Dr. Jeffrey R Chiarenzelli
St. Lawrence University News
Submitted by jchiaren on Mon, 08/11/2008 - 12:59.
Professor and Chair
Courses I teach regularly:
Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Dynamic Earth
My research interests:
Precambrian Geology, Environmental Science
Sample student projects I have supervised:
Geochemical, Textural, and Isotope Study of the Devonian Marcellus Shale - David Mosher 2010
Magmatic Evolution Beneath Laurentia During Shawinigan Orogenesis: Southern Grenville Province, Adirondacks - Sean Regan 2010
Inorganic Geochemistry and Drinking Water Quality of Groundwater in St. Lawrence County, New York - Michael O'Connor 2009
Examples of presentations, exhibitions, performances and published work:
Chiarenzelli, J., 2008. Adirondack river discharge during the last century. Adirondack Journal of Environmental Studies, v. 14, p. 14-21.
Chiarenzelli, J., Lupulescu, M., Cousens, B., Thern, E., Coffin, L., and Regan, S., 2010. Enriched Grenvillian lithospheric mantle as a consequence of long-lived subduction beneath Laurentia: Geology, v. 38, p. 151-154.
O’Connor, M., Zabik, M., Cady, C., Cousens, B., and Chiarenzelli, J., 2010. Multi-element analysis, links to bedrock, and quality of groundwater in rural northern New York: Water 2010, 2(2), 217-238; doi:10.3390/w2020217
Aspects of my teaching that students find most effective and interesting:
Undergraduate research opportunities
Some ways I connect with students outside the classroom:
My door is always open and I like to talk with my students
Examples of connections between my research and my teaching:
I frequently use the results of my research and student research as a teaching tool
My teaching philosophy:
I believe that teaching is much more than a classroom activity. I invite my students to learn in the field and laboratory, and by taking on their own research projects. I enjoy serving as a mentor on many projects, particularly those that allow undergraduate to have the experience of working in world-class analytical labs.
Ways I offer service to my discipline and/or the University:
Honorary Fellow of the Geological Society of America
Associate editor of the Journal of African Earth Sciences
Institutional Strategy and Assessment Committee
Examples of my work as a visiting scholar or guest at another institution:
Symposia Key Note Speaker, Critical Issues for the Arctic, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Dissertation committee member for various international Universities (University of Pretoria, University of Ottawa, University of Jadavpur)
My current projects:
The Stream Chemistry of Adirondack Waterways
The Geochemistry and Provenance of New York Shales
Geology and Origin of the Adirondack Lowlands
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