Science Café presents Dr. Natalie Kruse Daniels discusses “The Long Road to Recovery from Coal Mining” on Wednesday, Oct. 17, at 5 p.m. in the Front Room at Baker University Center.
Daniels is Associate Professor in the Voinovich School at Ohio University.
Dr. Natalie Kruse Daniels
What’s hidden in the lush, green hills of Appalachia?
Behind the beauty is a legacy of coal mining: abandoned surface mines that resemble moonscapes, dangerous highwalls of unexcavated overburden and coal, subsidences caused by shallow underground mines, and extensive acid mine drainage. Across Appalachian Ohio, hundreds of miles of stream have been impacted by acid mine drainage.
Since 2000, nearly $20 million of treatment and reclamation has led to recovery of these areas and their fish and aquatic insect populations.
Kruse and students and staff tackle difficult questions surrounding treatment of acid mine-impaired streams.
At her Science Café presentation, “The Long Road to Recovery from Coal Mining,” Kruse will discuss the successes and failures of acid mine drainage treatment in Ohio over the past two decades and what has been learned along the way.
Science Café events are held on Wednesdays at 5 p.m. in the Front Room at Baker University Center. They are free and open to students, faculty and staff. Science Café is a venue for students to share their interests informally during a conversation exchange in a friendly setting.
The Science Café is hosted by Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology and Vice President of the Ohio University Chapter of Sigma Xi, and Roxanne Malé-Brune, Director of Grant Development and Projects in the Office of the Vice President for Research and Creativity.
Science Café and Café Conversations are sponsored by the Office of Vice President for Research and Creativity and the Ohio University Chapter of Sigma Xi.
Fall 2018 Science Café & Café Conversations
Sept. 19—Dr. Scott Moody, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences, “Why we need the EPA and ESA for our health?” Watch on A&S TV.
Sept. 26, Conversation—Dr. Laeeq Khan, Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Studies
Oct. 3—Dr. Ronan Carroll, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Watch on A&S TV
Oct. 17—Dr. Natalie Daniels, Associate Professor in the Voinovich School Watch on A&S TV
Oct. 24, Conversation—Dr. Julie Paxton, Professor of Economics
Nov. 14—Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology
Dec. 5—Dr. Julie Suhr, Professor of Psychology
Spring Semester 2019
Jan. 23—Dr. Doug Clowe, Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy
Jan. 30, Conversation—Julie Owens, Professor of Psychology
Feb. 6—Dr. Lawrence Witmer, Professor of Biomedical Sciences in the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Feb. 20—Dr. John Kopchick, Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Sciences in the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine & Goll-Ohio Eminent Scholar
March 6—Dr. Ryan Chornock, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Spring Break (March 11-16)
March 27—Dr. Jacqueline Wolf, Professor of Social Medicine
April 10—Dr. Deborah McAvoy, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
April 11 Research and Creativity Expo
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