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  • Susan Hubbard to speak at luncheon
    How Microbes Defend and Define Us

    Luncheon Sept. 14, at 11:30 a.m.

    Susan Hubbard is the featured speaker at the next Women Scientists and Engineers Council Luncheon on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010 at 11:30 a.m in Perseverance Hall (Bldg. 54-130).

  • Cake layer of rock
    Cake layer of rock

    ESD Seismologist New Study

    Barbara Romanowicz of UC Berkeley Seismological Lab and ESD's Geophysics Dept. study North American continent rock layers.

  • Deepwater oil degraded by microbes
    Deepwater oil degraded by microbes

    Deepwater oil degraded by microbes

    An intensive study, led by microbial ecologist Terry Hazen of the Earth Sciences Division at Berkeley Lab, found that microbial activity, spearheaded by a new and unclassified species, degrades oil much faster than anticipated.

  • DOE EM-TEG invites Susan Hubbard
    How Microbes Defend and Define Us

    DOE EM-TEG invites Susan Hubbard

    ESD's Susan Hubbard along with Linfeng Rao of Chemical Sciences has been invited to be a member of the DOE Environmental Management Technical Experts Group (EM-TEG).

  • Susan Hubbard Appointment
    Susan Hubbard Appointment

    Susan Hubbard Appointment

    ESD's Susan Hubbard has been appointed Deputy Division Director for Programs by Don DePaolo. She currently leads ESD's ERWR Program and the Sustainable Systems Scientific Focus Area.

  • Lamendella wins Lawrence Fellowship
    Lamendella wins Lawrence Fellowship

    Lamendella wins Lawrence Fellowship

    Gina Lamendella, a postdoc who works in Terry Hazen's group & under Janet Jansson won the 2010 E.O. Lawrence Fellowship award for her work in molecular Genetics, biochemistry, and microbiology.

  • Induced Seismicity
    Induced Seismicity

    Induced Seismicity

    Induced seismicity associated with energy production and waste disposal has become an increasingly important issue as energy production in a climate constrained earth progresses.

  • Jackson wins Switzer Fellowship
    Jackson wins Switzer Fellowship

    Jackson wins Switzer Fellowship

    Stacy Jackson is one of 3 UC students awarded the 2010 Switzer Fellowship, given to outstanding environmental scholars pursuing a graduate degree in ecological disciplines. Stacy works in our Climate Sciences Department.

  • UC Lends Expertise in Gulf Oil Crisis
    UC Lends Expertise in Gulf Oil Crisis

    UC Lends Expertise in Gulf Oil Crisis

    Government agencies tapped UC researchers to serve on investigative panels that are uncovering knowledge that could improve spill response. ESD's Curt Oldenburg is a member of the government's Flow Rate Technical Group.

  • Getting Down With CO2
    Getting Down With CO2

    Getting Down With CO2

    ESD scientists discuss the DUSEL CO2 project at the proposed Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory, which will host research in physics and a wide range of other fields.

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