Photos from past field events Photo Collagae of Field & Lab participants _________________________________________________________________ Priya Ganguli, Assistant Professor (CV) _________________________________________________________________ Present Erin Schmitt, MS Geological Sciences, California State University, Northridge Project: Linking Submarine Groundwater Discharge to Mercury Biogeochemical Cycling at the Coastal Margin
2020 Schmitt, E.E.; Hauswirth, S.C.; Hoover, C.; Cottingham, J.W.; Cabrera, L.; Bram, D.L.; Fuhrmann, B.C.; M. W. Beutel, M.W.; Ganguli, P.M. Mercury Toxicity and Transport in a Wildfire affected Watershed and Lagoon System. GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting, Pasadena, CA. CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19
2020 E. E. Schmitt, E.E.; Hauswirth, S.C.; Bram, D.L.; and Ganguli, P.M. Mercury Speciation and Cycling in an Ephemeral Coastal Lagoon System. PS-AAPG, Oxnard, CA. CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19
Awards & Honors: $5000 Graduate Fellowship for Outstanding Research Promise in Science and Mathematics; $3000 Departmental Hanna Summer Research Scholarship; $2000 CSUN Association of Retired Faculty Research Award; $1500 Geological Society of Amercia Graduate Student Research Grant; $1100 Thesis Support Scholarship; $180 Prete Conference Travel Awards
_________________________________________________________________ Present Rachel Hohn, MS Geological Sciences, California State University, Northridge
Project: Assessing Remediation Efforts at the former New Idria Mercury Mine, California
2019 Hohn, R.A.; De Jesus Bartolo, C.; Hauswirth, S.C.; Fuhrmann, B.C.; Newton, K.R.; Bram, D.L.; Beutel, M.W.; Hughes, T.J.; Bray, E.N.; Ganguli, P.M. Water Quality Downstream from the Former New Idria Mercury Mine. SoCal SETAC Meeting, La Jolla, CA.
2019 Hohn, R.; Ganguli, P.; Hauswirth, S; Newton, K.; Bram, D. 2019. Assessing Remediation Efforts atthe former New Idria Mercury Mine, CA. Pacific Section AAPG Convention, Long Beach, CA.
_________________________________________________________________ Present Gregory Jesmok, MS Geological Sciences, California State University, Northridge
Project: Mercury Cycling in Alpine Lakes witin the Sierra Nevada Mountains
2019 Jesmok, G.S.; Hauswirth, S.C.; Bram, D.L.; Ganguli, P.M. Sleuthing for Sources of Mercury in Yosemite National Park. SoCal SETAC Meeting, La Jolla, CA.
Awards: $500 Thesis Support Scholarship
_________________________________________________________________ Present Cindy De Jesus Bartolo, BS Geological Sciences, California State University, Northridge
Project: Research Assistant on the New Idria Mercury Mine study
2019 Hohn, R.A.; De Jesus Bartolo, C.*; Hauswirth, S.C.; Fuhrmann, B.C.; Newton, K.R.; Bram, D.L.; Beutel, M.W.; Hughes, T.J.; Bray, E.N.; Ganguli, P.M. Water Quality Downstream from the Former New Idria Mercury Mine. SoCal SETAC Meeting, La Jolla, CA.
*Presenter
Awards: Department “On Fire” award; Department field camp fellowship; Peter Weigand Memorial Scholarship in Geochemistry; AAPG Student Expo Scholarship
_________________________________________________________________ Present Joshua Cottingham, BS Geological Sciences, California State University, Northridge
Project: Contaminant Distributions of Mercury and PAHs in the City of Los Angeles
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Former Student Researchers
Project: Quantifying Monomethylmercury Concentrations in Lagoon Water and Seawater from San Elijo Lagoon, San Deigo County
2017 Ganguli, P.M.; Zarate, S.G.; Kaur, P.; Serrano, A.; Lamborg, C.H.; Luengen, A.C.; Gibson, D; Nussbaum, B.; Chortek, E.R.; Heim, W.A.; Newman, A.; Mackey, K.R.M. (poster): Evaluating the influence of cell size and salinity gradients on mercury uptake by phytoplankton in coastal lagoon ecosystems. International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Providence, RI, USA. 2017 Zarate, S.G.; Ganguli, P.M.; Serrano,A.; Kaur, P.; Lamborg, C.H.; Luengen, A.C.; Gibson, D; Nussbaum, B.; Chortek, E.R.; Heim, W.A.; Newman, A.; Mackey, K.R.M. (poster): Seasonal drivers of mercury uptake by phytoplankton in a Southern California coastal lagoon system. International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Providence, RI, USA..
_________________________________________________________________ Project: Assessing drivers of mercury bioaccumulation in naturally occurring phytoplankton communities
Awards: 2017 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship; UC Irvine Honorary Summer Research for Undergraduates Program (SURP); $500 UC Irvine Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) fellowship; $2000 California Alliance for Minority Participation (CAMP) Summer Science Scholar
2017 Serrano, A.; Ganguli, P.M.; Lamborg, C.H.; Gibson, D.; Nussbaum, B.; Mackey, R.M. (poster) Evaluating the effects of phytoplankton size and community structure on mercury bioaccumulation in a Southern California coastal lagoon system. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, USA.
2016 Serrano, A.; Ganguli, P.M.; Mackey, K.R.R. (virtual poster) The influence of phytoplankton size and community structure on mercury bioaccumulation: Results from an in situ field incubation experiment. AGU Virtual Poster Showcase.
2016 Serrano, A.; Ganguli, P.M.; Mackey, K.R.R. (poster) Assessing drivers of mercury uptake in naturally occurring phytoplankton communities: San Elijo Lagoon, Southern California. Society of the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) National Conference, Long Beach, CA, USA.
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2016 Priya Kaur, BS Earth System Science Dept, UC Irvine Project: Evaluating the influence of size variability and salinity gradients on mercury uptake in cultured phytoplankton
Awards: SACNAS 2016 Student Presentation Award; $1500 UC Irvine Summer Research for Undergraduates Program (SURP); $500 UC Irvine Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) fellowship; $500 stipend for being a mentor in the UC Irvine CalTeach Summer Program
2017 Kaur, P.; Ganguli, P.M.; Lamborg, C.H.; Mackey, R.M. (poster) A framework for interpreting phytoplankton-mercury interactions at the land-sea margin: The effect of cell size and salinity gradients. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, USA.
2016 Kaur, P.; Ganguli, P.M.; Mackey, K.R.R. (virtual poster) Utilizing Thalassiosira diatom cultures to provide a framework for understanding phytoplankton-mercury interactions. AGU Virtual Poster Showcase.
2016 Kaur, P.; Ganguli, P.M.; Mackey, K.R.R. (poster) Evaluating the influence of size variability and salinity gradients on mercury uptake in cultured phytoplankton. Society of the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) National Conference, Long Beach, CA, USA.
  
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2016 Sydney Zarate, BS Earth System Science Dept, UC Irvine Project: Seasonal variability in mercury cycling in a Southern California coastal lagoon system
Awards: $1000 UC Irvine CalSpace Undergraduate Research Award
Submitted Zarate, S.G.; Ganguli, P.M.; Serrano,A.; Kaur, P.; Lamborg, C.H.; Luengen, A.C.; Gibson, D; Nussbaum, B. (poster): Seasonal drivers of mercury uptake by phytoplankton in a Southern California coastal lagoon system. International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Providence, RI, USA.
2016 Zarate, S.G.; Ganguli, P.M.; Mackey, K.R.R. (virtual poster) Seasonal variability in mercury-phytoplankton interactions: San Elijo Lagoon, San Diego County, CA. AGU Virtual Poster Showcase.
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2014 Caroline W. Collins (co-advised), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Summer Intern Project: Mercury speciation, retention, and genomics in fertilized salt marsh sediments
2014 Collins, C.W.; Lamborg, C.H.; Whalen, K.; Mincer, T.; Buchanan, W.; Huber, J.A.; Swarr, G.; Ganguli, P.M.; and Bernhard, A. (poster) Mercury speciation, retention and genomics in fertilized salt marsh sediments. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.
_________________________________________________________________ 2013 Rachel Hohn, BS Earth and Planetary Sciences Dept, UC Santa Cruz
Project: Linking mercury concentrations in sediment to lagoon surface water and shallow groundwater at a Central California coastal lagoon system;
Awards: $1150 Myers Trust research fellowship; $500 Weber-Holtz field camp scholarship
2014 Ganguli, P.M.; Swarzenski, P.W.; Dimova, N.T.; Merckling, M.; Kehrlein, N.C.; Hohn, R.A., Richardson, C.M.; Johnson, C.D.; Conaway, C.H.; Fisher, A.T.; Lamborg, C.H.; and Flegal, A.R. (invited talk) The dynamics of mercury speciation and transport at a Central California coastal lagoon. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.
2013 Hohn, R.; Ganguli, P.M.; Swarzenski, P.W.; Odigie, K.O.; Richardson, C.M.; Merckling, J., Johnson, C.; and Flegal, A.R. (poster) Mercury concentrations in coastal sediment from Younger Lagoon, Central California. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  _________________________________________________________________ Project: Mercury speciation in nearshore seawater at Año Nuevo: An assessment of mercury inputs from elephant seal colonization
Awards: $500 Myers Trust research fellowship; $500 Stevenson College Student Research Project Funds; $650 Friends of Long Marine Lab research fellowship
2015 Cossaboon, J.M.; Ganguli, P.M.; Flegal, A.R. Mercury offloaded in Northern elephant seal hair impacts coastal seawater surrounding rookery. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 12: 12058-12062. 2015 Cossaboon, J.M.; Ganguli, P.M.; Flegal, A.R. (oral) Impacts of a North Pacific Predator on Nearshore Seawater Mercury Cycling via Top-Down Contamination. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.2013 Cossaboon, J.M.; Ganguli, P.M.; Flegal, A.R. (poster) Mercury speciation in nearshore seawater at Año Nuevo State Reserve: An assessment of elevated mercury concentrations due to Northern Elephant Seal site colonization. International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Edinburgh, Scotland. 2013 Cossaboon, J.M.; Ganguli, P.M.; Flegal, A.R. (poster) Impacts of Northern elephant seal colonization on mercury concentrations in coastal seawater at Año Nuevo, CA. Annual International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine, Sausalito, CA, USA.
_________________________________________________________________ 2013 Ivy L. Lurz, UC Santa Cruz ACCESS Program (opportunities for underrepresented students in STEM) Project: Assessing geochemical controls on mercury transformations and transport at a coastal lagoon site
ACCESS 2013 Symposium (platform and poster)
2013 Lurz, I.L.; Ganguli, P.M.; Swarzenski, P.W.; Richardson, C.M.; Merckling, J.; Johnson, C.D.; Hibdon, S.; and Flegal, A.R. (poster) Assessing geochemical controls on mercury transformations and transport at a coastal lagoon site. SACNAS National Conference, San Antonio, TX, USA.
_________________________________________________________________ Project: Bioavailable mercury in nearshore environments: The importance of surface water and groundwater at a coastal lagoon system
Awards: $700 Friends of Long Marine Lab research fellowship; $500 Myers Trust research fellowship.
2014 Ganguli, P.M.; Swarzenski, P.W.; Dimova, N.T.; Merckling, M.; Kehrlein, N.C.; Hohn, R.A.; Richardson, C.M.; Johnson, C.D.; Conaway, C.H.; Fisher, A.T.; Lamborg, C.H.; and Flegal, A.R. (invited talk) The dynamics of mercury speciation and transport at a Central California coastal lagoon. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.
2013 Hohn, R.; Ganguli, P.M.; Swarzenski, P.W.; Odigie, K.O.; Richardson, C.M.; Merckling, J., Johnson, C.; and Flegal, A.R. (poster) Mercury concentrations in coastal sediment from Younger Lagoon, Central California. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.
2013 Lurz, I.L.; Ganguli, P.M.; Swarzenski, P.W.; Richardson, C.M.; Merckling, J.; Johnson, C.D.; Hibdon, S.; and Flegal, A.R. (poster) Assessing geochemical controls on mercury transformations and transport at a coastal lagoon site. SACNAS National Conference, San Antonio, TX, USA.
2013 Johnson, C.; Swarzenski, P.W.; Smith, C.; Kroeger, K.; Ganguli, P.M.; Merckling, J. (poster) Ground-truthing electrical resistivity methods in support of submarine groundwater discharge studies: Examples from Hawaii, Washington, and California. Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, Denver, CO, USA.
_________________________________________________________________ Thesis (with honors): Analyses of trace metal diagenetics in estuarine systems: Lead and cadmium in Younger Lagoon, CA
Awards: $1000 Myers Trust research fellowship
_________________________________________________________________ Project: Linking barrier beach lagoon geochemistry to mercury bioavailability: California Central Coast
Awards: $700 Friends of Long Marine Lab research fellowship
2014 Ganguli, P.M.; Swarzenski, P.W.; Dimova, N.T.; Merckling, M.; Kehrlein, N.C.; Hohn, R.A.; Richardson, C.M.; Johnson, C.D.; Conaway, C.H.; Fisher, A.T.; Lamborg, C.H.; and Flegal, A.R. (invited talk) The dynamics of mercury speciation and transport at a Central California coastal lagoon. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.
2011 Ganguli, P.M.; Conaway, C.H.; Dimova, N.T.; Swarzenski, P.W.; Kehrlein, N.C.; Flegal, A.R. (poster) Seasonal variability in mercury speciation within select coastal lagoons of Central California. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.
2011 Ganguli, P.M.; Dimova, N.T.; Conaway, C.H.; Swarzenski, P.W.; Kehrlein, N.C.; Flegal, A.R. (talk) Mercury speciation and transport via submarine groundwater discharge at a coastal lagoon in Central California. Groundwater Conference and California Groundwater Resource Association Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA, USA. 2011 Ganguli, P.M.; Conaway, C.H.; Swarzenski, P.W.; Izbicki, J.A.; Kehrlein, N.C.; Flegal, A.R. (poster) Mercury speciation in Coastal California barrier beach lagoons. International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
_________________________________________________________________ 2010 Scott Katz (co-advised), BS Chemistry and Biochemistry Dept, UC Santa Cruz Thesis (with honors): The distribution of dissolved Mn, Co and Ni in Elkhorn Slough, CA
Awards: $700 Friends of Long Marine Lab research fellowship
_________________________________________________________________ 2008 *Lydia Jennings, UC Santa Cruz ACCESS Program (opportunities for underrepresented students in STEM) Project: Submarine Groundwater Discharge of Mercury in Central California Waters
ACCESS 2008 Symposium (platform and poster)
2008 Jennings, L.L.; Ganguli, P.M.; Black, F.J.; Paytan, A.; Flegal, A.R. (poster) Submarine Groundwater Discharge of Mercury in Central California Waters. SACNAS National Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
_________________________________________________________________ 1999 Martha A. Thomas (co-advised). BS Biological Sciences Dept, UC Santa CruzThesis (with honors): Microbial Production and Degradation of Methylmercury in Sediments of a Contaminated Mercury Mine: New Idria, California
Awards: Biology Department undergraduate research grant
2002 Thomas, M.A.; Conaway, C.H.; Steding, D.J; Marvin-DiPasquale, M.; Abu-Saba, K.E.; and Flegal, A.R. Mercury contamination from historic mining in water and sediment, Guadalupe River and San Francisco Bay, California. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis. 2(3): p. 211-217.
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