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Department of Geosciences and the Environment

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Environmental Science I Environmental Sustainability I Geography I Geology

The Department of Geosciences and the Environment prepares students for meaningful careers in environmental science, sustainability, geography, and geology. With a strong emphasis on hands-on learning, small class sizes, and real-world experiences, we provide graduates with the skills and knowledge needed to excel in this growing field.

Central to our mission is a dedication to practical, field-based education. Nearly every course offers hands-on opportunities, enabling students to explore, analyze, and understand the world around them. As the demand for geoscience professionals continues to rise, with a projected 5% job growth through 2033 and a median salary of $92,580 according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, our program equips students to thrive in this dynamic and rewarding field.

We offer a diverse range of academic programs tailored to meet the needs of students interested in understanding and protecting our planet:

Environmental Science
Environmental Sustainability
Geography
Geology
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Certificate

Experiential Learning Opportunities

Internships

Our students gain valuable experience through internships with organizations across the country. Recent internships include:

Scientific and Technical Intern, DCNR, Prince Gallitzin State Park
Wildlife Rehabilitation, Wildlife Center, Verona, PA
Environmental Education, Riverbend Environmental Education Center
Hydrologic Technician, US Forest Service, Routt National Forest, Colorado
Piping Plover Monitor, Manistee National Forest Wildlife Department, Michigan
Water Quality Intern, Clearwater Marine Aquarium, Florida
Hydro and Soil Technician, US Forest Service, Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming
PA Geological Survey
GIS Technician, City of Johnstown Emergency Operations Center

Field-Based Courses

We emphasize outdoor learning experiences, providing students with opportunities to conduct:

Wetland delineations
Soil science studies
Stream analysis
Air quality assessments
Community planning projects

Career Success

Job Placements

Our graduates are well-prepared for the workforce, with a high job placement rate in a variety of fields. Examples of recent graduate positions include:

Engineering Technician/GIS Specialist, Engineering and Architectural Design Services Group
Assistant Consultant, WSP (International Engineering Consulting Firm)
Lawyer, Smith Butz Attorneys Law Firm
Park Ranger, Laurel Hill State Park
Program Manager, Penguin Court, Brandywine Conservatory
Environmental Technician, Musser Engineering
Resource Conservation Technician, Washington County Conservation District
GIS and Operations Analyst, Somerset Rural Electric Company

Alumni Success Stories

Our alumni have achieved incredible milestones, including:

Pursuing advanced degrees, with at least three recent graduates working toward PhDs
Securing positions with the National Park Service, higher education institutions, and private businesses
Owning and operating successful businesses

Why Choose Pitt-Johnstown

High Job Placement Rate
Our graduates are in demand across various industries.
Small Class Sizes
Students benefit from personalized attention, with most classes having 20-25 students.
Hands-On Learning
Students participate in fieldwork and gain practical skills, including grant writing, wetland delineations, stream assessments, and soil science.
Real-World Readiness
Our focus on applied learning prepares students to hit the ground running in their careers.
Research Opportunities
Students present at regional and national conferences, gaining valuable professional experience.

Points of Pride

Our department has achieved significant milestones, including:

Being the only university in western Pennsylvania with a Soil Judging Team
Earning mentorship and teaching awards for all full-time faculty
Publishing numerous faculty and student research articles in respected journals
Securing substantial research grants
Offering global travel opportunities
Preparing graduates for the Professional Geologist’s License exam

Ready to Make an Impact?

The Department of Geosciences and the Environment offers students the chance to turn their passion for the planet into a rewarding career. With a blend of academic rigor, field-based learning, and career preparation, we empower our students to succeed in a growing and essential field.

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Neil Coleman

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Education & Training

M.S. Geology, 1979, University of South Florida
B.S. Natural Sciences, 1977 (magna cum laude), Pitt Johnstown

Representative Publications

Books

Coleman, N. M., 2018. Johnstown’s Flood of 1889 - Power Over Truth and the Science Behind the Disaster, Springer Intl. Publishing AG, New York, 256 p. ISBN 978-3-319- 95215-4 https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319952154

Coleman, N. M. and V. Baker, 2009. Surface morphology and origin of outflow channels in the Valles Marineris region. Chapter 9 in "Megaflooding on Earth and Mars" (Eds. D. Burr, P. Carling, V. Baker), Cambridge Univ Press, p 172-193. ISBN 978-0-521-86852-5 http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/earth-and-environmentalsci....

Papers

Coleman, N. M., 2024. Megaflood erosion on Mars—How lava‐filled craters became mesas (with insights from lava physics, stream power, and rock mechanics). JGR Planets 129, e2023JE007997. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE007997.

Coughenour, C., N. M. Coleman, and A. L. Taylor, 2022. In the Shadow of the Dam – Hydrology of the Little Conemaugh River and its South Fork, with Insights about Past and Future Flooding. Heliyon. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10679..

Coleman, N. M., U. Kaktins, and S. Wojno, 2016. Dam-Breach hydrology of the Johnstown flood of 1889 – challenging the findings of the 1891 investigation report. Heliyon 2, 54 p, full paper at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2016.e00120. [Online supplementary material is available via link near end of the paper]

Coleman, N., 2015. Hydrographs of a Martian flood from the breach of Galilaei Crater. Geomorphology 236, 90-108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.01.034. Coleman, N. M., 2013. Hydrographs of a Martian flood from a breached crater lake, with insights about flow calculations, channel erosion rates, and chasma growth. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 118, doi:10.1029/2012JE004193. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2012JE004193/pdf.

Kaktins, U., C. Davis Todd, S. Wojno, and N. Coleman, 2013. Revisiting the timing and events leading to and causing the Johnstown Flood of 1889. Pennsylvania History, v. 80, no. 3, 335-363. https://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/pennsylvani... 080/80.3.kaktins.pdf.

Coleman, N. M., L. R. Abramson, and F. A. B. Coleman, 2012. Estimated lag time in global carbon emissions and CO2 concentrations produced by commercial nuclear power through 2009 with projections through 2030. Health Physics, March 2012, 326- 334. DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3182364a73. http://journals.lww.com/healthphysics/Abstract/2012/03000/ESTIMATED_LAG_... IONS_AND.7.aspx.

Marsh, B. D. and N. M. Coleman, 2008. Magma flow and interaction with waste packages in a geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 182, p. 76-96. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037702730900047X. also at NRC at http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML0904/ML090420330.pdf.

Weiner, R. and N. Coleman, 2008. Factors affecting radiation dose from a hypothetical extrusive volcanic event at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Proceedings, Waste Management 2008 Conference, Feb. 24-28, 2008, Phoenix, AZ, 10 p. http://www.wmsym.org/archives/2008/pdfs/8239.pdf.

Hinze, W. J., B. D. Marsh, R. F. Weiner, and N. M. Coleman, 2008. Evaluating Igneous Activity at Yucca Mountain. Eos (lead article), Vol. 89, No. 4, 22 Jan 2008, p. 29- 30. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2008EO040001/pdf.

Coleman, N. M., C. L. Dinwiddie, and K. Casteel, 2007. High outflow channels on Mars indicate Hesperian recharge at low latitudes and the presence of canyon lakes. Icarus, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2007.01.020. http://www.geo.brown.edu/geocourses/geo292/paper s/Coleman_Dinwiddie_Casteel_2007.pdf.

Coleman, N. M. and C. L. Dinwiddie, 2007. Hydrologic analysis of the birth of Elaver Vallis, Mars by catastrophic drainage of a lake in Morella Crater. 7th International Conference on Mars, Paper # 3107, Caltech, Pasadena, CA (July 9-13, 2007). http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/7thmars2007/pdf/3107.pdf.

Coleman, N. M., C. L. Dinwiddie, and V. R. Baker, 2007. Evidence that floodwaters filled and overflowed Capri Chasma, Mars. Geophysical Research Letters, v. 34, L07201, doi:10.1029/2006GL028872. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2006GL028872/full

Coleman, N. M., 2005. Martian megaflood triggered chaos formation, revealing groundwater depth, cryosphere thickness, and crustal heat flux. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 110. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2005JE002419/full.

Coleman, N. M., L. R. Abramson, and B. D. Marsh, 2004. Testing claims about volcanic disruption of a potential geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Geophysical Research Letters, v. 31, L24601, doi:10.1029/2004GL021032. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2004GL021032/pdf

Coleman, N. M., 2003. Aqueous flows carved the outflow channels on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 108, no. E5, 5039, doi:10.1029/2002JE001940.

Coleman, N. M. and D. L. Chery, Jr., 1988. Hydrogeologic evaluation of radioactive contamination in deep wells at Hanford. Symposium Proceedings of International Conf. on Fluid Flow in Fractured Rocks, May 15-18, 1988, Atlanta, GA, p. 514-555.

Coleman, N. M. and M. T. Stewart, 1982. Basement structure in northwest peninsular Florida: Trans. of the Gulf Coast Assoc. of Geological Societies, v. 32, p. 153-156.

Abstracts and Major Reports

Coleman, N. M. and C. Coughenour, 2024. Hanging Valleys of Xanthe Terra, Mars. 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conf., Abstract #1136, The Woodlands, TX: (March 2024).

Coleman, N. M., F. A. Coleman, and C. Coughenour, 2023. AI-Assisted Robotic Farming on Mars can Grow and Store 5 Years of Food for a Science Base at Milankovič Crater. 54 th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Abstract #1035, The Woodlands, TX: (March 2023).

Coleman, N. M. and C. Coughenour, 2022. Hanging Valleys and Scablands of Kasei Valles Reveal Prolonged Deep Hydrodynamic Erosion. 53rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Abstract #1056, The Woodlands, TX: (March 2022). 1056.PDF (usra.edu)

Coughenour, C. and N. M. Coleman, 2022. Ares Vallis, Mars – Megaflood Volume Needed to Erode the Main Channel. 53rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Abstract #1526, The Woodlands, TX: (March 2022). 1526.PDF (usra.edu)

Coughenour, C. L., N. M. Coleman, Taylor, A. L., 2021. Characterizing watershed response and flood recurrence in a forested, flood-prone Appalachian Plateau watershed via empirical rain and stream data: The Little Conemaugh basin of Johnstown, PA. AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 2021.

Coleman, N. M. and C. Coughenour, 2021. Consideration of Stream Power and the Outflow Channels of Mars. 52 nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Abstract #1010 (LPI Contrib. No. 2548), The Woodlands, TX: (March 2021). 1010.PDF (usra.edu)

Coughenour, C. and N. M. Coleman, 2021. Hydrology of Scamander Vallis, Mars. 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Abstract #1066 (LPI Contrib. No. 2548), The Woodlands, TX: (March 2021). 1066.PDF (usra.edu)

Sarver, K., Ma, S. S-H., Kerrigan, R. J., and Coleman, N. (2020) Using Geophysical Methods to Delineate Lithologic Boundaries in the Pennsylvania Piedmont. Southeastern and Northeastern Joint Section Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 52, n. 2, pp. 45-1.

Sarver, K., Ma, S. S-H., Kerrigan, R. J., and Coleman, N. (2020) Using Geophysical Methods to Delineate Lithologic Boundaries in the Pennsylvanian Piedmont. Pennsylvania Council of Professional Geologists Annual Conference, February 25, 2020, Harrisburg, PA.

Coleman, N. M. and C. Coughenour, 2019. Limits on Chaos Inception on Mars. 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Abstract #2193 (LPI Contrib. No. 2132), The Woodlands, TX: (March 2019). 2193.PDF (usra.edu)

Coleman, N. M., 2018. Mars Mission Concept – Resource and Science-Rich Targets for Human Landing Sites. 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Abstract #1157 (LPI Contrib. No. 2083),The Woodlands, TX: (March 2018). https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2018/pdf/1157.pdf

Coleman, N., S. Wojno, and U. Kaktins, 2017. The Johnstown Flood of 1889 – Challenging the Findings of the ASCE Investigation Report. Paper No. 29-10. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 2. https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2017NE/webprogram/Paper290358.html. doi: 10.1130/abs/2017NE-290358

Coleman, N. M. and F. A. Coleman, 2017. Mission to Europa – Lander and Orbiter Capabilities to Support the Search for Extant Life. 48 th Lunar & Planetary Science Conference, Abstract #2354, The Woodlands, TX: (March, 2017). http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2017/pdf/2354.pdf.

Coleman, N. M., S. Wojno, and U. Kaktins, 2016. Dam-breach hydrology of the Johnstown Flood of 1889 – Challenging the findings of the 1891 investigation report. In: Energy & Environments: Geology in the “Nether World” of Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Guidebook of the 81st Annual Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists, October 6-8, 2016, p. 231-245. Online at: http://fcopg.org/wpcontent/uploads/2016/09/2016_FCOPG_Guidebook_rev3.pdf.

Coleman, N. M., S. Wojno, and U. Kaktins, 2016. Dam-breach hydrology of the Johnstown Flood of 1889 – Challenging the findings of the 1891 investigation report. Paper No. 178-5. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 48, No. 7. https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2016AM/webprogram/Paper283665.html. doi: 10.1130/abs/2016AM-283665.

Coleman, N., 2016. Secondary chaos on Mars produced substantial flooding. 47 th Lunar & Planetary Science Conference, Abstract #1054, The Woodlands, TX: (March, 2016). http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2016/pdf/1054.pdf.

Coleman, N., 2015. Barsukov Crater and its rim-breach channel, Silinka Vallis (Mars). 46 th Lunar & Planetary Science Conference, Abstract #1296, The Woodlands, TX: (March, 2015). http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2015/pdf/1296.pdf.

Coleman, N., 2014. Significance of crater lakes on Mars that were filled and overtopped by groundwater. 45 th Lunar & Planetary Science Conf., Abst. #1293, The Woodlands, TX: (March, 2014). http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2014/pdf/1293.pdf.

Coleman, N. and S. Lindberg, 2013. New insights about cataracts (Dry Falls) on the floor of Kasei Valles, Mars. 44th Lunar & Planetary Science Conf., Abst. #1148, The Woodlands, TX: (3/2013). http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2013/pdf/1148.pdf.

Coleman, N. M., 2012. Megaflood erosion on Mars ― How a lava-filled crater became a mesa. 43rd Lunar & Planetary Science Conf., Abstract # 1117, The Woodlands, TX: (3/2012). http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2012/pdf/1117.pdf.

Davis Todd, C., N. Coleman, and U. Kaktins, 2011. Influence of modifications to the South Fork dam on the Johnstown Flood of 1889. GSA Northeastern (46th Annual) and North-Central (45th Annual) Joint Meeting, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 43, No. 1, p. 53.

Towarnicki, B., H. Atkins, B. Boxler, C. Fusko, N. Coleman, and C. Davis-Todd, 2011. Hydrologic and Geophysical Studies at the Hughes Borehole: Acid mine drainage precipitating from a flowing artesian well. GSA Northeastern (46th Annual) and NorthCentral (45th Annual) Joint Meeting, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 43, No. 1, p. 85.

Coleman, N. M., 2011. Phaenna Dorsum, An Esker on Mars: Insights from THEMIS & HIRISE images & MOLA data. 42nd Lunar & Planetary Science Conf., Abstract #1906, The Woodlands, TX: (3, 2011). http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2011/pdf/1906.pdf.

Coleman, N., L. Abramson, and F. Coleman, 2010. Lag time in carbon emissions and CO2 concentrations produced by commercial nuclear power. Poster presentation, GSA Annual Meeting (Denver), Paper No. 257-1, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 42, No. 5, p. 607.

Coleman, N. M., 2010. Spectacular cataracts (Dry Falls) on the floor of Kasei Valles, Mars. Lunar & Planetary Science Conf. XXXXI, Abstract # 1174, The Woodlands, TX: (March, 2010). http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2010/pdf/1174.pdf.

Coleman, N. M., C. Davis Todd, R. A. Myers, and U. Kaktins, 2009. Johnstown Flood of 1889 - Destruction and rebirth. Paper No. 76-9, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 41, No. 7, p. 216.

Davis Todd, C., N. M. Coleman, R. A. Meyers, and U. Kaktins, 2009. A determination of peak discharge rate and water volume from the 1889 Johnstown Flood. Paper No. 76- 10, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 41, No. 7, p. 216.

Petrowsky, M. J., R. Jones, and N. Coleman, 2009. Structural deformation and surface properties of a Martian crater - Insights from THEMIS infrared images. Lunar & Planetary Science Conference XXXX, Abstract # 1213, League City, TX: (March, 2009). http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2009/pdf/1213.pdf.

Karmanocky, F. J. III and N. Coleman, 2009. Gravity studies – Establishing reference base stations in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Paper No. 7-1, GSA Northeastern Section - 44th Annual Meeting, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 41, No. 3, p. 11. https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2009NE/finalprogram/abstract_155272.htm.

Coleman, N. M., 2008. Round mesas on the floor of Ravi Vallis, Mars: Are they igneous intusives? Lunar & Planetary Science Conference XXXIX, Abstract # 2154, League City, TX: (March, 2008).

Hinze, W., B. Marsh, R. Weiner, and N. Coleman, 2008. Evaluating Igneous Activity at Yucca Mountain: Technical Basis for Decisionmaking, NUREG-1890, A Report Prepared by the Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste and Materials, U.S. NRC, Washington, DC, 285 pp. http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML0808/ML080800177.pdf.

Hinze, W. J., B. D. Marsh, R. F. Weiner, and N. M. Coleman, 2007. Igneous Activity at Yucca Mountain: Technical Basis for Decisionmaking, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V11D-0810.

Coleman, N. and B. Marsh, 2007. Evaluating Consequences of Volcanism for Spent Nuclear Fuel at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V11D-0811.

Coleman, N. and B. Marsh, 2007, Reduced likelihood of volcanic disruption of a geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Paper No. 3-1, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, No. 6, p. 18.

Coleman, N. M. and V. R. Baker, 2007. Evidence that a paleolake overflowed the rim of Juventae Chasma, Mars. Lunar & Planetary Sci. Conf. XXXVIII, Abst. # 1046, League City, TX: (March 12-16, 2007). http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2007/pdf/1046.pdf.

Coleman, N. M., 2006. Formation of lakes in the ancestral Valles Marineris in the epoch of Allegheny Vallis, Mars. Lunar & Planetary Science Conf. XXXVII, Abst. # 1879, League City, TX: (March, 2006). http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006LPI....37.1879C.

Coleman, N. M., 2005. Groundwater depth, cryosphere thickness, and crustal heat flux in the epoch of Ravi Vallis, Mars. Lunar & Planetary Science Conf. XXXVI, Abst. # 2163, League City, TX: (March, 2005). http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2005/pdf/2163.pdf

Lee, M. P., N. M. Coleman, and T. J. Nicholson, 2005. History of Water Development in the Amargosa Desert Area: A Literature Review. NUREG-1710, Vol. 1, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste Staff, Washington, DC., 80 p.

Coleman, N. M., 2004. Ravi Vallis, Mars – Paleoflood origin and genesis of secondary chaos zones. Lunar & Planetary Science Conf. XXXV, Abst. # 1299, League City, TX: (March, 2004). http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2004/pdf/1299.pdf.

Coleman, N. M. and C. L. Dinwiddie, 2003. Groundwater recharge in an epoch of climax lakes in the Valles Marineris, Mars. Lunar and Planetary Science Conf. XXXIV, Abst. #1399, League City, TX: (March 2003).

Coleman, N. M., 2001. Geophysical methods to detect ground ice produced by recent fluid flows on Mars. Geomars 2001, Abst. #7004, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX.

Research Interests

safety of dams

geophysics

flood analysis

hydrogeology

Mars hydrology

Johnstown’s Flood of 1889

climate change

siting of nuclear facilities

Division

Natural Sciences Division

Academic Programs

Geology

Instrumentation

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Chemistry and Biochemistry Department Instrumentation

Students gain hands-on experience with state-of-the-art modern instrumentation that prepare graduates to excel in a wide range of professional fields.

Bruker 400 MHz Advance III HD Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectrophotometer.

Students will use this instrument in Organic Chemistry lab, Instrumental Analysis lab, Synthesis and Characterization lab, and in Independent Research Projects to identify the content and molecular structure of a sample.

Agilent 6890 series Gas Chromatograph with an Agilent 5973 Mass Selective Detector (GC-MS)

Students will run samples on this instrument in Instrumental Analysis lab, Physical Chemistry lab, and in Independent Research Projects to identify and quantitate the chemical composition of an unknown mixture.

PerkinElmer Spectrum Two Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer with an Attenuated Total Reflectance probe (FTIR-ATR)

This instrument is run by students in Organic Chemistry, Instrumental Analysis, Synthesis and Characterization lab, Physical Chemistry lab, and in Independent Research Projects to collect vibrational spectra of molecules to determine their structure and identity.

Agilent 8452A UV/vis Spectrometer

Students use this instrument to collect the electronic spectra of molecules in the ultraviolet and/or visible range to identify and quantitate known and unknown samples in Instrumental Analysis, Synthesis and Characterization lab, Physical Chemistry lab, and in Independent Research Projects.

Agilent 1100 series High Performance Liquid Chromatograph (HPLC) with a binary pump and diode array detector

This instrument is run by students in Instrumental Analysis lab, Physical Chemistry lab, and in Independent Research Projects to separate, identify, and quantitate the chemical composition of an unknown mixture.

CFX Connect qPCR instrument

Students use this instrument in Biochemistry lab and in Independent research projects to perform quantitative (or real-time) polymerase chain reactions (qPCR or RT-PCR). This allows detection of the relative quantities of nucleic acid sequences in a variety of biological samples.

Anton Paar Microwave Reactor

Students use this instrument in Organic lab and in Independent research projects to control chemical reactions more efficiently, to improve reaction rates and yields, and to develop more environmentally friendly processes.

Emily Lasinsky, PhD

ALL312@pitt.edu — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 12:28:45 +0000

Grief & Loss, Spirituality & Mental Health, Positive Psychology, Expressive Arts & Healing, College Student Development

Education & Training

BA Saint Francis University
PhD (2020) Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Division

Natural Sciences Division

Academic Programs

Psychology

Energy and Earth Resource

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A Brief History of Energy and Earth Resources (Geology) at the �ձ�һ��Ƭ at Johnstown

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Pitt-Johnstown was first established way back in 1927. But the teaching of Geology here first began many years later, in 1970. Since that time, the program has worked to intensively prepare students for rewarding careers in the geosciences (and even other fields). The alumni from this program have established themselves in many areas of geology across the United States and internationally. A more complete history of the geology program at Pitt-Johnstown is available here.

The current draft of the department history largely due to the efforts of alumnus and current adjunct faculty Neil Coleman and Professor Emeritus Dr. William Brice. For alumni who may have additional information on the history of the department, please contact us.

Below: Several long-time faculty were especially instrumental in shaping the course of the program.

Dr. Harold Fry at left

Dr. William Brice with student, Jeff Mazur

Dr. Uldis Kaktins

Interested readers are also referred to Professor Coleman's site: monsterquest.com (Note: this is an external site not affiliated with the �ձ�һ��Ƭ-Johnstown).