Sigma Xi Annual Fall Mixer Highlights Outstanding Graduate Research

Four University of Cincinnati graduate students, two from the College of Arts and Sciences, will receive coveted Grants-in-Aid of Research support from the honor society for research, Sigma Xi, this fall. 

They’ll celebrate their awards during a free, public reception on Tuesday, Oct. 18. 

This fall’s grantees are:

• Jeff T. Osterhout (geology)

• Yeon Jee Suh (geology)

• Mei-Ling Bermudez (environmental health)

• Anoop Sathyan (aerospace engineering)

Each will talk about their research after a half hour of mixing and mingling with their peers, their professors and the public.

“The fall mixer is a really great opportunity for students and faculty in the research community to come together and celebrate as well as learn about cutting-edge work happening right here on campus,” said College of Arts and Sciences Associate Dean Margaret Hanson, a professor of physics.

Yeon Jee Suh’s research focuses on climate changes from 12,000 years ago until today and how they impacted the movement of water in relation to land. Her talk is titled: “Hydrologic Conditions in Western North America During the Last Interglacial, when Earth’s Climate Was Warmer Than the Present.” 

Jeff T. Osterhout’s research focuses on tracing ancient microscopic life preserved in quartz and carbonite minerals and how this unaltered matter contradicts the theoretical expectations. His talk is titled: “Preservation of thermally altered organic matter in 1.4-billion-year-old evaporitc microbialites.

Hanson invites the broader University of Cincinnati community to join the graduate researchers for a social starting at 4:30 p.m., Oct. 18, in 850 Lindner Center (The Faculty Club), with snacks, free wine, beer and soft drinks. Presentations will begin at 5 p.m.