[ESSP] our next Hydro candidate arrives!

[Steve Roof]

Natural Science Friends and Fans,
  Our next candidate for a faculty position in hydrogeology, Martin
Hlemke, will be here tomorrow - all day Wednesday and Thursday morning.
Martin currently teaching at Dickinson College and works in the area of
groundwater investigations, including contamint cleanup at Superfund sites
and other groundwater remediation projects.

  Martin will be giving a public presentation at noon in CSC Rm 333 titled
"Cleanup of PCE in fractured soil: biogeochemistry in action".  PCE is
perchloroethylene, a synthetic chemical solvent commonly used for
dry-cleaning clothes and for degreasing metal parts.  PCE is also a
potential human carcinogen and can cause other nasty health effects.
Unfortunately, PCE commonly shows up in groundwater due leaks and spills
of PCE solvent.  A few years ago, Easthampton had to close half of their
town water supply wells due to high levels of PCE in the water.


  Martin will be available throughout Wednesday to meet with faculty and
students - please sign up with Laurie in the NS School office.  For
students, there will be two open meetings: from 4-5pm in the Lizard Lounge
(3rd floor CSC) and from 8-9pm in the Lebron-Wiggins-Pran Cultural Center.
Yummy munchies always provided of course!

  BTW, our 3rd and final candidate, Laura Lautz, will be here Monday and
Tuesday next week.

  The search committee welcomes comments on any/all of the hydro
candidates.  Please send them to me, Steve Roof (sroof at hampshire.edu), or
to students Wendy Kelly (wsk03 at hampshire) or Kim McGuire
(kim02 at hampshire.edu).

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Steve Roof     Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Science
School of Natural Science
Hampshire College               sroof at Hampshire.edu
Amherst, MA 01002               (413) 559-5667; FAX (413) 559-5448