Environmental Sciences

Kaleigh Block, ’20, Performs Research at the Bottom of the Ocean

July 7, 2025

An unexpected opportunity to participate in limnological research shifted Kaleigh Block’s career focus from medicine to environmental science and indirectly led to the chance to conduct research at the bottom of the ocean.

Chemistry Students Honored at Annual Awards Banquet

April 28, 2025

On Monday, April 28, the Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry, and Physics celebrated the outstanding achievements of its students at its Annual Awards Banquet, co-hosted by the American Chemical Society and Gamma Sigma Epsilon student chapters.

Noah Kaczmarek, ’22, on an archaeological excavation in Iceland.

Hobby Leads to Career for Noah Kaczmarek, ’22

November 4, 2024

Noah Kaczmarek, ’22, began metal detecting with his father as a teenager, motivated by his love of history and the outdoors. The two would travel to sites across New York state, where they found items including an engraved thimble made of 14k gold dating to the Victorian era, a solid gold pocket watch from the early 1900s, and numerous artifacts dating to the War of 1812.

Dr. Cassandra Marnocha Receives Grant from NASA to Explore Motility as a Key Biosignature for Extraterrestrial Life

October 28, 2024

In the search for extraterrestrial life in the universe, biosignatures, which indicate or suggest the presence of a biological process indicative of life, are critical determinants. However, much of what we know about biosignatures is informed by our current understanding of life on Earth.

Dr. Cassandra Marnocha, professor Coleen Edwards, Dr. William Edwards, Ciaran Edwards, Samantha Wrobel, Bethany Mangioni, and Clare vanLieshout at the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography meeting at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison, Wisc., June 2-7, 2024.

Niagara University Students and Faculty Present at Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography

July 26, 2024

Niagara University biology/environmental science students and faculty showcased research findings at the annual meeting of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, June 2-7, 2024, in Madison, Wisc.

Coleen Edwards with teachers on the lower Niagara River. Photo credit: Samantha Wrobel.

Professor Coleen Edwards Leads New York Sea Grant Plankton Workshop for Teachers

July 22, 2024

Coleen Edwards, a faculty fellow in biology and environmental sciences at Niagara University, hosted a professional development workshop sponsored by the New York Sea Grant and the Center for Great Lakes Literacy. Twenty teachers and educators representing 17 school districts participated in the two-day workshop, which was held July 18-19, 2024, and focused on plankton, the organisms that form the base of the Great Lakes food web.

Junior environmental science majors Samantha Wrobel and Bethany Mangioni received research grants from the Rochester Academy of Science. .

Two Niagara University Environmental Science Majors Receive Research Grants

February 7, 2024

Samantha Wrobel, a junior environmental science major from Amherst, N.Y., and Bethany Mangioni, a junior environmental science major from Cheektowaga, N.Y., were two of the nine students chosen to receive research grants from the Rochester Academy of Science. The students were selected based on the scientific merit of their research and the quality of their grant proposals.

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