Inaugural DENIN Environmental Scholars Symposium to be held at ISE Lab

3:51 p.m., May 8, 2014--The Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN) has announced that the inaugural DENIN Environmental Scholars Symposium will be held beginning at 4 p.m., Friday, May 9, in the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Laboratory (ISE Lab) on the University of Delaware campus in Newark.

DENIN Environmental Scholars are undergraduates who have carried out environmentally focused research throughout the academic year, and who will now showcase their work through talks and posters.

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At 4 p.m., two talks will be held in 205 ISE Lab.

Cellular and molecular biology major Joshua Barnett will present his biogeochemistry research at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, titled “Interplay Between Iron- and Sulfur-Cycling Microbial Communities and Geochemistry in the Intertidal Mixing Zone of a Coastal Aquifer.”

Danielle Eldracher, a sociology and criminal justice major, will present “Community Perceptions of Residential Buyout Options in Southbridge.”

Barnett carried out his research project under the mentorship of Clara Chan, assistant professor in the Department of Geological Sciences. Eldracher was mentored by Joanne Nigg, professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice. Both Barnett and Eldracher are Honors Program students.

At 5 p.m., 20 DENIN Scholars will present posters on the ground floor of ISE Lab. Student research projects span environmental challenges requiring perspectives from natural and physical sciences, social sciences and humanities. 

Refreshments will be served.

Photo by Rebekah Helton