Jennifer Z. Williams
STAFF, Outreach Coordinator
Program and Outreach Coordinator
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Shale Hills Program and Outreach Coordinator for Susquehanna Shale Hills CZO
MS, Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 2008
BS, Geology, New Mexico State University, 2005
The Project, Outreach, and Sample Data Manager provides direct administrative support: travel coordination, reporting, field work coordination, meeting management (including the CZ workshop and All Hands), seed grant coordination, and All Hands meeting organization. Internal quarterly reports for field work and will oversee the compilation and curation of specimens and management of sample-based datasets. The work includes formatting data for uptake to national CZO databases (in conjunction with the Cyberspecialist). J. Williams, a geochemist who holds a Masters degree in Geosciences from Penn State, has held this position since CZO inception. Mineral weathering and soil formation under variable climate conditions.
Phone/Address
phone: 814-865-9910 fax: 814-865-31912217 Earth and Engineering Sciences Building The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802
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CZO Publications
Papers/Books
2018
Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory: Shale Hills in the Context of Shaver's Creek Watershed. Brantley Susan, White Timothy, West Nicole, Williams Jennifer, Forsythe Brandon, Shapich Dan, Kaye Jason, Lin Hangsheng (Henry), Shi Yuning, Kaye Margot, Herndon Elizabeth, Davis Kenneth, He Yuting, Eissenstat David, Weitzman Julie, DiBiase Roman, Li Li, Reed Warren, Brubaker Kristen, Gu Xin (2018): Vadose Zone Journal, 17:180092
2018
The Effect of Lithology and Agriculture at the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Li Li, DiBiase Roman A., Del Vecchio Joanmarie, Marcon Virginia, Hoagland Beth, Xiao Dacheng, Wayman Callum, Tang Qicheng, He Yuting, Silverhart Perri, Szink Ismaiel, Forsythe Brandon, Williams Jennifer Z., Shapich Dan, Mount Gregory J., Kaye Jason, Guo Li, Lin Henry, Eissenstat David, Dere Ashlee, Brubaker Kristen, Kaye Margot, Davis Kenneth J., Russo Tess A., Brantley Susan L. (2018): Vadose Zone Journal, 17:180063
2018
Scientist–Nonscientist Teams Explore Methane Sources in Streams Near Oil/Gas Development. Wendt, Anna K., Todd Sowers, Scott Hynek, Jacob Lemon, Erika Beddings, Guanjie Zheng, Zhenhui Li, Jennifer Z. Williams, Susan L. Brantley (2018): Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education, Issue 164, Pages 80-111
2017
A reactive transport model for Marcellus shale weathering. Heidari, P., Li Li, Lixin Jin, Jennifer Z. Williams, and Susan L. Brantley (2017): Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 217:421-440
2017
ONLINE EXTRA: Bringing the Outdoors In: Application of Hydrogeology Education Tools. Williams Jennifer Z., Dykhoff Sharon, Pollak Jonathan, and Brantley Susan L. (2017): In The Trenches, 7(4):online
2016
Juniper encroachment impacts on catchment scale water availability in snow dominated sagebrush steppe systems. Kormos, P., Marks, D., Pierson, F., Williams, J., Flerchinger, G., Havens, S., Hendrick, A., Bates, J., Svejcar, A., and A. Winstral (2016): Rangeland Ecology & Management
2014
An Ontology Driven Relational Geochemical Database for the Earth’s Critical Zone: CZchemDB. Niu Xianzeng, Jennifer Z. Williams, Doug Miller, Kerstin Lehnert, Brian Bills, Susan L. Brantley (2014): Journal of Environmental Informatics, vol 23 (2):10-23
2013
Evolution of porosity and geochemistry in Marcellus Formation black shale during weathering. Jin, L., Mathur, R., Rother, G., Cole, D.R., Bazilevskaya, E., Williams, J., Carone, A. and Brantley, S.L (2013): Chemical Geology (356):50-63
2012
Insights into the weathering of black shale: Cu isotopes and concentrations in the Marcellus Formation shale, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (USA) . Mathur, R., Jin, L., Prush, V., Paul, J., Ebersole, C., Fornadel, A., Williams, J.Z., and Brantley, S.L. (2012): Chemical Geology, 304–305:175–184
2011
CZChemDB and EarthChem: Advancing management and access of critical zone geochemical data. Niu, X., Lehnert, K. A.. Williams, J., Brantley, S. L. (2011): Applied Geochemistry 26:S108–S111, Cross-CZO National
Papers and books that explicitly acknowledge a CZO grant are highlighted in PALE ORANGE.
Other CZO Publications
2019
Broadening the Participation of Underrepresented Minorities in the Geosciences Using a Practical Field Camp Experience in Geophysics. Keating, Kristina, Gregory J. Mount, Jonathan Nyquist, Jorden L. Hayes, Alexander Gates, Susan L Brantley, Ellen Iverson, Kristin O’Connell, and Jennifer Zan Williams (2019): Pittcon 2019, Philadelphia, PA, March 19-21
2017
A Reactive Transport Modeling for Marcellus Shale Weathering. Li, L., Heidari, P., Jin, L., Williams, J.Z., Brantley, S.L. (2017): 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 11-15 Dec
2017
MONITORING, COLLECTING, AND ANALYZING THE WATER QUALITY DATA OF STREAMS IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. Matthew Bardo, Maya Bokunewicz, Susan Brantley, Lachlan Campbell, Matthew Carroll, Zachiah Cook, John Donoughe, Maria Duiker, Brandon Forsythe, Ava Fritz, Hannah Good, Kristen Lenze, Aaron Li, Emily Lieb, Kacy Mann, Lena Nyblade, Yvonne Pickering, Maria Rodriguez Hertz, Ethan Rowland, Eugene Ruocchio, Bryn Schoonover, Kathryn Thomas, Jennifer Zan Williams (2017): 2017 GSA Joint Section Meeting, Northeastern (52nd) and North-Central (51st), 19–21 March 2017 • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
2016
TeenShale Network: Combining Hands-on Field Experience with Data-Driven Hydrology Education Tools. Williams Jennifer Z., Sharon Dykhoff, Liza Brazil, Jon Pollak, Eugene Ruocchio, Yvonne Pickering, and Susan L. Brantley (2016): 2016 CUAHSI Biennial, Shepardstown, WV July 24- 27.
2015
Making Knowledge from Numbers : The Shale Network as an Honest Broker for Evaluating and Educating about the Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing in the Marcellus Shale Region. Pollak, Jon, Sue Brantley, Jennifer Williams, Sharon Dykhoff and Liza Ida Brazil (2015): ED43D-0885 Tools, Resources, and Lessons Learned for Scientists and Engineers Engaging in Education and Public Outreach II Posters, presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.
2015
Combining Hands-on Field Experience with Data-Driven Hydrology Education Tools . Williams, J. Z., Forsythe B, Carroll M, Ruocchio E, Pickering Y, and Brantley S (2015): Virtual Workshop on Data-Driven Hydrology Education, CUAHSI, Medford, MA
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News
TeenShale evaluates Wallace Run near abandoned well using macroinvertebrate surveys
07 May 2019 - On a warm and sunny day in May, the 2018-2019 cohort took to the field! Along with Centre County Pennsylvania Senior Environmental Corp member...
TeenShale dives into stream test kits by HACH for water quality analyses
24 Jan 2019 - Without a winter warmup, students forgo the field for the classroom to discover what is in the HACH box. The 2018-2019 TeenShale cohort...
The 2018-2019 TeenShale cohort engages with CCPaSEC for first field campaign
09 Oct 2018 - Building upon the abandoned well water quality investigations of Wallace Run, this year’s cohort plans to engage with the Centre County...
TeenShale 2017-2018 cohort complete the field season with a “mock” spill experiment
11 Apr 2018 - New this year, the TeenShale Network participants teamed with members of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to observe the...
CZ themed issue of NAGT’s In the Trenches
31 Oct 2017 - This issue of In the Trenches explores the richly interdisciplinary concept of the Critical Zone (CZ).
The 2017 – 2018 cohort of TeenShale meets for first in-house & in-field experience
17 Oct 2017 - This year’s cohort of TeenShale Network consists of eight returning participants (10th – 12th graders) and eight new team members (8th...
TeenShale participants present at the 2017 NE/NC GSA Joint Section Meeting in Pittsburgh
21 Mar 2017 - Twelve of the fifteen TeenShale high school students from State High traveled to Pittsburgh, PA and presented results from the ongoing multi-year...
TeenShale Network participants take to the stream
09 Nov 2016 - The 2016-2017 TeenShale cohort begins fifth year of water quality monitoring along Black Moshannon Creek, from Black Moshannon State Park to the...
Shale Hills hosts eight-member delegation from China
09 Sep 2016 - To further their knowledge in critical zone research, a delegation of geologists from the China Geological Survey (CGS) and students from the China...
TeenShale faculty mentors at State High “Spend a Summer Day” in the field
20 Jul 2016 - Early on a cool, clear, morning, five earth science faculty with State College Area High School gather with CZO team members to embark on a summer...
Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center hosts “What is the Critical Zone Observatory?”
27 May 2016 - To kick off the CZO summer display in the Lower Classroom at Shaver’s Creek, the Environmental Center hosted a poster session to learn about...
Poster presentation at Shale Network Workshop wraps up 2015-2016 TeenShale
19 May 2016 - The fourth year of the TeenShale Network water quality monitoring project closes this evening with a poster presentation of their research at the...
Shale Hills CZO hosts Jorden Hayes for All-Hands 2016
16 May 2016 - Jorden Hayes (Southern Sierra CZO) was an invited speaker and visitor to the Shale Hills CZO All-Hands meeting in May 2016
DCNR Environmental Educators visit the CZO
21 Apr 2016 - New this Year: Educators from state parks around Pennsylvania traveled to Shale Hills (Wednesday, April 20th) for a half day introduction to...
Introduction to TeenShale Network draws 28 student participants
28 Sep 2015 - For the 2015-2016 academic year, researchers at Penn State provided the program introduction at State College Area High to 28 student Learning...
Summer REU/RET students expand sampling protocols to include methane
25 Jun 2015 - Three summer students join with Earth and Environmental Systems Institute scientists to learn water quality field sampling techniques. Two of...
State High Chapter of TeenShale Network culminates with presentations at two workshops
15 May 2015 - For the 2014-2015 academic year, the State High chapter of TeenShale Network expanded the water quality monitoring program to include one additional...
State High Science Faculty Experience the Field for the TeenShaleNetwork
28 Jul 2014 - The CZO and TeenShaleNetwork researchers geared up on a July morning with five State High School earth science teachers to demonstrate water...
Poster presentation capstone for State College TeenShaleNetwork Spring 2014
17 May 2014 - State College Area High School students who participated in TeenShaleNetwork during the spring semester of 2014 completed their portion of the...
State College TeenShaleNetwork publish student article in local newspaper
04 May 2014 - Teen Shale Network studies effects of fracking on water quality at Black Moshannon State Park By Hannah Good, Cole Klima and Hanna Yu For the...
State College Area High School TeenShaleNetwork begin monitoring water quality at local state park
17 Feb 2014 - In the midst of a very active winter weather season, 16 State College Area High School students along with 2 faculty mentors joined Andrew Neal, CZO...
TeenShale Network students learn “How to Use HydroDesktop” with Shale Hills CZO personnel
28 Feb 2013 - The Earth and Environmental Systems Institute hosted Jonathan Pollak, Support Specialist with CUAHSI - Consortium of Universities for the...
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Events
GSA Joint Section Meeting 2017
GSA Joint Northeastern-North Central Section Meeting
Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA.2016 CUAHSI Biennial Symposium
National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV.
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