Facilities

Global Change Biology Core
CORE Lab (Sci 1, G66) MOP
Water quality labs (Sci 1) MOP

ES Biogeochemistry Laboratory
This laboratory supports research focused on microbes and their geochemical
interactions with metals and other contaminants in modern and ancient oceans, the
atmosphere, watersheds, and wetlands, and lakes. This wet chemistry lab includes an
Agilent 4200 MP AES atomic emission spectrometer, a Dionex ICS 2100 ion
chromatography system, a Perkin Elmer 2400 Carbon-Nitrogen-Hydrogen-Sulfur
Analyzer, and a Retsch ZM 200 Mill for grinding vegetation. Contact Jonathan
Schmitkons for more information.

ES Watershed Studies Laboratory
This laboratory includes sample preparation space for equipment used in atmospheric deposition and hydrogeology studies including a Tekran 2537A Vapor phase mercury analyzer, YSI, Campbell Scientific and OTT multi-parameter water quality sondes, URG aerosol collection stations, ISCO automated stormwater samplers and NovaLynx meteorological stations. Contact Joseph Graney for more information.

ES Environmental Geochemistry Research Laboratories
This laboratory contains instrumentation space designed to accommodate our NuWave
– Agilent 7900 LA-ICPMS instrumentation package. The ICP-MS is used for elemental
analysis of water, soil, vegetation, mineral, and rock samples to the part per billion (ppb) level, in a laboratory environment that contains positive pressure and HEPA filtered air. Laser ablation (LA) is used for ablation and chemical analysis of fluid inclusions in minerals.
A separate room contains a Dionex ICS 2000 Ion Chromatograph as well as a Dionex Ultimate3000 HPLC system with autosampler and variable wavelength detector. Contact Tom Kulp for more information.

ES Geomicrobiology Laboratory (contact Tom Kulp for more information)
This laboratory is isolated via a double-door access zone and filtered with HEPA
environmental controls. It contains a Baker Company SterilGARD® III Advance° Model
603a 6-foot laminar flow hood with an ultraviolet light source and air flow monitor and a low temperature freezer (-80°C). Contact Tom Kulp for more information.

ES CORE Lab
The Earth Science (ES) Department has created an innovative research center, CORE
(Center Of Research & Education). Facilities associated with the CORE are located in the Science I G66, G66A, and G68. The overall aim for the CORE is to train the next
generation of environmental field and lab-based scientists through both teaching and
research methods at the undergraduate as well as graduate level that aim to address
research agendas associated with environmental change. The CORE was created in
response to organic collaborations among the faculty, new partnerships with marine
field stations, as well as with affiliated faculty that are tied to industry and focused on
answering environmental sciences-based questions focused on a variety of water
quality issues. Contact Molly Patterson for more information.

Bartle Wetland
A constructed wetland situated next to a new parking lot designed to facilitate storm
water treatment and provide habitat for local species. In July 2019, the wetland was
planted by students, faculty, and staff from the campus community. This wetland
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Research and Teaching Greenhouses
This facility is designed to function as a living laboratory for Campus and the
Department of Biological Science's plant and ecology related courses, as well as
research space for faculty and graduate students. More than 4,000 exotic plants,
representing over 1,000 distinct species, are maintained in, and around, the Teaching
Greenhouse. Four simulated environments — tropical, warm temperate, cool temperate and desert — facilitate student's understanding of the diversity of plant species and their ecologies. Plants are labeled with information regarding their taxonomies, geographic origins, common names and economic uses.

Ecological Research Facility (ERF)
This 0.5-acre secure fenced area is dedicated to experimental outdoor research.
Electricity, water, and lab bench space are available in the building. The site contains a
field, woods, and a 1,000-square-foot hoop house. Faculty and graduate students from several departments use this site for a wide variety of research projects and
environmental monitoring.

Lieberman Wetland
A constructed stormwater retention pond and wetland located on campus between the Nature Preserve and a large campus residential community.

Nature Preserve
The University has set aside 200 acres of mixed forest, stream, pond and wetland
habitat as a Nature Preserve. This on-campus area contains a wide variety of local
plants and animals and is available for the university community. It contains a hemlock forest and oak woodlands, many species of invertebrates, a diverse population of amphibians and reptiles, many mammals including deer, beaver, fox, mink, muskrat, porcupines and small rodents. Over 200 species of birds have been sighted in the Preserve. The proximity and variety of habitats and organisms makes the preserve a particularly valuable resource for our field-oriented graduate students and faculty.

Nuthatch Hollow
This area of about 80 acres of woodland, stream, and shrubland is almost contiguous
with the University on its southwest side. It is used by some courses for field trips, but
its limited public access makes it especially valuable as a study site for students and
faculty doing field research.

Global Change Biology Core
This facility is under renovation. The GCB core has lab species for bench and molecular work, procedure rooms for microscopy, electrophoresis, and other equipment, insect husbandry room, walk-in environmental chambers, along with standing environmental chambers, fridges and freezers. There are also computer stations, including high-RAM linux machines for work on large datasets. There will be storage areas for field equipment, and a specimen room for sorting and processing, and also that will hold biological collections.

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