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Great news! Many congratulations! Philip ________________________________ From: Horn, Sally <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, April 7, 2023 8:28 PM To: Alderman, Derek <[log in to unmask]>; Camponovo, Michael <[log in to unmask]>; Eaves, LaToya Elise <[log in to unmask]>; Ellis, Kelsey <[log in to unmask]>; Festus, Olusola Olugbenga <[log in to unmask]>; Heeter, Karen Johnson <[log in to unmask]>; Herrera, Dimitris (Dimitris) <[log in to unmask]>; Herrero, Hannah <[log in to unmask]>; Hinten, Melissa Talley <[log in to unmask]>; Horn, Sally <[log in to unmask]>; Kalafsky, Ronald V <[log in to unmask]>; Kerr, Matthew Timothy <[log in to unmask]>; Kim, Hyun <[log in to unmask]>; Li, Yingkui <[log in to unmask]>; Luke, Nikki <[log in to unmask]>; Munoz, Solange <[log in to unmask]>; Nagle, Nicholas <[log in to unmask]>; Norrell, Tracey Hayes <[log in to unmask]>; Roman-Rivera, Mayra A <[log in to unmask]>; Schwartzman, Gabe <[log in to unmask]>; Sharma, Madhuri <[log in to unmask]>; Shaw, Shih-Lung <[log in to unmask]>; Tran, Liem <[log in to unmask]>; Watkins, Jacob Alexander <[log in to unmask]>; Wu, Qiusheng <[log in to unmask]>; GeogGrads <[log in to unmask]>; Club Geography <[log in to unmask]>; Sharpe, Pamela Hope <[log in to unmask]>; McKinney, Nathan Lamar <[log in to unmask]>; Jones, Claire <[log in to unmask]>; Logan, Alex <[log in to unmask]> Cc: Horn, Sally <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Congratulations to Jamie Alumbaugh! Hi folks, I'm very pleased to share the news -- just announced -- that Ph.D. student Jamie Alumbaugh won the Poster Award in the AAG Paleoenvironmental Change Specialty Group (PEC) Student Presentation Competition at AAG 2023. Jamie's poster entitled: “Non-Pollen Palynomorphs from Lake Sediments in the Cordillera de Talamanca” describes the first use in the highlands of Costa Rica of a little used paleoenvironmental indicator, namely, fungal spores and other "non-pollen" organic remains that are present on slides prepared for pollen analysis but typically ignored by researchers. These "Non-pollen palynomorphs" or NPP can shed light on past climates and environments, complementing other proxies such as stable isotopes, charcoal, and pollen. Some of the fungal spores Jamie is cataloging have been linked to fires; others to drought conditions -- and still others to populations of large mammals, including some now extinct mammals! Yes that's right, we are talking about prehistoric dung fungi, used in eastern north America as evidence of mastodon and mammoth populations at the end of the last glaciation! Please join me in congratulating Jamie on this award for her research! Sincerely, Sally Sally P. Horn, Professor Department of Geography & Sustainability 304 Burchfiel Geography Building 1000 Phillip Fulmer Way The University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996-0925 U.S.A. phone: (865) 974-6030 e-mail: [log in to unmask] http://geography.utk.edu/about-us/faculty/dr-sally-horn/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To review the archives of CLUBGGY or Join/Leave the list go to: http://listserv.utk.edu/archives/clubggy.html