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align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000099"><b><font size="4">Greener Landfills?</font><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000099"> <b><font size="4">(March 10, 2007)</font></b></font></b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">Check out <a target="_new" href="http://www.buffalo.edu/greener_ub/"> A Greener Shade of Blue</a>, a celebration of the UB s commitment to environmental research, education, and outreach. As part of these events, <a target="_new" href="http://www.engr.wisc.edu/cee/faculty/benson_craig.html"> Dr. Craig Benson</a> , from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will give an April 13 lecture entitled: Are bioreactor landfills a sustainable solid waste management strategy?</font></p> <hr color=#00009c size=3 width="50%"> <font face="Times New Roman"><font color=#000099 face="Comic Sans MS"> </font></font> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000099"><b><font size="4">Raghu opts for sunshine</font><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000099"> <b><font size="4">(March 1, 2007)</font></b></font></b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">Ragavendra Suribhatla (Raghu) is now a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Arizona, working with Professor Jim Yeh on projects related to hydraulic tomography</font></p> <hr color=#00009c size=3 width="50%"> <font face="Times New Roman"><font color=#000099 face="Comic Sans MS"> </font></font> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000099"><b><font size="4">Matt Becker receives Fulbright Fellowship</font><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000099"> <b><font size="4">(February 1, 2007)</font></b></font></b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">Dr. Matt Becker, Associate Professor of Geology, has received a prestigious Fulbright Scholar award for 2006  2007. Matt will lecture and conduct research in the area of hydrogeophysics at the University of Trento in Trento, Italy. <a target="_new" href="http://www.buffalo.edu/news/fast-execute.cgi/article-page.html?article=82630009"> Click here for more information</a> </font></p> <hr color=#00009c size=3 width="50%"> <font face="Times New Roman"><font color=#000099 face="Comic Sans MS"> </font></font> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000099"><b><font size="4">Will Shawn find decent beer in Georgia?</font><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000099"> <b><font size="4">(November 1, 2006)</font></b></font></b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">Congratulations and best wishes to L. Shawn Matott, who completed his Ph.D. in September 2006, and is now a post-doctoral researcher with the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Ecosystems Research Division in Athens, Georgia. <a target="_new" href="http://www.epa.gov/extrmurl/staff/members/matottshawn/index.html"> http://www.epa.gov/extrmurl/staff/members/matottshawn/index.html</a></font></p> <hr color=#00009c size=3 width="50%"> <font face="Times New Roman"><font color=#000099 face="Comic Sans MS"> </font></font> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000099"><b><font size="4">A million year model?</font><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000099"> <b><font size="4">(September 9, 2006)</font></b></font></b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">Dr. Alan Rabideau is serving on the MODFLOW Technical Review Group as part of the <a target="_new" href="http://www.hanford.gov/orp/?page=146&parent=0"> Tank Closure and Waste Management Environmental Impact Statement for the Hanford nuclear facility</a>. The need to develop groundwater models for a million-year decision horizon, combined with the 400+ Washington State wineries, suggests that this may be a long-term project!</font></p> <hr color=#00009c size=3 width="50%"> <font face="Times New Roman"><font color=#000099 face="Comic Sans MS"> </font></font> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000099"><b><font size="4">Jankovic wins Young Investigator Award</font><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000099"> <b><font size="4">(September 1, 2006)</font></b></font></b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">Dr. Igor Jankovic, Associate Professor of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering, received the University at Buffalo 2006 Young Investigator Award in recognition of his research accomplishments. Congratulations, Igor!</font></p> <hr color=#00009c size=3 width="50%"> <font face="Times New Roman"><font color=#000099 face="Comic Sans MS"> </font></font> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000099"><b><font size="4">Tracy Bank joins the GRG</font><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000099"> <b><font size="4">(August 15, 2006)</font></b></font></b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">The Groundwater Research Group is pleased to welcome Dr. Tracy Bank, who has joined UB as Assistant Professor of Geology. Dr. Bank s research focuses on mineral-microbe interactions, including the fate and transport of toxic metal contaminants in natural porous media and the adhesion of environmentally important bacterial cells to mineral surfaces. For more information visit <a target="_new" href="http://www.geology.buffalo.edu/people/faculty/bank.shtml"> http://www.geology.buffalo.edu/people/faculty/bank.shtml</a></font></p> <hr color=#00009c size=3 width="50%"> <font face="Times New Roman"><font color=#000099 face="Comic Sans MS"> </font></font> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000099"><b><font size="4">Doug Flewelling now at University of Redlands</font><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000099"> <b><font size="4">(August 1, 2006)</font></b></font></b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">A fond farewell to Dr. Douglas Flewelling, who has relocated to the University of Redlands (California), where he will continue his GIS work as Assistant Professor in Environmental Studies. He can be contacted at <a href="mailto:douglas_flewelling@redlands.edu">douglas_flewelling@redlands.edu</a></font></p> <hr color=#00009c size=3 width="50%"> <font face="Times New Roman"><font color=#000099 face="Comic Sans MS"> </font></font> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000099"><b><font size="4">James heads north!</font><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000099"> <b><font size="4">(July 1, 2005)</font></b></font></b></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">Congratulations to Dr. James Craig, who completed his Ph.D. in 2005 and is now Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Waterloo. <a target="_new" href="http://www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/jrcraig/">http://www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/jrcraig/</a></font></p> <hr color=#00009c size=3 width="50%"> <P><b><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> <a href="news_old.htm">Archived News</a></font></b></P> <P><a href="http://www.groundwater.buffalo.edu"><b>Return to the GRG Homepage</b></a></P> <!-- #EndEditable --></td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <map name="home"> <area shape="rect" coords="44,3,177,58" href="../index.html"> </map> </body> <!-- #EndTemplate --></html>