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Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team Welcomes Peter Swarzenski
I am pleased to announce that Peter Swarzenski has joined the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team at the Pacific Science Center in Santa Cruz, California. Pete transferred from our sister Coastal and Marine Geology Team in St. Petersburg, Florida, where he worked at the Florida Integrated Science Center (FISC)'s Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies. Collaborators on both coasts will continue to benefit from Pete's broad expertise and knowledge of marine and ground-water geochemistry, especially in estuarine and coastal environments. Pete received a B.S. in environmental geology from the University of Colorado, followed by M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in chemical oceanography from Louisiana State University. His Ph.D. dissertation was titled "Non-Conservative Behavior of Select Naturally Occurring Radionuclides and Metals in Coastal Waters." Pete joined the USGS in St. Petersburg in 1998 as a postdoctoral researcher working with Jack Kindinger and Abby Sallenger and was subsequently hired as a research oceanographer. His USGS work has concentrated on two areas:
Pete is a member of the Geological Society of America, the American Geophysical Union, and the International Association of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry. Pete joined the team in Santa Cruz early this month (August 2007). He will continue his work with colleagues in St. Petersburg and Woods Hole (Massachusetts), as well as his ongoing collaborations with the Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team's Bob Rosenbauer, Eric Grossman, and Brian Edwards and colleagues at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is also assisting with initial plans for a lab that will enable the team to date cores by using lead-210 and cesium-137 and to measure ground-water flux by using a suite of short-lived isotopes; this lab will add a terrific new capability to the Pacific Science Center. Please join me in welcoming Pete Swarzenski to our team!
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in this issue:
ISIS Teachers Visit Wood's Hole DOI Officials Visit Federal Lands Affected by 2005 Hurricanes Coastal Sediments '07 Conference USGS Researcher and Academic Collaborator Win Best Paper Award Honoring the Commitment to Excellence Pete Swarzenski Joins Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team Erinn Muller Receives Master's Degree |