Education
Pennsylvania State University
- State College, PA
- Aug. 2011 - Dec. 2016
Dartmouth College
- Hanvover, NH
- Sept. 2007 - June 2011
Research Experience
Princeton University
- Princeton, NJ
- Aug. 2016 - present
Pennsylvania State University
- State College, PA
- Aug. 2011 - present
Dartmouth College
- Hanvover, NH
- Sept. 2010 - June 2011
EQT
- Pittsburgh, PA
- May 2013 - Aug. 2013
James O. Freedman Presidential Scholar
- Hanover, NH
- June 2009 - June 2010
Women In Science Project
- Hanover, NH
- Jan. 2008 - June 2008
Teaching Experience
Princeton University
- Princeton, NJ
- Sept. 2017 - present
- Sept. 2016 - present
- May 2017 - present
Prison Teaching Initiative
- Princeton, NJ
- May 2017 - present
Upward Bound
- State College, PA
- June 2015 - July 2015
Project Northstar
- Washington, D.C.
- Oct. 2014 - May 2015
Pennsylvania State University
- State College, PA
- June 2014 - June 2016
- Aug. 2011 - May 2012
The Roving Nature Center
- Yardley, PA
- June 2011 - Aug. 2011
The Franklin Institute
- Philadelphia, PA
- Dec. 2009 - March 2010
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Hanover, NH
- Jan. 2009 - March 2009
Montshire Museum of Science
- Norwich, VT
- Sept. 2008 - Dec. 2008
Service & Activities
Penn State Association for Women Geoscientists
- University Park, PA
- May 2013 - May 2014
Penn State Geosciences Department
- University Park, PA
- Sept. 2011 - May 2012
Ghana Volunteer Corps
- Nkwanta, Ghana
- July - Sept. 2010
Accomplishments & Honors
- American Chemical Society Geochemistry Division Student Travel Grant - Fall 2016
- Committee on Institutional Cooperation/Smithsonian Graduate Research Fellowship - 2014 - 2015
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention - 2012, 2013
- Hiroshi and Koya Ohmoto Scholarship - 2013
- Kaminsky Family Fund Grant - 2010
- James O. Freedman Presidential Scholar - 2009 - 2010
Publications
Ling, FT, Heaney, PJ, Post, JE, Gao, X. "Transformations from triclinic to hexagonal birnessite at circumneutral pH induced through pH control by common biological buffers". Chemical Geology. 416. Oct. 9, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.10.007.
Ilton, E., Post, JE, Heaney, PJ, Ling, FT, Kerisit, SN. "XPS Determination of Mn Oxidation States in Mn(Hydr)oxides". Applied Surface Science. 366. Jan. 11, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.12.159.
Ling, FT, Post, JE, Heaney, PJ, Ilton, ES, Kubicki, JD, Santelli, CM. "Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis of triclinic and hexagonal birnessites". Spectrochimica Acta Part A. 178. 32 - 46. Jan. 17, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2017.01.032.
Ling, FT, Post, JE, Heaney, PJ, Ilton, ES. "The relationship between Mn oxidation state and structure in triclinic and hexagonal birnessites". Accepted. Chemical Geology.
Ling, FT, Heaney, PJ, Post, JE. "Sorption of contaminant lead by triclinic and hexagonal birnessite". In prep.
Ling, FT, Post, JE, Heaney, PJ, Santelli, CM, Ilton, ES, Burgos, WD, Rose, AW. "A characterization of natural terrestrial birnessites". In prep.
Selected Presentations
- Goldschmidt Conference, Oral Presentation - August 2017, Paris, France
- NSLS-II/CFN Users' Meeting, Poster Presentation - May 2017, Shirley, NY
- Princeton American Chemical Society Local Meeting, Invited Talk - April 2017, Princeton, NJ
- American Chemical Society National Meeting, Oral Presentation - April 2017, San Francisco, CA
- Princeton University, Dept of Geosciences, Invited Talk - March 2017, Princeton, NJ
- Rice University, Dept of Environmental & Planetary Science, Invited Talk - Feb. 2017, Houston, TX
- Juniata College, Dept of Geology, Invited Talk - Nov. 2016, Huntingdon, PA
- University of Virginia, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Invited Talk - Oct. 2016, Charlottesvile, VA
- American Chemical Society National Meeting, Best Student Talk, Geochemistry Division - Aug. 2016, Philadelphia, PA
- Princeton University, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Invited Talk - Feb. 2016, Princeton, NJ
- Geological Society of America Conference, Oral Presentation - Nov. 2015, Baltimore, MD
- Goldschmidt Conference, Poster Presentation - August 2015, Prague, Czech Republic
- Smithsonian Institution, Department of Mineral Sciences, Oral Presentation - May 2015, Washington, DC
- American Chemical Society National Meeting, Oral Presentation - March 2015, Denver, CO
- Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology Student Symposium, 2nd Place Oral Presentation - March 2014, University Park, PA
- Penn State Geosciences Graduate Student Colloquium Oral Presentation - March 2014, University Park, PA
- Clay Minerals Society Poster Presentation, 2nd Place Poster - October 2013, Urbana-Champaigne, IL
- Penn State Geosciences Graduate Student Colloquium Poster Presentation - April 2013, University Park, PA
- Dartmouth College Earth Sciences Department Senior Theses Night - June 2011, Hanover, NH
- Karen E. Wetterhahn Science Symposium Poster Presentation - May 2011, Hanover, NH
- Karen E. Wetterhahn Science Symposium Poster Presentation - May 2008, Hanover, NH