, J. L. & Fantle, M. S. H. & Tillberg, M. Zircon, titanite, and tensen, K. Refractive index matched PIV Perspectives on geochemical proxies: The apatite (U-Th)/He ages and age-eU cor - Turner, S., Kokfelt, T., Hoernle, K., Jo - measurements of flow around interact - impact of model and parameter selection relations from the Fennoscandian hansen, T. S., Hauff, F., Lundstrom, C. , ing barchan dunes, International Sympo - on the quantification of carbonate recrys - Shield, southern Sweden, Tectonics, 36 van den Bogaard, P. & Klügel, A. Con - sium on Turbulence and Shear Flow tallization rates, Geochimica et Cos - (7), 1254-1274. trasting magmatic cannibalism forms Phenomena , TSFP10, Vol. 2. mochimica Acta , 217, 171-192. evolved phonolitic magmas in the C FENG SHENG HU anary Islands 2017, Geology , 45 (2), Shugar, D. H., Clague, J. J., Best, J. L. , Druhan, J. L. , Fernandez, N., Wang, J., Hudspith, V. A., Belcher, C. M., Barnes, J., 147-150. Schoof, C., Willis, M. J., Copland, L. & Roe, Dietrich, W. E. & Rempe, D. Seasonal shifts Dash, C. B., Kelly, R. & Hu, F. S. Charcoal G. H. River piracy and drainage basin in the solute ion ratios of vadose zone reflectance suggests heating duration Bilenker, L. D., VanTongeren, J. A., Lund - reorganization led by climate-driven rock moisture from the Eel River Critical and fuel moisture affected burn sever - strom, C. C. & Simon, A. C. Iron isotopic glacier retreat, Nature Geoscience , 10 (5), Zone Observatory, Acta Geochimica , 36 ity in four Alaskan tundra wildfires, evolution during fractional crystalliza - 370-375 (3), 385-388. International Journal of Wildland Fire , 26 tion of the uppermost Bushveld (4), 306-316. Complex layered mafic intrusion Carling, P. A., Perillo, M., Best, J. & Garcia, Liu, Y., Oster, J. L. & Druhan, J. L. The Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems . M. H. The bubble bursts for cavitation in hydrologic record of karst systems: linking Young, A. M., Higuera, P. E., Duffy, P. A. & 18 (3), 956-972. natural rivers: laboratory experiments soil moisture to the carbon isotope signa - Hu, F. S. Climatic thresholds shape reveal minor role in bedrock erosion, tures of soils above the Blue Spring cave northern high-latitude fire regimes and Huang, F., Sørensen, E. V., Holm, P. M., Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, system, Acta Geochimica , 36 (3), 392-395. imply vulnerability to future climate Zhang, Z. F. & Lundstrom, C. C. U-series 14 42 (9), 1308-1316. Faculty Stephen Altaner (Associate Professor) Alison Anders (Associate Professor) Jay Bass (Ralph E. Grim Professor) Jim Best (Jack and Richard Threet Professor) disequilibria of trachyandesites from Inoue, T., Parker, G. & Stark, C. P. Mor - Jessica Conroy (Assistant Professor) minor volcanic centers in the Central phodynamics of a bedrock-alluvial me - Jennifer Druhan (Assistant Professor) Andes, Geochimica et Cosmochimica ander bend that incises as it migrates Bruce Fouke (Professor) Acta , 215, 92-104. outward: approximate solution of per - Patricia Gregg (Assistant Professor) manent form, Earth Surface Processes William Guenthner (Assistant Professor) STEVE MARSHAK and Landforms , 42 (9), 1342-1354. Feng Sheng Hu (Ralph E. Grim Professor of Geology and Dean, LAS) Yang, X., Pavlis, G. L., Hamburger, M. W., Tom Johnson (Professor and Head) Marshak, S. , Gilbert, H., Rupp, J., Lar - Iwasaki, T., Nelson, J., Shimizu, Y. & Parker, G. Numerical simulation of Lijun Liu (Associate Professor) son, T. H., Chen, C. & Carpenter, N. S. De - Craig Lundstrom (Professor) tailed crustal thickness variations large-scale bed load particle tracer ad - vection-dispersion in rivers with free Steve Marshak (Professor & Director of the School of Earth, Society & Environment) beneath the Illinois Basin area: Implica - Gary Parker (W. Hilton Johnson Professor) tions for crustal evolution of the mid - bars, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface , 122, (4), 847-874. Xiaodong Song (Professor) continent, Journal of Geophysical Gillen Wood (Professor) Research: Solid Earth , 122 (8), 6323-6345. Ma, H., Nittrouer, J. A., Naito, K., Fu, X., Wendy Yang (Assistant Professor) Marshak, S. , Domrois, S., Abert, C., Lar - Zhang, Y., Moodie, A. J., Wang, Y., Wu, B. & son, T., Pavlis, G., Hamburger, M., Yang, Parker, G. The exceptional sediment Specialized Faculty X., Gilbert, H. & Chen, C. The basement load of fine-grained dispersal systems: Max Christie (Lecturer) revealed: Tectonic insight from a digital Example of the Yellow River, China, Sci - Ann Long (Teaching Lab Specialist) elevation model of the Great Unconfor - ence Advances , 3 (5), e1603114. J. Cory Pettijohn (Research Assistant Professor) mity, USA cratonic platform, Geology, 45 Johannesson, H. & Parker, G. Velocity Rob Sanford (Research Associate Professor) (5), 391-394. redistribution in meandering rivers, Michael Stewart (Clinical Associate Professor) Jonathan Tomkin (Research Associate Professor & Associate Director, School Marshak, S. , and Rauber, R., 2017, Earth Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, (ASCE) . of Earth, Society, and Environment) Science: The Earth, The Atmosphere, and 115 (8) 1019-1039. Space , W.W. Norton & Co., 847 p. ROB SANFORD Affiliate Faculty GARY PARKER Michelson, K., Sanford, R.A. , Valocchi, Stanley Ambrose (Professor, Anthropology) An, C., Fu, X., Wang, G. & Parker, G. A.J., Werth, C.J. Nanowires of Geobacter Marcelo Garcia (Seiss Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering) Effect of grain sorting on gravel bed sulfurreducens require redox cofactors Scott Olsen (Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering) river evolution subject to cycled hydro - to reduce metals in pore spaces Too Surangi Punyasena (Associate Professor, Plant Biology) graphs: Bed load sheets and break - Small for Cell Passage, Environmental Sci - Bruce Rhoads (Professor, Geography) down of the hydrograph boundary ence and Technology , 51 (20), 11660- layer, Journal of Geophysical Research: 11668. Adjunct Faculty Earth Surface , 122 (8), 1513-1533. Dong, Y., Sanford, R.A. , Chang, Y.-J., Ercan Alp David Grimley Andrew Phillips Kurtis Burmeister Sam Heads George Roadcap Miwa, H. & Parker, G. Effects of sand McInerney, M.J., Fouke, B.W. Hematite Todd Cole Dennis Kolata William Shilts content on initial gravel motion in reduction buffers acid generation and Brandon Curry Hannes E. Leetaru Scott Wilkerson gravel-bed rivers, Earth Surface enhances nutrient uptake by a fermen - Processes and Landforms , 42 (9), 1355- tative iron reducing bacterium, orenia 1364. metallireducens strain Z6, Environmental Emeritus Faculty Science and Technology , 51 (1), 232-242. Thomas F. Anderson Wang-Ping Chen Susan Kieffer Imran, J., Khan, S. M., Pirmez, C. & Craig Bethke Donald L. Graf Tommy Phillips Singh, R., Sivaguru, M., Fried, G.A., Fouke, Parker, G. Froude scaling limitations in Daniel B. Blake Ralph Langenheim George Klein (deceased) B.W., Sanford, R.A. , Carrera, M., Werth, modeling of turbidity currents, Environ - Chu-Yung Chen Albert Nieto mental Fluid Mechanics, 17 (1), 159-186. C.J. Real rock-microfluidic flow cell: A test bed for real-time in situ analysis of An, C., Cui, Y., Fu, X. & Parker, G. Gravel- flow, transport, and reaction in a subsur - Department Support Staff Rachel Davidson (Office Support Associate) bed river evolution in earthquake- face reactive transport environment, Lana Holben (Assistant to Head) prone regions subject to cycled Journal of Contaminant Hydrology , 204, hydrographs and repeated sediment 28-39. pulses, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms , 42 (14), 2426-2438. Hallin, S., Philippot, L., Löffler, F. E., Sanford, R. A. , Jones, C. M., Genomics Wang, T., Song, X. , Support for equato - Wood, G.D. Afterword: Interglacial Victori - Izumi, N., Yokokawa, M. & Parker, G. In - ans, Victorian Sustainability in Literature and and ecology of novelN 2O-reducing mi - rial anisotropy of Earth’s inner-inner cisional cyclic steps of permanent form croorganisms, Trends Microbiol , 26: 1–13. core from seismic interferometry at low Culture , 220-225. in mixed bedrock-alluvial rivers, Journal latitudes, Physics of the Earth and Plane - WENDY YANG of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, XIAODONG SONG tary Interiors , 276, 247-257. 122 (1), 130-152. Ye, Z., Li, J., Gao, R., Song, X. , Li, Q., Li, Y., Yang, W. H. , Ryals, R. A., Cusack, D. F. & Sil - Xu, X., Huang, X., Xiong, X. & Li, W. Wang Q., Song, X ., Ren, J. Y., Ambient ver, W. L. Cross-biome assessment of gross Pornprommin, A., Izumi, N. & Parker, G. Crustal and uppermost mantle structure noise surface wave tomography of soil nitrogen cycling in California ecosys - Initiation of Channel Head Bifurcation across the Tibet-Qinling transition zone marginal seas in east Asia, Earth and tems, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 107, by Overland Flow, Journal of Geophysi - in NE Tibet: Implications for material Planetary Physics , 1, 13-25. 144-155. cal Research: Earth Surface , 122 (12), extrusion beneath the Tibetan plateau, 2348-2369. JONATHAN TOMKIN Yang, W. H. , McNicol, G., Teh, Y. A., Estera- Geophysical Research Letters , 44 (20), Brocke, R., Brett, C.E., Ellwood, B.B., Molina, K., Wood, T. E. & Silver, W. L. Evaluat - Kwang, J. S. & Parker, G. Landscape 10,316-10,323. Hartkopf-Fröder, C., Riegel, W., ing the Classical Versus an Emerging evolution models using the stream Li, J., Song, X. , Zhu, L. & Deng, Y. Joint in - Schindler, E., Tomkin, J.H. Comparative Conceptual Model of Peatland Methane power incision model show unrealistic version of surface wave dispersions and palynofacies, magnetic susceptibility Dynamics, Global Biogeochemical Cycles , 31 behavior when m/n equals 0.5, Earth receiver functions with P velocity con - and cyclicity of the Middle Devonian (9), 1435-1453. Surface Dynamics, 5 (4), 807-820. straints: Application to southeastern Müllertchen Section (Eifel area, Ger - Yang, W. H. , McNicol, G., Teh, Y.A., Estera, K, Dhamotharan, S., Wood, A., Stefan, H. & Tibet, Journal of Geophysical Research: many), Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoen - Wood, TE, Silver, WL. (2017) Evaluating the Parker, G. Mechanics of bedload trans - Solid Earth, 122 (9), 7291-7310. vironments , 97 (3), 449-467. classical versus an emerging conceptual port in gravel streams. Jan 1 2017 In : in: Li, X., Song, X. & Li, J. 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August 31 November 3 February 22 “Life Makes Rock: A newly forged geobiological perspec - Department of Geology 2017 Alumni Achievement Award “Observational and modeling investigations into the tive on biomineralization” Presentation drivers and impacts of coastal geomorphic change” Bruce Fouke, Dept. of Geology, UIUC “NMR Spectroscopy and computational molecular Ethan Theuerkauf, Illinois State Geological Survey September 7 modeling of mineral surfaces and interlayer galleries: March 1 Buckley Lecture in Environmental Geology Structure, dynamics and energetics” “Advances of seismic imaging in exploration geophysics” “Water storage in the earth's critical zone: the hidden Jim Kirkpatrick (Ph.D., Geology, '72), Dean, College of Hua-wei Zhou, University of Houston role of rock moisture in regulating ecological and Natural Sciences, Michigan State University March 8 geochemical processes” November 9 “Caught between a fossil and a hard place: What can Daniella Rempe, University of Texas at Austin Phillips Lecture biomechanical data tell us about morphological evolution September 14 “Discovering megadroughts from long tree-ring records: in deep time?” “From Hugo Benioff to aLIGO: strains, rotations, and Climate histories and societal impacts” Philip Anderson, Dept. of Animal Biology, UIUC other new developments in seismology” Ed Cook, Colombia University March 15 Chuck Langston, University of Memphis - Center for November 16 Buckley Lecture in Environmental Geology Earthquake Research and Information “Tropical climate change and coral reef ecosystems: “Soil carbon storage and stability across the landscape: September 21 learning from the past and predicting the future” How do we improve our ability to predict soil dynamics “Resolution of the Late Paleozoic Ice Age in time and Diane Thompson, Boston University at the regional scale?” space: Insights from eastern Australia and North America” November 30 Corey Lawrence, United States Geological Survey Chris Fielding, University of Nebraska-Lincoln “Geothermal exchange: New research on UIUC campus” March 29 September 28 Andrew Stumpf, Illinois State Geological Survey “Ion adsorption phenomena into the hydrothermal regime” Ralph E. Grim Lecture December 7 Mike Machesky, IL State Water Survey: Aqueous “Urinary Stones: Multiple paths to a common problem” “Subduction zones dynamics and structure from Geochemistry John Lieske, Mayo Clinic coupled geodynamic and seismological modeling” April 5 October 5 Manuele Faccenda, University of Padov Kirkpatrick Lecture “Pacific Ocean influences on glaciation at the leading January 25 “Magmanomic bull and bear markets at Kilauea Volcano, edge of North America, Olympic Peninsula, Washington” “Land Snails as paleoenvironmental and paleoecological Hawaii” Glenn Thackray, Idaho State University proxies” Mike Poland, Cascade Volcano Observatory October 12 Yurena Yanes, University of Cincinnati April 12 Richard L. Hay Lecture February 1 “New views of silicic magmatic systems: Granite (and “Current state of eruption forecasting at the Alaska Buckley Lecture in Environmental Geology rhyolite?) origins as low temperature mush” Volcano Observatory, and where we can go from here” “Flowing ice and river gravels: interactions between Craig Lundstrom, Dept of Geology, UIUC Michelle Coombs, Alaska Volcano Observatory climate, glaciers, and fluvial geomorphology” April 16 October 19 Andrew Wickert, University of Minnesota Mineralogical Society of America Distinguished Lecture “Active crustal foundering in the Northern Volcanic Zone February 8 “From Ores to Eruptions - rethinking the architecture of of the Andean Arc” “S, Os and Cu isotope systematics of sheet- and magmatic systems” Mauricio Ibanez-Meijia, University of Rochester conduit-style Ni, Cu, PGE- Sulfide mineralization in the Jon Blundy, University of Bristol, UK October 26 midcontinent rift system” April 19 Ralph E. Grim Lecture Ed Ripley, Indiana University “The Greenland Ice Sheet: Will it stay or will it go?” “Crustal elasticity and the path from red and blue to February 15 Andy Aschwanden, University of Alaska Fairbanks composition and structure” Ralph E. Grim Lecture April 26 Sarah Brownlee, Wayne State University “Cenozoic evolution of climate, topography, and Ralph E. Grim Lecture November 2 tectonics in the Patagonian Andes” “Two thermochronological views of crustal evolution: Kirkpatrick Lecture Mark Brandon, Yale University tectonic and erosional feedbacks in the Himalayan corners, “Toward a conceptual model relating subsurface and a Proterozoic enigma” biogeochemical landscapes to water flow paths in hills” Peter Zeitler, Lehigh University Sue Brantley, Penn State University