USGS Hosts Front Range Organic Matter in the Environment Round Table

USGS investigator George Aiken hosted the first Front Range Organic Matter in the Environment round table on July 11th at the University of Colorado’s east campus. At the round table, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from the USGS, University of Colorado, and Colorado State University presented findings on a wide range of research topics from the impacts of the pine beetle outbreak on vegetation-derived dissolved organic matter (DOM) to how DOM may affect the mobility of uranium in the environment (see more topics on the agenda).

In the informal round table setting, investigators also had the opportunity to get feedback on issues they were encountering in their research whether it was related to laboratory or statistical methodologies or interpretation of results. The idea behind the round table is to support the growth of the next generation of researchers investigating organic matter (OM) interactions within the environment and to promote increased connections among the Front Range OM community.

For more information, please contact George Aiken (graiken@usgs.gov) or Kenna Butler (kebutler@usgs.gov).