Susan M. Libes

Professor of Marine Chemistry

Coastal Carolina University
Departments of Marine Science and Chemistry
P.O. Box 261954
Conway, SC 29528-6054
(843) 349-2218
(843) 349-2545 (fax)
susan@coastal.edu

• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution – Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joint Program in Oceanography and Ocean Engineering - Ph.D. 1983
• Douglass College - Rutgers University - B.S. 1977

Professional Experience:

• 2000 - Adjunct Professor
  Department of Forest Resources, Clemson University - Clemson, SC
• 1993 - Professor of Marine Science and Chemistry
  Coastal Carolina University - Conway, SC
• 1992 - Program Director
  Environmental Quality Lab, Coastal Carolina University - Conway, SC
• 1983 - Research Associate
  University of South Carolina - Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research - Columbia, SC
• 1998 - Research Associate
  Center for Marine and Wetland Studies, Coastal Carolina University - Conway, SC
• 1993 - 2000 Department Chair of Marine Science
  Coastal Carolina University - Conway, SC
• 1989 - 1993 Associate Professor of Marine Science and Chemistry
  Coastal Carolina University - Conway, SC
• 1983 - 1989 Assistant Professor of Marine Science and Chemistry
  Coastal Carolina University - Conway, SC
• 1977 - 1983 Research Graduate Assistant
  Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/MIT - Woods Hole, MA
• 1976 - 1976 Research Assistant
  Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University - New Brunswick, NJ
• 1976 - 1976 Externship in Sewage Treatment Planning
  Bureau of Water Resources - Trenton, NJ
• 1974 - 1974 Summer Internship Program for College Students
  Department of Environmental Protection, Lebanon State Fisheries - Lebanon, NJ
• 1973 - 1973 Research Assistant
  New Jersey Federal Marine Research Laboratory, U.S. Department of Commerce, Middle Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Center - Sandy Hook, NJ
• 1972 - 1973 National Science Foundation Summer Student Training Program
  Department of Environmental Sciences, Nebraska Wesleyan University - Lincoln, NE

• MSCI 111 Introduction to Marine Science
• MSCI 305/305L Marine Chemistry and Lab
• MSCI 401/401L Environmental Chemistry and Lab
• MSCI 402/402L Analytical and Field Methods in Environmental Chemistry and Lab
• MSCI 403 Environmental Internships
• CMWS 687 Watershed Science and Management 

Research Interests:

• Aquatic and marine pollution.
• Groundwater geochemistry

Recent Publications:

• Libes, S.M., J.T. S.L. Gilman, Bennett, V.L. Dunham, and J.P. Idoux. 2004. Undergraduate Institutions as Catalysts for Integrating Research Across Disciplines and Communities of Learners. In: Kauffman, Linda R. and Janet E. Stocks (Eds.), Reinvigorating the Undergraduate Experience: Successful Models Supported by NSF’s AIRE/RAIRE Program, Council on Undergraduate Research, 16 pp. ISBN 0-941933-26-1. http://www.cur.org/publications/rueril.asp. (This is peer-reviewed; we went through at least three revisions to get this in print.)
• Libes, S. M. and J. Bennett. 2004. Section 319 Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program Project Final Report FY 99-03: Identification and Mitigation of Non-Point Sources of Fecal Coliform Bacteria and Low Dissolved Oxygen in Kingston Lake and Crabtree Canal (Waccamaw River Watershed). 119 pp. EPA Grant#C 9994629-99
• Libes, S.M. 2003. Identification and Mitigation of Non-Point Sources of Fecal Coliform Bacteria and Low Dissolved Oxygen in Kingston Lake and Crabtree Canal (Waccamaw River Watershed). US EPA 319 Program Brochure. 9 pp. CCU, Conway, SC.
• Libes, S.M. 2003. Why We Should All be Waccamaw Waterwatchers. Coastal Carolina University 2003 Distinguished Teacher-Scholar Lecturer Series. 39 pp. Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC.
• Pollock, J. and S. Libes. 2003. Final Workshop Report for: Coastal Development and Watershed Planning: Collaborative Problem Solving to Protect Water Resources. November 20, 2004. Coastal Carolina University, B&C Center for Marine and Wetland Studies, Conway, SC. Available at: http://northinlet.sc.edu/training/Stormwater%20Day%202%20agenda.htm.
• Libes, S.M., J.T. S.L. Gilman, Bennett, V.L. Dunham, and J.P. Idoux. 2004. Undergraduate Institutions as Catalysts for Integrating Research Across Disciplines and Communities of Learners. In: Kauffman, Linda R. and Janet E. Stocks (Eds.), Reinvigorating the Undergraduate Experience: Successful Models Supported by NSF’s AIRE/RAIRE Program, Council on Undergraduate Research, 16 pp. ISBN 0-941933-26-1. http://www.cur.org/publications/rueril.asp.
• Libes, S.M. 1999. Learning Quality Assurance/Quality Control Using U.S. EPA Techniques: An Undergraduate Course for Environmental Chemistry Majors. Journal of Chemical Education, 76:1642-1648.
• Libes, S.M. 1999. Constructing Environmental Impact Statements: An Organizational Focus for Teaching Analytical Chemistry. Journal of Chemical Education, 76: 1649-1656.
• Castro, J., S.M. Libes and S. Garrells. 1996. Aquifer Storage and Recovery, Horry County, SC, Phase IV: Results from the Bay Road Well and Highway 501 Pottery Well Injection Tests. State of South Carolina, Department of Natural Resources, Water Resources Division, Report 11, 47 pp.
• Dame, R.F. and S.M. Libes. 1993. Oyster Reefs and Nutrient Retention in Tidal Creeks. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology, 17:251-258.
• Libes, S.M. 1992. An Introduction to Marine Biogeochemistry. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., N.Y., 734 pp.
  
  Libes, S.M. and W.G. Deuser. 1988. The Isotope Geochemistry of Particulate Nitrogen in the Peru Upwelling Area and the Gulf of Maine. Deep-Sea Research, 35:517-533.
• Dame, R.F., T.G. Wolaver and S.M. Libes. 1985. Summer Nitrogen Uptake and Release by an Intertidal Oyster Reef. Netherlands Journal of Sea Research, 19:265-268.

Recent Presentations:

• Identification and Mitigation of Non-Point Sources of Fecal Coliform Bacteria and Low Dissolved Oxygen in Kingston Lake and Crabtree Creek (Waccamaw River Watershed), SC DHEC Bureau of Water, June 25, 2003 (Invited)
• Bacterial Water Quality Testing For High School and College Students. National Marine Educators Association, July, 2003, Wilmington, North Carolina (Workshop)
• Non-Point Source Pollution in the Waccamaw River near the City of Conway: Scope of the Problem and Use of a Stormwater Best Management Proactice to Achieve Load Reductions. With Joe Bennett, Mike Ferguson and Jeremy Saeger. The 12th SC Environmental Symposium: Shaping SC’s Future, A model for the 21st Century, October 15-17, 2003, Myrtle Beach, SC. (poster)
• Why We Should All Be Waccamaw Waterwatchers. Distinguished Teacher-Scholar Lecture. Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC, October 30, 2004 (invited).
• Demonstration of Multiple Pond Stormwater BMP in Coastal South Carolina: Retrofit. Stormwater Management Innovations – Local Research Showcase: Multiple Pond/ Constructed Wetland BMP, Stormwater Management in Context: Exploring the Technical Tools of Watershed Protection,North Inlet-Winyah Bay Coastal Training Program (CTP), In cooperation with SCDHEC – Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, Coastal Carolina University, SC Coastal Conservation League, and SC Sea Grant Consortium, November 7, 2003, Kimbel Lodge, Georgetown, SC (Invited)
• Watershed Planning and Protection on the Waccamaw. (with Jeffrey Pollock). 2004 Waccamaw River Conference, Winyah Rivers Foundation, February 7, 2004, Myrtle Beach, SC. (Invited)
• Bacterial Contamination in the Kingston Lake Subwatershed, Horry County, SC. 2004 Southeast Conference of the North American Lake Management Society. Isle of Palms, SC, March 7-9, 2004 (Invited) (Session Moderator: Nonpoint Source Bacteria Monitoring). With Joe Bennett and Mike Ferguson.
• Bacterial Contamination and Eutrophication in a Blackwater River. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Summ 2004 National Meeting: The Changing Landscapes of Oceans and Freshwater, Savannah, G, June 13-18, 2004. With Joe Bennett.

Recent Undergraduate Student Projects:

• Tosso, E., Capper, N., Libes, S.M. and Bennett, J. 2004. Can Off-Shore Discharge Outfall Pipes Disperse Nutrients and Bacteria From Stormwater Runoff? American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Summer meeting, June 13-18, 2004, Savannah, GA. Undergraduate Poster.
• Hardesty, A. and S.M. Libes. 2004. Marine Science Educator: Career Development Options. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Summer meeting, June 13-18, 2004, Savannah, GA. Undergraduate Poster. Also presented at CCU MSCI Student Research Symposium on April 20, 2004.
• Chrissy Stover and Nikki Bartz. Eutrophication Assessment Of Swashes In The Grand Strand Area, South Carolina. 54th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Charleston, SC, November 14-16, 2002 and Southeastern Estuarine Research Society Annual Meeting, October 17-18, 2002.
• Nikki Bartz and Chrissy Stover. Long-Term Trends In Water Quality Of The Swashes And Surf Zone In The Grand Strand Area, South Carolina. 54th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Charleston, SC, November 14-16, 2002
• Jeremy Saeger. Retrofitting a Residential Retention/Detention Pond to Improve Water Quality of Stormwater Runoff. 54th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Charleston, SC, November 14-16, 2002 and National Conference on Undergraduate Research, March 14-16, 2003 and CCU CNAS Research Symposium, April 21, 2003. Supported by NSF funds to work full-time for 13 weeks on US EPA 319 Project, NSF workshop and Rising Tide Project.
• Arnold Forman, Spring 2002, Start up of US EPA 625 GC-MS detection of chlorinated pesticides.
• Hilliard, R. and S. Libes. Influence Of Groundwater Seeps On The Sulfate Composition Of Waccamaw River Water, Horry County, South Carolina. 53rd Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Savannah, GA, September 23-25, 2001
• Spivey, A.N., M. Yencho and S. Libes, Eutrophication Assessment on Waites Island. 53rd Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Savannah., GA, September 23-25, 2001, Poster Session at CCU for Family Weekend (October 19 – Honors Program and October 20, Waites Island) and CNAS Student Research Symposium (April 25, 2002)
• Yencho, M., A.N. Spivey, S. Libes and J. Guentzel. Eutrophication Assessment of Swashes in the Grand Strand Area, South Carolina, 53rd Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Savannah., GA, September 23-25, 2001, Poster Session at CCU for Family Weekend (October 19 – Honors Program and October 20, Waites Island) and CNAS Student Research Symposium (April 25, 2002)
  Supported during Summer 2002 by NSF AIRE funds
• Katie Purvis*, Temporal and Spatial Variations in Turbidity and Total Suspended Solids in the Waccamaw River, Horry County, SC, Marine Science Department Student Research Symposium, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC, December 2000 and 74th Annual Meeting of South Carolina Academy of Sciences, Conway, SC, April 5-6, 2001. *Won Sigma Xi National Science Honor Society award for best undergraduate presentation in Earth/Geological Science.
• Tiffany Wright, Quantifying Potential Sources of Fecal Coliform Contamination to the Waccamaw River in the Kingston Lake Watershed, South Carolina, MSCI Department, CCU, April 30, 2001
• Reid Hilliard, Influence of Groundwater Seeps on the Sulfate Composition of Waccamaw River Water, MSCI Department, Coastal Carolina University, April 30, 2001 and 53rd Meeting of the Southeastern Regional Section of the American Chemical Society, Savannah, GA, September 22, 2001.

Curriculum Vitae:

Including Presentations, Publications and Grants:

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