Sunday, January 26, 2014

Liz finishes her well sampling (...or does she?)

It was a cold January morning near the NC Zoo as Liz finished the last of her winter well sampling!

We were lucky to have the help of Shuying Wang, Winston-Salem Region Hydrogeologist and well-sampler extraordinaire from the NC Division of Water Resources:

Liz takes some good notes:


Hey...focus!

Getting the gear working:

Hooray for being done (...well, except for that thesis...)!


Sunday, January 5, 2014

Rockin' it in Tampa

This post is a bit overdue, but in November, Liz, Audrey and I (Matt) delivered several presentations at the Soil Science Society of America annual meeting in Tampa.

Here's Liz at her poster:

And Audrey at her poster:

Liz, I, and a few others from the department ran in the 5k (with one derelict participant forgetting to register and not getting a race bib):
Owen Duckworth, biogeochemist extraordinaire, was the speed demon of the group.

The run brought out some SSSA magic, and Owen and I shared a touching scenic sunrise:

Fun all around!