SARAH K. FORTNER Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University, 1090 Carmack Road, Columbus, OH 43210 USA telephone: 614-688-0080 (w), 614-353-6183 (h), e-mail: [email protected] EDUCATION: The Ohio State University, School of Earth Sciences PhD 2008 (Dec) (Advisor, Dr. Berry Lyons) The Ohio State University, Geological Sciences MS 2002 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Geology and Geophysics BS 1999 APPOINTMENTS: 2008 (Dec)- Postdoctoral Researcher Climate Water, and Carbon Program, The Ohio State University 2007 (Aug)-2008 (Dec) Graduate Research Assistant Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University 2006-2007 NSF Graduate K-12 Teaching Fellow 2004-2005 Graduate Teaching Assistant School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University 2002-2004 GIS/Website Research Associate Division of Wildlife, Ohio Department of Natural Resources 2000-2002 Graduate Teaching Assistant Department of Geological Sciences (now the School of Earth Sciences), The Ohio State University 1999-2000 Hydrologist US Geological Survey, Wisconsin Summer 1998 Volunteer Glaciologist Columbia Mountains Institute, British Columbia Summer 1997 Hydrologic Aide US Geological Survey, Minnesota RESEARCH INTERESTS: Low Temperature Hydrogeochemistry, Climate and Geochemical Response, Biogeochemical Cycling, Anthropogenic Influence on Geochemistry, Eolian Processes TEACHING INTERESTS: Environmental and Aqueous Geochemistry, Climate Change, Biogeochemical Cycling, Paleoclimate PUBLICATIONS: Fortner, S.K., Lyons, W.B., Fountain, A.G., Welch, K.A., Kehrwald, N. M, (in press). Trace element and major ion concentrations and dynamics in glacier snow and melt: Eliot Glacier, Oregon Cascades. Hydrological Processes. Fortner, S.K., Fourth and fifth grade students learn about renewable and nonrenewable energy through inquiry, 2009. Journal of Geoscience Education 57(2): 121-127. Fortner, S.K., Tranter, M., Fountain, A., Welch, K.A., and Lyons, W.B., 2005. The geochemistry of supraglacial streams of Canada Glacier, Taylor Valley (Antarctica) and their evolution into proglacial waters. Aquatic Geochemistry 11(4): 391-412. Fortner, S.K., 2008. The geochemistry of glacier snow and melt: The Oregon Cascades and Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Dissertation. The Ohio State University. McGill, S. F., Wells, S.G., Anderson, H. Kuzma, Fortner, S.K., and McGill, J.D., in press. Slip rate of the Western Garlock fault, at Clark Wash, near Lone Tree Canyon, Mojave Desert, California, Geological Society of America Bulletin. Tegt (Fortner), S.K., 2002. The chemical evolution of Canada Glacier Melt: Supraglacial and proglacial waters in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. MS Thesis. The Ohio State University. Submitted: Fortner, S.K., Lyons, W.B., Munk, L., and Cozzetto, K., (submitted 7/09). Spatio-temporal controls of Antarctic dry valley stream chemistry. Water Resources Research (submitted 7/09). Fortner, S.K., Mark, B.G., McKenzie, J.M., and Bury, J., (submitted 7/09) Elevated stream trace and minor element concentrations in a tropical proglacial stream. Environmental Science & Technology. In preparation: Fortner, S.K., Welch, K.A., Lyons, W.B., Olesik, J., and Witherow, R.A., (to submit 10/09). Trace elements in Taylor Valley Antarctica: heterogeneous eolian deposition on polar glaciers. Applied Geochemistry (to special International Applied Geochemistry Symposium, New Brunswick 2009, issue based on trace and toxic element session co-led by me and LeeAnn Munk). Fortner, S.K., Mark, B.G., McKenzie, J.M., and Bury, J., Water quality issues associated with climate change and mining pressure in the glaciated Cordillera Blanca, Peru, (to submit 2009). Journal of Environmental Monitoring. INVITED TALKS: Fortner, S.K., Stream geochemistry in the Antarctic Dry Valleys, Columbus Center for Science and Industry, February 2009. Fortner, S.K., Climate and glacial stream geochemistry in the polar desert, Capital University, Columbus, Ohio, Undergraduate Chemistry Department Climate Change Seminar Series, October 2008. ABSTRACTS: * students advised/co-advised by me Fortner, S. K., Lyons, W. B., and Munk, L., (submitted). Diel concentrations and hysteresis behaviors of major, minor, and trace solutes in Taylor Valley, Antarctic Streams. Geological Society of America 2009 Joint Annual Meeting, Houston, TX. Fortner, S.K., Mark, B.G., McKenzie, J.M., Baraer, M., and Schoenfelt*, M.,* Metal concentrations and hydrochemical dynamics in a tropical-glacier watershed. EOS Trans., AGU, 89(53), Abstract C23A-0598, Fall Meeting Suppl. Fortner, S.K., Trace metal dynamics in polar valley glacier snow and melt, McMurdo LTER Site Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, August 2007. Fortner, S.K., Lyons, W.B., Munk, L., and McKnight, D., Diel cycling of As, Cu, Fe, Mn, and V in McMurdo Dry Valley, Antarctic Streams: identifying controls on metal geochemistry. Geological Society of America 2008 Joint Annual Meeting, Houston, TX. Fortner, S.K., Lyons, W.B., Welch, K.A., Olesik, J.W., 2007. Trace metal dynamics and transport in a polar glacier dominated watershed: Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Goldschmidt Conference, 2007 Annual Meeting, Cologne, Germany, August 2007. Fortner, S.K., 2007. Trace metals in Taylor Valley Waters. McMurdo Long-Term Ecological Research Program Annual Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, August 2007. Fortner, S.K., 2007. Trace metal sources and fluxes to the Taylor Valley Lakes. School of Earth Sciences Division of Environmental Change Seminar Series, April 2007. Fortner, S.K., 2007. Recruiting civic scientists (GK-12 Fellows) for 2007-2008: Columbus Public Elementary Schools. Byrd Polar Research Center Spring Seminar Series, The Ohio State University, March 2007. Fortner, S.K., Lyons, W.B., Fountain, A.G., Welch, K.A., 2007. Snow fluxes and melt dynamics of trace elements at Eliot Glacier: South Cascades Oregon. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 103rd annual meeting, Cordilleran Section, Bellingham, WA May 2007. Fortner, S.K., Lyons, W.B., Fountain, A.G., Welch, K.A., 2006. Fluxes and Dynamics of Trace Metals in Glaciers: McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica and South Cascades, Oregon. All-Site Long Term Ecological Research Meeting, Estes Park Colorado, September 23, 2006. Lyons, W.B., Welch, K.A., Graham, E.Y., and Tegt (Fortner), S.K., 2002. The importance of aeolian transport to the geochemistry of McMurdo Dry Valley Lakes, Antarctica. ASLO 2003 Meeting Abstracts, February, 2003. McGill, S.F., Anderson Kuzma, H., Daneke, T., Grant, J., Slates, M., Stroud, J., Tegt (Fortner), S.K., and McGill, J.D., 2003. Slip rate of the Western Garlock Fault near Lone Tree Canyon, Mojave Desert, California. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 99th annual meeting, Cordilleran Section, April 2003. Shoenfelt*, M., Fortner, S.K., and Mark, B.G., 2009. Silicate weathering in glacial meltwater in the Cordillera Blanca. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum, The Ohio State University, May 2009. Whisner*, C., Fortner, S.K., and Lyons, W.B., 2009. Impacts of agricultural land use on the Inorganic carbon cycle. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum, The Ohio State University, May 2009. Whisner*, C., Fortner, S.K., and Lyons, W.B., 2008. The impact of agricultural land use on the carbon cycle measured from streams in Coshocton, Ohio watersheds. Mathematical and Physical Sciences Undergraduate Research Forum, The Ohio State University. SUBMITTED PROPOSAL: Mark, B.G. (PI), Fortner, S.K. (CO-PI*), December 2009. To National Science Foundation Hydrologic Sciences: Water flux and seasonal storage in pro-glacial Andean wetlands: Evaluating water quantity and quality in a changing hydrologic regime. *highest status allowed for post-doctoral researchers at the Ohio State University. Will resubmit addressing reviewers on December 2010. AWARDS: • Cutting Edge Geoscience Faculty Professional Development Travel Award (2007) • The Ohio State University, School of Earth Sciences, Friends of Orton Hall Travel Award (2007) • Geological Society of America Cordilleran Meeting Travel Grant (2007) • NSF Graduate K-12 National Conference Travel Stipend (2007) • NSF Graduate K-12 Fellowship (2006) • Antarctic Service Medal (2002) • Foundation for Glacier and Environmental Research Juneau Icefield Research Program (2001) • USGS Certificate of Excellence for exceptional field research conducted in Urban Chicago watersheds (1999) • USGS Peer Award for leadership in an ecological survey of Illinois watersheds (1999) • University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Student Travel Award for Icelandic Field Trip (1999) • NSF Young Scholar Award for Juneau Icefield Research Program (1995) SKILLS TO TRAIN STUDENT RESEARCHERS: • Laboratory Instrumentation for elements and isotopes (IC, ICP-MS, ICP-OES, ICP-AAS) • Colorimetric analyses (reactive silicate and phosphorus) • Hydrolab, YSI water meter (pH, DO, conductivity, temperature), discharge meters • GPS and other field mapping/survey equipment • XLSTATs/ Aabel Software/ SigmaPlot EXPEDITIONS/FIELDWORK: International: Cordillera Blanca, Peru: 2008 (w/ Bryan Mark, OSU and Jeff McKenzie, McGill, Jeff Bury, UCSC) McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: 2001, 2005, 2007 (leader w/ Berry Lyons, OSU) Juneau Icefield, Alaska: 1995, 2001 (co-leader with many others) Columbia Icefields, Alberta: 1997 (w/ Mindy Brugman) Rogers Pass, British Columbia: 1997 (w/ Mindy Brugman) Iceland: 1997 (w/ David Mickelson, UW) National: Coshocton, Ohio: 2008-2009 (w/ Berry Lyons, Rattan Lal, Anne Carey, Andréa Grotolli) Great Basin Lakes, NV, CA, OR: 2007 (assisting Rebecca Witherow, OSU)