Undergraduate geology student Bryce Stoltz is combining his passion for earth sciences, fieldwork and the physical nature of geology into hands-on research. What began as a spark in a high school environmental sciences class has led to Stoltz contributing to important environmental research. His work sheds light on early Earth environments, as well as the possibility of life on Mars.
Now finishing up his junior year at 51ºÚÁÏÍø, Stoltz is working with new faculty member Courtney Wagner, Ph.D., and David Singer, Ph.D., to find and analyze magnetotactic bacteria within acid mine drainage samples from the . The watershed flows through Carroll and Tuscarawas counties and drains into Conotton Creek, south of Mineral City, Ohio.