15^th Continuous Flow-IRMS Workshop Sunday June 28^th through Wednesday July 1^st 2009 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
Home Program Key Note Speaker Registration Participants Travel/Accommodations Sponsors Student Award Abstract Submissions Contact Cornell Homepage About Ithaca		Student Prize Moire Anne Wadleigh Student Prize in Stable Isotope Science The Moire Anne Wadleigh Student Prize in Stable Isotope Science is awarded to the student presenting the best paper or poster at the Canadian Continuous Flow-Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (CF-IRMS) Workshop, as determined by an independent panel of judges convened by the conference organizers. The student will receive a $250.00 cash award as well as a commemorative certificate. In addition, their name will be added to a permanent plaque housed in the Laboratory for Stable Isotope Science at the University of Western Ontario. This prize is given in memory of Professor Moire Anne Wadleigh, a prominent member of the Canadian stable isotope community, and co-organizer of the 2002 Canadian CF-IRMS Workshop at Memorial University. Dr. Wadleigh contributed an enormous amount to our science in her all too short lifetime. Her M.Sc. thesis research on strontium isotopes in rivers, conducted at the University of Ottawa, remains the first and critical reference on this topic. Her PhD research at McMaster on the isotopic behavior of sulfate in rain, and the environment more generally, was years ahead of its time in helping us to track and understand the movement of these compounds in the atmosphere. Dr. Wadleigh’s post-doctoral research on the oxygen isotope composition of ancient oceans, and its implications for Earth’s evolution, remains central to one of geochemistry’s most important controversies. Likewise, her work as a Research Associate at The University of Western Ontario on fluid-flow in the continental crust provided new ways of understanding these systems. But her most enduring scientific contributions are, and will be, her pioneering research conducted at Memorial University from 1991 to 2004, in collaboration with her staff and students. Professor Wadleigh had a fascination with the behavior of sulfate and nitrate in the atmosphere. She studied these compounds in rain, in aerosols, on lichens, wherever they might be had, to understand their origin and their impact on Planet Earth. At the time of her death, she was actively engaged in the Canadian and International SOLAS projects to determine the connection between ocean uptake of greenhouse gases and natural emissions of sulfur-bearing compounds. During all of this work, Dr. Wadleigh worked very closely with her graduate students. She gave them her time and advice without limit, and she gave them room to evolve their own ideas as young scholars. It is therefore fitting that we honor her memory in this way. Previous Winners of The Moire Anne Wadleigh Student Prize in Stable Isotope Science 2005 – Sam Russell The University of Western Ontario for “Airlock laser fluorination triple oxygen isotope analysis of clays and meteorites” 2006 – Michelle Chartrand The University of Toronto for “Stable carbon isotope analysis of - hexachlorocyclohexane: potential for source fingerprinting” 2007 – Tim Jardine The University of New Brunswick for “Organic deuterium analysis: Anchors, exchangeability and equilibration” 2008 – Sam Russell The University of Western Ontario for “Online ^15N, ^18O, and ^17O measurements of dissolved nitrate by chemical reduction and catalytic decomposition” 2009 – Ying Zhang Cornell University for “Uniform Isotopic Standards for Gas Chromatography Combustion Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry of Steroids” Prize Sponsored by:
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