Penn’s Jane Willenbring to Study Soil Metals for Geology and Gardeners Media Contact:Katherine Unger Baillie | | 215-898-9194April 21, 2016 At first glance, it might seem that community gardening and beryllium isotopes have little in common. But support from the is allowing the ’s to lend her scientific expertise to both, to the benefit of researchers and lay citizens alike.  A , intended to help early-career scientists build a “foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research,” is enabling Willenbring to make a connection between her use of the metal beryllium in reconstructing the history of the Earth’s landscape and the scourge of lead contamination in urban soils. With the common thread of soils and metal, she is hoping to advance scientific knowledge while
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