Stephen Osborn - Best TA 2010 in UA College of Science

Members of the department have done a great job this year in garnering awards for their excellent work. One recent awardee was Stephen Osborn a PhD student who has been a TA for introduction to Hydrology. Stephen was honored as the best TA in the College of Science in 2009. The award was in part for his excellent efforts at TA'ing introduction to hydrology.

Stephen's research interest broadly consist of utilizing elemental and isotopic analyses of multiple substrates (gas, rock, and formation water) to address fundamental questions of fluid and solute migration, biogeochemistry of solutes and radionuclides, microbial processes, and diagenetically induced water-rock reactions in subsurface environments. This research could have important implications for understanding the chemical evolution of deep seated formation waters as ore forming fluids, controls on microbial processes (e.g., methanogenesis and sulfate reduction), and large scale fluid migration during orogenesis. With his TA ward and a post-doc lined up at Duke University on carbon sequestration Stephen appears to have a bright future ahead.


Stephen already has his super-hero persona selected -

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