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Congratulations to Dr. Schroeder, who has been awarded the UK-US Critical Minerals Research Partnership Grant   The University of Georgia’s Dr. Paul Schroeder (Professor of Clay Mineralogy in the Department of Geology) has been awarded an ELEMENTAL Catalysing New UK–US Critical Minerals Research Partnership grant to advance research on the Rare Earth Element (REE) potential of kaolin deposits in Cornwall, England. This international…
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Dr. Paul Schroeder has been awarded the UK–US Critical Minerals Research Partnership Grant

  Biotransformation of Pesticides across Biological Systems: Molecular Mechanisms, Omics Insights, and Biotechnological Advances for Environmental Sustainability   This review provides a comprehensive overview of how pesticides are transformed across diverse biological and environmental systems, from microbes and plants to soil and aquatic environments. It highlights the molecular mechanisms and omics-based insights that reveal how…
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ACS Omega
Gayatri Basapuram has a new publication in ACS Omega

The Department of Geology - UGA came together at Geological Society of America Connects 2025 in San Antonio, Texas — reuniting alumni, students, and faculty to celebrate discovery, collaboration, and the evolving landscape of geoscience.  Researchers presented work spanning the full spectrum of Earth systems science from Earth materials and hydrologic processes to critical minerals, environmental stewardship, energy resources and…
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DoG at GSA
UGA Department of Geology at GSA 2025

  The AEG Foundation Lemke Scholarship provides grants to undergraduate and graduate student members of the Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists (AEG) to help cover the costs of attending and presenting at scientific and technical conferences.     Congratulations to my doctoral student, Olajide Oladipo, from the University of Georgia Department of Geology. Olajide has been named the 2025 AEG Foundation Lemke…
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Doctoral candidate Olajide Oladipo has been named the 2025 AEG Foundation Lemke Scholar

  UGA names inaugural Faculty Innovation Fellows  Program will expand innovation and entrepreneurship across campus (Campus News - UGA Today) The University of Georgia has named the inaugural members of the Faculty Innovation Fellows program, a group of faculty leaders chosen to help expand a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship across campus. The program, part of the Innovation District initiative, equips Fellows with training…
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Fac Innovation Fellows
Dr. Adam Milewski - Innovation Springs Eternal

  Environments: "Molecular and Ionic Signatures in Rainwater: Unveiling Sources of Atmospheric Pollution."   Grace Stamm, a geology minor and the first author of this paper, led the study on molecular and ionic signatures in rainwater, unveiling sources of atmospheric pollution. Grace, her student assistantship, and another undergraduate, Arka Bhattacharjee (co-author), were supported through the NSF award (EAR: 2502654), Impact of…
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Dutta
Geomicrobiology and GeoHealth Labs have a new publication in Enviroments

  Letters In Applied Microbiology: "Integrative genomics and metabolic profiling of Rossellomorea sp. DL-A to understand the possible malathion degradation pathway."   Kiana Pillay, one of our undergraduate researchers from the Geomicrobiology Lab, has published her second paper in Letters in Applied Microbiology. Her new article, “Integrative genomics and metabolic profiling of Rossellomorea sp. DL-A to understand the…
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App micro
Dutta Geomicrobiology Lab has a new publication in Letters In Applied Microbiology

Clay Minerals: "Climatic and tectonic influences as recorded in the mineralogy of a Miocene clay deposit at Şile, Türkiye"   Authors:  Dr. Orhan Yavuz 1 , Dr. Paul A. Schroeder 2, Huseyin Demir3, and Dr. Ö. Isik Ece 1,2 1-Istanbul Technical University, Geological Engineering, Faculty of Mines, Maslak, İstanbul, Türkiye 2-Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA. 3-General Directorate of State…
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Dr. Schroeder co-authors new publication in Clay Minerals

  UGA Faculty Innovation Fellows The University of Georgia Innovation Fellows Program, a university-wide initiative to provide the UGA community with improved, peer-delivered access to information, training, and assistance related to innovation and entrepreneurship, announced its first cohort of Faculty Innovation Fellows. The program recruited faculty members from select colleges to serve as peer liaisons and ambassadors between…
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Dr. Milewski named as UGA Faculty Innovation Fellows

An International Project Examining Turkey's Rocks for Future Planetary Missions   Dr. Nurgül Balcı Istanbul Technical University - Faculty of Mines Department of Geological Engineering UGA Department of Geology Adjunct Faculty   As part of this international project, launched by Prof. Dr. Nurgül Balcı, founder and director of the ITU Geomicrobiology-Biogeochemistry Laboratory (ITU-GBL), in partnership with the Department of Space and…
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Dr. Nurgul Balci launches An International Project Examining Turkey's Rocks for Future Planetary Missions

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