Environmental Sciences Ph.D. Program, Wright State University

ES PhD student Leon Katona will be defending his dissertation on Friday, April 23, 2021, at 1:00.
GOOD LUCKL LEON!!

You are cordially invited to join us for the Wayne Carmichael Lecture in Environmental Sciences, this year provided by Dr. Marta Venier of Indiana University, on Monday, April 19 at 1:25 pm. Dr. Venier is an expert in "forever chemicals" a family of persistent synthetic chemicals with numerous known and potential health effects on humans and wildlife when they enter the environment. Their presence in water supplies has been on ongoing concern in the Dayton area, for example, and the Dayton Daily News has run a series of articles about this over the last year: https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/cleaning-forever-chemicals-drinking-water-not-easy-task/2L1JtBG8xZ820UNHz6HUlL/

Ryan Shell, ES PhD candidate will be defending his dissertation on Friday, September 11, 2020 at 2:45 PM.

Good Luck Ryan!!

Dissertation Title:
"Marine vertebrate communities from the Cisuraluan Epoch (early Permian Period) of central North America”

ES PhD candidate Safia Janjua will be defending her dissertation Wednesday, July 29 at 10:00 AM via Zoom.

GOOD LUCK SAFIA!!

Defense Title:
"Genetic Analysis Of Snow Leopard Population Employing Next Generation Sequencing For Its Improved Conservation And Management”

Please see below the defense announcement for ES PhD candidate Daniel Hoffman.

GOOD LUCK DANIEL!!

Jaya Das, an ES PhD candidate will be defending her dissertation on Monday, April 20, 2020 at 2:00.
You may support Jaya by logging on to the Blackboard
Collaborative link below. Good Luck Joy!

Dissertation Title:
"Role of Fe(II) from bio-reduced and chemically reduced iron oxides in degrading select chlorinated hydrocarbons"

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__us.bbcollab.com_guest_1ddc2e158bee44fc8708d9f2cde54eb2&d=DwMFaQ&c=3buyMx9JlH1z22L_G5pM28wz_Ru6WjhVHwo-vpeS0Gk&r=tp-xTliC3oGWTJaD9_4LnpUYNLJuZ03nUCMA_9YOnu8&m=aCyXkfA7VzLH_r-8-fWcIc3uMLI2n1GHYT0sAttfre8&s=1-b6fjkGlwDGaGqCa54-GSSmpYCscNOKV49CvtgRro0&e=

Shark sleuth
Wright State ES Ph.D. candidate Ryan Shell unearths fossils of prehistoric sharks from coast to coast.
Congratulations Ryan!

You may read the article on Ryan at the following link:
http://webapp2.wright.edu/web1/newsroom/2020/04/07/shark-sleuth/

David Peterman and ES PhD candidate will be defending his dissertation this Friday, April 17, 2020 at 2:00. You may click on the link below to be a part in supporting David at his defense. Good Luck David!!

Defense Title:
"The hydrostatics and hydrodynamics of prominent
heteromorph ammonoid morphotypes and the functional
morphology of ammonitic septa”

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__us.bbcollab.com_guest_8576a4909d294684804d3949986da492&d=DwMFAg&c=3buyMx9JlH1z22L_G5pM28wz_Ru6WjhVHwo-vpeS0Gk&r=tp-xTliC3oGWTJaD9_4LnpUYNLJuZ03nUCMA_9YOnu8&m=CwyarjffXbFNLWvul-EsT_xcIpDO8YNXFhdf60G-fdo&s=SVIekH_zQr3wF_xDLF0KrWNf09X1DCtzw6-934am1so&e=

Check out this article posted in the Wright State Newsroom regarding ES PhD candidate David Peterman!

http://webapp2.wright.edu/web1/newsroom/2020/03/23/down-to-earth/

Donnie will be defending this Friday, November 1, 2019 at 10:00 AM in 101 NEC. Good luck Donnie!

Defense title:
"Preference, performance, and impact of emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) on novel hosts."

ES PhD Student Coffee Hour! ☕️

It is a pleasure to announce that Alison Agather will be our program’s recipient of the Graduate Excellence Award this year. Alison was advised by Chad Hammerschmidt and graduated in December. Congratulations Alison!

You can get a good sense of her research and accomplishments along with her current postdoctoral work via this story just recently posted:

Seaworthy Alison Agather, who earned her Ph.D. in environmental sciences from Wright State in December, helps to identify emerging issues in the Arctic as a fellow with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Continue reading →