AGU Chapman Conference on Biogeophysics

摘要0823135（Atekwana）智力优点： 本次研讨会是来自工程，生物学，地球物理学，沉积学，地球化学和极地计划等不同领域的科学家的多学科聚会，讨论并接触地球科学中一个新的和潜在的变革领域：生物地球物理学。 生物地球物理学是一门利用非侵入性、地球物理学、遥感技术来确定和监测地下/深层生物圈中微生物及其副产品活动的科学。 会议将侧重于前沿课题，如微生物和生物膜对沉积物物理特性的影响以及识别和测量变化的技术。 它还将探讨这些方法的其他新的和/或新颖的应用，并就其他可能的技术创新展开讨论。更广泛的影响：这项工作的影响包括一个多学科科学家小组的互动，这些科学家来自从工程学到生物学、生物物理学到沉积学的各个学科。 它也有一个强烈的强调早期职业教师和学生在地球科学的这个新领域的培训。 这项工作支持EPSCoR州（俄克拉荷马州）的机构，并将有助于巩固PI的领导地位，PI来自一个在科学领域代表性不足的性别和种族群体。

ABSTRACT 0823135 (Atekwana)Intellectual Merit: This workshop is a multidisciplinary gathering of scientists from fields as disparate as engineering, biology, geophysics, sedimentology, geochemistry, and polar programs to discuss and get exposure to a new and potentially transformative field in the geosciences: Biogeophysics. Biogeophysics is the science of using non-invasive, geophysical, remote sensing techniques to determine and monitor the activity of microorganisms and their byproducts in the subsurface/deep biosphere. Sessions will focus on cutting edge topics such as the impact of microbes and biofilms on sediment physical properties and techniques to identify and measure changes. It will also explore other new and/or novel applications of the methods and generate discussions about other possible technological innovations. Broader impacts: Impacts of this work include the interaction of a multidisciplinary group of scientists from disciplines that span the gamut from engineering to biology to geophysics to sedimentology. It also has a strong emphasis on the training of early career faculty and students in this new area of geoscience. The work supports in institution in an EPSCoR state (Oklahoma) and will help to cement the leadership of the PI, who is from a gender and racial group that is under-represented in the science, in the field.