Lab Members
Staff
Dr. Patrick Drohan
Laboratory Director
452 Ag. Sciences and Industries Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: +1-814-863-4246
Fax: +1-814-863-7043
E-mail: pjd7@psu.edu
Curriculum vitae
Dr. Ed Ciolkosz
Prof. Emeritus of Soil Genesis & Morphology
Former Director, Penn State Soil Characterization Lab
242 Ag. Sciences and Industries Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: +1-814-865-1530
Fax: +1-814-863-7043
E-mail: f8i@psu.edu
Tim Craul
Soils Specialist, Penn State NRCS Liaison
USDA-NRCS
Map Compilation and Digitizing Center
University Park, PA
Phone: +1-814-865-2306
E-mail: Tim.Craul@pa.usda.gov
Mary Kay Lupton
Project Assistant
453 Ag. Sciences and Industries Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: +1-814-863-4327
Fax: +1-814-863-7043
E-mail: mxk397@psu.edu
Students
Emilie Erich Graduate Student (M.S. in progress) Research Topic: The extent and characterization of subaqueous soils of Black Moshannon: Mercury distribution in the Black Moshannon drainage basin
Alex Lin
Undergraduate Student (B.S. in progress)
Research Topic: Aeolian contributions to soils along a hydrocatena on
the Allegheny Plateau.
Katherine Lindeburg
Graduate Student (M.S. in progress)
Research Topic: Fragipan genesis and the role of aeolian parent material
additions.
Ben Moorehead
Undergraduate Student (B.S. in progress)
Research Topic: Characterization of surface crust mineralogy and
morphology in an acid mine drainage kill zone.
Co-advised with Dr. Mary Ann Bruns.
Austin Young Undergraduate Student (B.S. in progress) Research Topic: Aeolian parent material contributions to a Pre-Wisconsinan and Late Wisconsinan colluvial soil.
Support Crew
Black Moshannon Banana People
