Utilizing basic research and community and health-relevant research as our focus, LIT GEO has submitted 17 abstracts to date.
Additionally, A technical session in Geosciences and Community was proposed by PIs and approved for the SEGSA Meeting in Virginia in March 2025: https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2025SE/meetingapp.cgi/Session/58192 . This section had the highest number of submissions to any section.
Photogrammetric mapping of Hickory Grove Missionary Church Cemetery in Chapel Hill, NC
ALLISON, B., MULROONEY, T., and JOHNSON, C., 2025. Today’s Science, Yesterday’s Past: Photogrammetric mapping of Hickory Grove Missionary Church Cemetery in Chapel Hill, NC. NC DOT Research and Innovation Symposium, February 11-12, 2025, Raleigh, NC.
Community assessment and development of a mitigation plan for flooding event after heavy rain events in Barahona, Morovis, Puerto Rico
ÁLVAREZ RODRÍGUEZ, J., and ACOSTA-COLÓN, A., 2025. Community assessment and development of a mitigation plan for flooding event after heavy rain events in Barahona, Morovis, Puerto Rico. Geological Society of America SE Section Meeting Abstracts with Programs. March 2025. doi:10.1130/abs/2025SE-408016.
Community assessment and development of a mitigation plan for flooding event after heavy rain events in Barahona, Recentering geoscience: a community-focused approach to coastal flooding research.Morovis, Puerto Rico
EL'SHAER, H., MANDA, A., MOYSEY, S., and CLARKE, C.D., 2025. Recentering geoscience: a community-focused approach to coastal flooding research. Geological Society of America SE Section Meeting Abstracts with Programs Vol. 57, No. 2, March 2025. doi: 10.1130/abs/2025SE-408903. Also submitted to East Carolina University Research and Creative Activity Week, March 2025, and featured on the cover of Costalwatch in Spring of 2025.
Elucidating biofilms in Puerto Rico’s karstic caves – a collaborative community-geoscience approach to education and preservation of rupestrian rock art.
FOSTER, K., HEIMANN RIOS, A., ACOSTA-COLON, A., SANTOS VALDERRAMA, J., LEORRI, E. and ANDERSON, E., 2025. Elucidating biofilms in Puerto Rico’s karstic caves – a collaborative community-geoscience approach to education and preservation of rupestrian rock art. Geological Society of America SE Section Meeting Abstracts with Programs Vol. 57, No. 2, March 2025. doi:10.1130/abs/2025SE-408942. Also submitted to East Carolina University Research and Creative Activity Week, March 2025, and won Multidisciplinary Innovation at this R1 institution.
Leading Inclusive Transformation in Geoscience (LitGeo) Initiative at North Carolina Central University.
*MILLÁN, J., ALLISON, B., CHOU, T., PAYTON, K., MALHOTRA, R., MCGINN, C., MULROONEY M. and G. VLAHOVIC, 2025. Leading Inclusive Transformation in Geoscience (LitGeo) Initiative at North Carolina Central University. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, March 24-28, 2025, Detroit, MI.
Assessment of Prymnesyophyta (Haptophyta) Abundance by CARD-FISH in the Sargasso Sea.
*MILLÁN, J.G., PARSONS, R., VARGAS-MUÑIZ, J., BLANCO-BERCIAL, L. and WINTER, A., 2025. Assessment of Prymnesyophyta (Haptophyta) Abundance by CARD-FISH in the Sargasso Sea. 2025 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Charlotte, NC, USA. [Abstract].
Identifying science tools to investigate community concerns about the placement of gas stations near residential areas.
PÉREZ Jr., J., and MOYSEY, S., 2025. Identifying science tools to investigate community concerns about the placement of gas stations near residential areas. Geological Society of America SE Section Meeting Abstracts with Programs Vol. 57, No. 2, March 2025. doi: 10.1130/abs/2025SE-408946. Also submitted to East Carolina University Research and Creative Activity Week, March 2025.
Water quality assessment of the "Caño Tiburones" estuary in the vicinity of the Arecibo waste land fill.
RIVERA, J., 2025. Water quality assessment of the "Caño Tiburones" estuary in the vicinity of the Arecibo waste land fill. Geological Society of America SE Section Meeting Abstracts with Programs Vol. 57, No. 2, March 2025. doi:10.1130/abs/2025SE-408866.
Evaluation of environmental conditions and pathogen occurrence of Histoplasma Capsulatum in "Las Cabachuelas" Natural Reserve, Morovis, Puerto Rico.
RIVERA TORRES, J. and ROSADO-RODRÍGUEZ, G., 2025. Evaluation of environmental conditions and pathogen occurrence of Histoplasma Capsulatum in "Las Cabachuelas" Natural Reserve, Morovis, Puerto Rico. Geological Society of America SE Section Meeting Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 57, No. 2, March 2025. doi:10.1130/abs/2025SE-408008.
Evaluation of environmental conditions and pathogen occurrence of Histoplasma Capsulatum in "Las Cabachuelas" Natural Reserve, Morovis, Puerto Rico.
ROCCISANO, G., HEIMANN RÍOS, A. MOYSEY, S., HENDERSON, M. and LEORRI, E., 2025. Exploring the effectiveness of different geoscience education settings in promoting interest, confidence, and diversity in geoscience. Geological Society of America SE Section Meeting Abstracts with Programs Vol. 57, No. 2, March 2025. doi:10.1130/abs/2025SE-408926. Also submitted to East Carolina University Research and Creative Activity Week, March 2025.