People
Principal Investigator
Margaret Anne G. Hinkle, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Geology
Affiliate Faculty Member in Environmental Studies
Address:
Geology Department
W&L University
204 W Washington Street
Lexington, VA 24450
email: hinklem at wlu dot edu
phone: +1-540-458-8271
the twitter: twitter.com/mag_hinkle
Ph.D. in Earth & Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, 2015, Advisor: Jeffrey G. Catalano
B.S. in Chemistry, Sewanee, 2009, Advisor: Robert E. Bachman
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Current Members
Haley Culbertson
C’22 Geology Major
Annie Croy
C’22, Geology and Theater Major
Sarah Teagle
C’23, Chemistry Major
Thesis Title: Investigating Manganese Sorption and Redox Behaviors in Soils Associated with Contaminated Springs Throughout the Shenandoah Valley
Thesis Title: Analyzing the relationships between aqueous manganese and environmental and geochemical factors in groundwater in the Shenandoah Valley, VA
Summer Research Scholar, researching bioremediation of manganese by fungi [Linked In].
Giang Nguyen
C’24 Undeclared Major (maybe ENVS?!)
Summer Research Scholar, researching bioremediation of manganese by fungi.
Environmental Geochem Lab Alumni
Organized by Class Year, Major, and then Alphabetically by Last Name
Briyana (Bri) Mondesir
C’22 Environmental Studies & Spanish Major
Phillip Hall
C’21, B.A. Geology and Environmental Studies
Advanced Research Cohort Scholar 2018, Co-Founder and Deputy Director of Students for Educational Justice. Linked In.
Javier Peralta
C’21, B.S. Geology
W&L Environmental Studies Summer Researcher, 2020, now with the Holston River Soil & Water Conservation District. Linked In.
Grace Roquemore
C’21, B.S. Geology
KT Hensler
C’21, B.A. Environmental Studies
Summer Research Scholar 2018, now a graduate student at Stanford in Earth, Energy, & Environmental Sciences. Linked In.
Research Presentations: Peralta J., Santelli C.M., Hinkle M.A.G. (2021) “Is there really a “Good” buffer?: Identifying nonreactive pH buffers for fungal manganese oxide research.” Poster presentation by Peralta at the 261st American Chemical Society National Meeting, April 2021.
Samantha Armstrong
C’21, B.S. Cognitive and Behavioral Science
R. Preston Hawkins IV Award, Summer and Independent Research 2020-2021, now resident artist at Boxerwood. Linked In.
Recent Presentation: Roquemore, G., Hinkle M.A.G. (2021) “Identifying Predictive Trends of Manganese Contamination of Groundwater in the Shenandoah Valley, VA.” Poster presentation by Hinkle at the 261st American Chemical Society National Meeting, April 2021.
Chris Messerich
C’20 B.S. Geology
Summer Research Scholar 2020, now a Fulbright Scholar in Valencia, Spain. Linked In.
Sam Womack
C’20 B.A. Geology and Theater
Liz Todd
C’19, B.S. Geology and Environmental Studies
Summer Research Scholar 2020, now head assistant for Frostburg State University's upward-bound Regional Math/Science Center. Linked In.
Kurt Waibel
C’19, B.S. Geology
Independent Study 2020 on Lithium from Oil Field Brines, now with Advanced Resources International. Linked In.
Sarah Cate Harrison
C’19, B.A. Environmental Studies
Chesapeake Bay Research Intern 2018, now a horse wrangler at Bar A Ranch. Linked In.
ENVS Honors Thesis 2018-2019. Thesis Title: Modelling water conservation prioritization in the Henry's Fork Watershed.
Now at ESRI. Linked In.
R. Preston Hawkins IV Award, Independent Study 2018-2019 now hydrogeologist with GHD. Linked In.
Summer Research Scholar 2018, now a law student at University of Florida. Linked In.
Research Presentations: Harrison S.C., Hinkle M.A.G. (2020) “Identifying the impacts of liner rock on manganese bioremediation by fungi.” Poster presentation by Harrison at the 259th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, March 2020. (Conference cancelled due to pandemic).