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NEWSLETTERC O L L E G E  O F  N A T U R A L  S C I E N C E S  / /  V O L U M E  3  / /  I S S U E  1Dean's MessageDR. CHARLENE WOLF-HALLHarrisburg middle school outreachNew AwardsExciting media coverageWelcome to 2022! We hope you had theopportunity to enjoy the college’s endof year (2021) publication and tocelebrate our college highlights with us.Our reach is growing and so are thenumbers and well wishes of oursupporters. You can view the magazineonline here or pick up a hard copy inthe Dean's Office.Spring semester is, as usual, off to abusy start. Please note the itemshighlighted in this issue:Feature article about TomLoveland (Geography & GeospatialSciences alum) and the upcomingGeography ConventionThe Fall 2021 Dean's ListStop by the Dean’s Office to see theScience as Art pieces on display. Ouroffice has warm welcomes and hotbeverages to help you get through thecoldest part of winter. Spring semester goes fast, and beforeyou know it, we will be preparing forcommencement. For those in theirfinal semester at SDSU, savor thosemoments that make this place specialwhile you can. Enjoy the beautifulwinter scenery, learn, succeed,experience, and stay warm.Celebrating WorkAnniversaries---January 2022Andy Ellis - 20 yearsRobert McTaggart - 18 yearsLiping Gu - 13 yearsSamson Smith - 9 yearsFangjun Li - 8 yearsCharlene Wolf-Hall - 3 yearsMatt Nixon - 1 yearAwards & RecognitionCongratulations to Tahmina Hossain and Xiaoman Lu who earned Joseph F.Nelson Graduate Awards! These are awarded annually from the SDState Graduate School. Theyreceived 22 applications for two available awards, and students from theCollege of Natural Sciences received both of them this year. Tahmina is earning her PhD in Microbiology under the advisement of Dr.Nicholas Butzin, and Xiaoman is earning her PhD in Remote SensingGeography under the advisement of  Dr. Xiaoyang Zhang.   William S. Wadsworth Jr. and Nancy Wadsworth Research Endowment Award: Dr. Adam Hoppe,Chemistry & BiochemistryThis award recognizes outstanding researchers in the College of Natural Sciences who have made significantcontributions to their field of study by publishing work in highly ranked journals of their discipline. This endowedaward comes from the generosity of the two donors: William S. Wadsworth Jr. and Nancy Wadsworth, who havedesignated a portion of their estate for the benefit of the College of Natural Sciences at South Dakota StateUniversity. Dr. Hoppe will receive $2,000 from the endowment fund to support ongoing research activities.Shamiq Aftab won 2nd place in a poster presentation competition at the NA PRRS Symposium in Chicago! Thecategory was virus-host interactions. Shamiq is earning his PhD in Microbiology under the advisement of Dr. Xiuqing Wang.College of Natural Sciences 2021 Annual Awards Natural Sciences Teacher of the Year: Andrew Ellis, Biology & MicrobiologyThis award recognizes the teaching excellence within the College by identifying a faculty member who exhibitsstudent-centered characteristics, uses methods of instruction representing the best practices of instruction, anddemonstrates excellence through the achievements of students. Andy will receive a $500 award andcommemorative plaque. Natural Sciences Researcher of the Year: Dr. Jaime Lopez, Biology & MicrobiologyThe College of Natural Sciences Outstanding Researcher Award recognizes and celebrates exceptional researchin the college. Jaime will be recognized during the University's 2022 Celebration of Faculty Excellence, alongwith the other colleges’ outstanding researchers, scholars, performers, and artists.Allison Bjornstad received the Fall 2021 Faculty Early Alert Award for Excellence! Each semester, up to threefaculty members are awarded by the Wintrode Student Success and Opportunity Center for outstandingperformance in the program. Allison, a recent Natural Sciences graduate, is currently a temporary faculty memberfor the Department of Biology & Microbiology. "Bringing science to life for students is so important! I love inviting SDSU faculty down to present to my studentsso they can see how exciting science really is and what’s to come in their future education, if they so choose it. It’salso great for them to meet current college students who are seeking out science education as a career. Thefaculty always do a wonderful job with student engagement – the level is incredibly high and student continue totalk about what they saw the rest of the school year!"-Kellie Steinmetz, 8th grade science teacher at Harrisburg North Middle School and '03 SDState Biology alumniOutreach in Harrisburg, SD       Dr. Larry Browning, Department of Physics, and Dr. Matt Miller, Departmentof Chemistry & Biochemistry, visited Harrisburg North Middle School earliermonth. Undergraduate students Zach Douglas, Chemistry Education major,Justin Hoogestraat, Computer Science and Biochemistry double major, andCarter Koons, Chemistry Education, joined Browning and Miller for the January21st outreach trip.        "My favorite part of the experience was when we did demos and seeingthe faces of the students light up in excitement. It kind of feels like it couldbe the same as if someone in a fantasy world was seeing magic happen right infront of their eyes," Douglas said.Above:  Dr. Browning and ZachDouglas prep liquid nitrogen."Teaching may sound really difficultto start out, but when you get intothe classroom full of kids and theenvironment is just right, you willhave the time of your life seeing asthey understand more and moreinformation that you are throwingat them," Douglas said. Left:  Dr. Miller & Carter Koonsdemonstrate simulated lighting."I had a fun time exposing thesekids to the fun new scienceconcepts with exciting demos,"Koons said. "It was a great time towatch the kids jump as Dr. Millerand Dr. Browning exploded manythings in front of them."      "I think seeing the kid’s reactions is the best. A genuine interest in whatyou’re doing is just an insane motivational boost," Hoogestraat said. He usedskills from his second major outsidethe College, Computer Science, tocreate a simulator app.  It shows adensity column with different layersthat a user can "drop" objects into. An example screenshot from the appis pictured right.  Hoogestraat'sinterdisciplinary demo is a greatexample of how technology canenhance science teaching at all levels.Geography Alumni Named Among'Highly Cited Researchers'       Dr. Thomas (Tom) Loveland, pictured right, has beencalled "one of the world's leading land cover and land coverchange experts", per USGS. He was recently recognized onClarivate's 2021 Highly Cited Researchers list, which namesindividuals whose publications "rank in the top 1% bycitations for field and publication year in the Web of Sciencecitation index".       Loveland's journey into remote-sensing began at SDStateunder the influence of Dr. Ed Hogan. He earned his B.S. inGeography (1974) and his M.S. in Geography (1976) from Hogan's newly-established Department of Geography. Loveland went on to a 38-year career atEROS and helped approximately 70 other SDSU Geography alumni begin theirown remote-sensing careers at EROS. Notably, his leadership of the Landsatteam at EROS helped make Landsat data freely available to the world in 2008.       Over the years Loveland has received many other commendable awardsincluding the Distinguished Service Award (the Department of Interior’shighest honor), the Mendenhall Award from the U.S. Geological Survey, theAlan Scott Award from the American Society of Photogrammetry and RemoteSensing, and induction into the South Dakota Hall of Fame.     Further ReadingLearn about Clarivate's annual listof highly cited researchers here.Read more about Dr. Loveland'slegacy and SD Hall of Fameinduction here.53rd Annual Geography ConventionThe 53rd annual Geography Convention will be a special one as it honors Dr.Edward Hogan, the Department's founder. The Geography major wasestablished in 1967, the year Hogan became faculty at SDState, and became astandalone department in 1973, with Hogan as the Head. Hogan's advising andpassion for the field impacted countless students through the years, includingLoren Hill and James Rapp. They kicked off the Geography Convention in 1969and thanks to the dedication of numerous students throughout the years, it isnow the longest-running student-organized convention in the nation! Makeplans to join the 2022 event:   Thursday, March 31 9-11am - Volstorff BallroomStudent presentations---12-3pm - Wecota HallLunch & open house---3:30pm - TBDGeobowl competition---5pm - Old Fire Hall (downtown)Happy hour socialFriday, April 1 - Volstorff Ballroom 9am - Dr. Holly Barcus10am - Dr. Emily Yeh, *AAG President11am - Dr. Danielle Haskett Jennings 1pm - Dr. Christopher Crawford 2pm - Dr. Deborah S.K. Thomas3pm - Dr. Mark Bowen See the speakers' titles on page 5. Allare invited to join any of these eventsas your schedule allows!Did you know?*It is tradition for the President ofthe American Association ofGeographers (AAG) to attend andspeak at the SDState GeographyConvention. We are pleased tocontinue this and welcome Dr.Emily Yeh to campus! Geography Convention SpeakersDr. Holly Barcus, Macalester College, Title: The Importance of Place:Homelands, Belonging and Migration in MongoliaDr. Emily Yeh, University of Colorado Boulder, Title: Climate Change on theTibetan Plateau and the Question of Justice in Adaptation Dr. Danielle Haskett Jennings, South Dakota State University, Title: Is GlacialRetreat Impacting Modern Benthic Chironomid Communities? A CaseStudy From Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado  Dr. Christopher Crawford, USGS –Earth Resources Observation and Science(EROS) Center, Title: 50 years of Landsat Earth Observations Dr. Deborah S.K. Thomas, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Title:Convergence Science: Reimagining How We Approach Climate Changeand Disasters Dr. Mark Bowen, Minnesota State University at Mankato, Title: Soils asEnvironmental Barometers: From the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene Brookings / SDSU Day       The Brookings Chamber of Commerce and theUniversity come together every legislative session tosponsor a "Brookings / SDSU Day" at the state CapitolBuilding in Pierre. This gives both business leaders andUniversity leaders a chance to interact with legislatorsand hear updates on the issues and bills that will impactour Brookings and campus community.       Specifically for the College of Natural Sciences, thisopportunity allows us to spread statewide awareness ofour name, programs, advancements in research, and thegood news about how many ways our students andfaculty excel.         "It was wonderful to have several excited NaturalSciences alumni approach our table and chat abouthow much they loved their time at SDSU," Dean Wolf-Hall said. The table was also visited by legislators,lobbyists, and 4-H students who are starting to considerthe next step in their education.       Other highlights included an SDSU men's choirperformance, hearing from the Department of Education and the Governor'sOffice Economic Development, serving SDSU ice cream, and connecting withour partners at the South Dakota Discovery Center.Media Coverage of Natural SciencesSDSU scientists to improve prairie restoration: "[Biology & Microbiology] Professor CharlesFenster, director of the Oak Lake Field Station, said, 'The field station is an ideal place to testrestoration mixtures in the Prairie Coteau to see how increased diversity, perhaps, can leadto more vibrant, healthy prairie plots. I hope the station can be a platform for other similar,highly replicated experiments to better understand the conservation and restoration ofbiodiversity and the services they provide to humans.'" Click to read about the project.Combating counterfeits: PhD student Kyle Burch is workingfor Dr. Brian Logue's lab in the Department of Chemistry andBiochemistry. Click to read about Kyle's path and theirresearch focus in the Brookings Register!"A love for chemistry combined with an aptitude for machinesled Princeton, Minnesota, native Kyle Burch to doundergraduate research on anti-counterfeiting technologiesin the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at South Dakota State University. That experiencegave him the opportunity to continue working on the new technology as a graduate research assistantwhile pursuing a Ph.D. at State.""Logue said, 'Kyle has a unique interest in machines we don’t often find in chemistry students. Hebrings hands-on experience in instrumentation along with a strong background in analytical chemistryto the research we are doing to detect counterfeit drugs.'"Society of Physics Students honors SDSUchapter: "For the fourth-straight year, SouthDakota State University’s Society of PhysicsStudents chapter was named an outstandingchapter. The honor is the highest level ofdistinction given to chapters and is received by lessthan 10% of its top chapters this year, with just 80of 844 chapters honored. SDSU has now been listedsix consecutive years by the SPS."Work performed by recent graduate Timothy Paris wasonce again featured on the cover of the Journal ofOrganic Chemistry! Click to see the full publication.Open PRAIRIE Data What is "Open PRAIRIE"?The Open  Public ResearchAccess InstitutionalRepository & InformationExchange trackspublications from withinNatural Sciencesthroughout the year,showing where and whenarticles were opened allaround the world. 3,030 downloads at  371 institutions in 108 countries8 new works posted, for a total of  998Conductance Studies of Concentrated Solutions of SodiumHydroxide and Potassium Hydroxide Electrolytes was the mostfrequently downloaded piece at 159 downloads. This Master'sthesis was published in 1968 by Andrew Ling-Wei Woo. Data across the whole College of Natural Sciences:DECEMBER 2021Dr. Madhav Nepal - current President of Faculty Senate Dr. Ruanbao ZhouDr. Judy VondruskaReminder: Faculty SenateThe SDState Faculty Senate meets the second and fourth Tuesdayof each month. If you have questions or concerns you would likeaddressed at a meeting, please contact your Natural SciencesSenators:Fall 2021 Dean's ListFULL-TIME (12+ CREDIT) STUDENTS WITH A 3.5 OR HIGHER GPAAbdi AbdirahimCole AdamAshley AesophAliza AhrendtKarlee AlbertMara AndersenSarah AnglinKaylee AtheyAnn BabitsGavin BakerJoshua BalsterDayne BartelsChiara BassiJaidyn BaumanTacey BaustianBrady BeckBiftu BentiTanner BergIsabelle BerlinKatelyn BettinAdam BishmanRegan BlackwellCamryn BlackwellJenna BloggLaura BogueFaythe BohnertAustin BonnAndrew BorchertKevin BrennerCaitlin BrightMcKenzie BrownWilliam BrownLaney BrownKaila BrudelieKelby BrungardtCayden BuddZachary BuddenRachel BurkeBrooke ButhePaige CainKenzie CarlsonColton CarlsonRegan CarlsonKyerra CarterKayla ChristophersonAlex ClemonsEmme ColhoffClara ConnerMakayla CourtneyDeirdre CrossMason CrowKallie CrowlHanna CumminsCourtney CurrierJordyn CutshawJackson DanaParker DavisEvan DeBatesMadison DeJarlaisJoseph DembouskiCharles DendingerErin DenevanReid DettbarnSteven DewaideAftyn DeWitNichole DialDhalten DirksLindsey DockendorfJoshua DonahoeSkylar DreyMarissa DriesenNathanial DvorakThomas EbrahemKayla EgenesMitchal EichackerHunter EideSarah EricksonAlissa FindleyJulie FischerHannah FisherElla FlippinDerek FollettAubrie FrankenTrent FreemanMichael FrickEmily GadkerWesley GenantMegan GerhartHayley GeyerMegan GilkElizabeth GillinghamLucas GoetzClara GreenhagenLibby GreggTatum GregstonJesse GrosdidierTyson HageTseganesh HailemariamTyffani HansonCaleb HarthoornTaylor HastingsEmily HedgeMollie HeinenSamantha HeiserRiley HellmannThomas HennenMackenzie HenningKelli HenricksMadison HigbeeZoe HillmerNicole HintzMadison HodgdonRylee HonomichlJustin HoogestraatPeyton HoveMorgan HuntingtonTylee IrwinMadeline JacobsonNatalie JacobsonNatalie JanssenEmma JensenAdam JohnsonCaden JohnsonColby KarlineAbigail KastensBidhi KasuDevyn KellerConnor KlinkhammerMiriam KnobleAnne KnoffLuke KnutsonCarter KoonsIsaac KovashPaige KuchelNicholas KurtenbachThomas LaFaveSamantha LebertZachary LehmannMorgan LogueEmma LuskHannah MarkmanNicole MatterMary MatyaCarson MaxLevi McKinleyMarie McLaughlinEmory McManimonErinn McSherryIsabelle MetzgerMax MillerCaitlyn MillerVictoria MoeHannah MoranCassie MunstermanElijah MyersNicholas NachreinerMegan NelsonWhitly NetlandAustin NobleEthan NobleKadin NorrisTarek NourBrynn OlsonInsaf OmarKenneth O'NeilErin O'ReillyRana OsmanEmma OsmundsonPeyton ParkerGrency PatelJacob PaulsonJosie PearsonFall 2021 Dean's List, cont.FULL-TIME (12+ CREDIT) STUDENTS WITH A 3.5 OR HIGHER GPAGracee RinglingPaige RistAmanda RoeslerKennedy RolandAmanda RookAbigail RostTiana RuppDarratu SalesaCharles SaulsburyAlexis SaundersMatthew SchmitSidney SchroederLauren SchuelerAbigail SchuldtMegan SchulteSydney SchultzMichael SchwinghamerWyatt SeagrenKatelyn SeversonHattie ShafferMeg SheehanKushagra SinghJessica SkareJoseph SlamaLandon SmithTanner SmithAlexander SohlAlthea SpencerJacob SprengMariah StensgaardKristin StoltenbergSadie StreffRylee Stromer IversenIsaac SuchorEllie TheinAmelia ThoennesAaron ThomasJordan ThompsonKylee ThorpeRiley ThorpeBrittany ToddRegan TollefsonCassandra TownsendEvan TraxlerBenjamin TraynorJada TschetterZachary TverbergOlivia UlmerSarah UrevigWendy van NesAlix VanderVoortJared VoleskyNeka WatsonJacson WelteAubre WestoverGoldie WhitakerMarissa WhiteheadEmily WildeLuke WillhiteWilliam WilsonSydney WindschitlJared WipfCole WithrowLillie WittmayerLogan WolfSydney WoltmanJax WysongHannah ZantowRyan PeldoGavin PerrellJadyn PerryEliza PetersAllison PetersJohn PetersenNora PetersonOlivia PfeifleAndrew PickGabrielle PietilaJolie PondKristen PoppenJordyn PostJack RabernMegan RamboMatthew RattenborgAnna Rauber-RamosCale ReederCoby ReetzJessica ReinhardtMiles RetzerJacob ReynoldsJonathan RickeCongratulations to all on this well-deserved honor!

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