Congratulations Chelsea Vario and Justin Richardson

Chelsea Vario and Justin Richardson have graduated with PhD’s from the interdisciplinary graduate environmental science program called Earth, Ecosystem and Ecological Sciences (EEES).  Chelsea earned her PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology for her dissertation entitled, “Soil biogeochemistry in temperate and Arctic Ecosystems: Human disturbances to a critical carbon pool."  Justin earned his PhD in Earth Sciences for his dissertation entitled, "Anthropogenic Changes to Mercury and Lead Biogeochemistry in Forest Soils across the Northeastern United States."  Chelsea and Justin were advised by Professor Andy Friedland (Professor of Environmental Studies; Adjunct Professor of Biological Sciences and Earth Sciences).