In March a group of Castleton science students and professors attended the Northeast Regional Geological Society Conference to see what researchers are currently working on in fields of geology and geochemistry. Students attended talks that were of interest to them and perused poster sessions to strike up conversations with other scientists in their field.
Professor Helen Mango gave an oral presentation on her research into the arsenic contamination of groundwater titled "Source of arsenic-bearing pyrite in southwestern Vermont: Sulfur isotope evidence."
Professor Tim Grover gave a poster presentation on his geological mapping project in the Adirondack Mountains in New York, titled "Petrologic and geochronologic evidence for the Shawinigan Orogeny, intrusion of AMCG-related gabbro, the Ottawa Orogeny, and post-Ottawan activity in rocks from a single outcrop, eastern Adirondacks, New York."
Castleton undergraduate Rafael Escobar (pictured left) presented his first poster at a research conference. His poster provided information on the work he has been conducting with Professor Andrew Vermilyea since last summer. His project, "Shedding light on indirect photo degradation pathways of BPA in Vermont surface water," received rave reviews.