Assistant Quality

Nathaniel Christopher Farrar

Cell phone: 540-***-****

E-mail: *****@********.***

Current Address: Permanent Address:

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Burnsville, VA 24487 Christiansburg, VA 24073

Education:

University of Virginia, College of Arts and Sciences Charlottesville, VA

B.S. Environmental Science May 2011

Major GPA: 3.829 Overall GPA: 3.376 Advisor: Dr. Janet Herman

Recipient of National Geographic’s Young Explorers Grant ($4000), UVA’s Center for Undergraduate Excellence’s

Harrison Undergraduate Research Award ($3000), the Rodman Sustainability Grant ($5000), Community Based

Undergraduate Research Grant ($5000), and the Jefferson Public Citizens Grant ($15,121).

Relevant Completed Coursework: Aqueous Geochemistry, Stable Isotope Chemistry, GIS Methods, Geology of

Virginia, Earth-Surface Processes and Landforms, Water-Rock Interactions, Catchment Hydrology, Applied Statistics

for Environmental Scientists, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, and Stormwater Management and Evaluation.

Karst Field Studies Program

Certificates of Completion for Karst Geology and Karst Hydrology Bowling Green and Mammoth Cave, KY

Courses taught by Dr. Arthur Palmer and Dr. William White, respectively June 2009

Related Work Experience

University of Virginia, Scholar’s Lab – GIS Specialist Charlottesville, VA

Assist undergraduate and graduate students with GIS software applications February 2011 – May 2011

Co-teach public GIS beginner courses

Work with Virginia city GIS centers to ensure UVa has up-to-date spatial data

USGS, KARST Project– Physical Science Technician Winchester and Reston, VA

Organized and conducted multiple fluorescent dye traces Summer 2009, 2010, Winter 2010

Changed out dye receptors daily

Created spectrofluorometer specific concentration curves

Used a spectrofluorometer to create dye breakthrough curves for multiple sites

University of Virginia, Environmental Sciences– Research Assistant Charlottesville, VA

Conducted storm-event sampling using ISCO samplers February 2008 – May 2010

Installed and managed Levelogger pressure transducers

Stream gauged and made rating curves from the measurements

Routinely monitored stormwater quantity and quality

Surveyed overland using a Total Station

Organized laboratory chemicals along with their respective Material Safety Data Sheets.

Texas State University, Karst Hydrogeology and Geomorphology– Research Assistant Burnsville Cove, VA

Took strike and dip measurements with a Bruunton compass Summer 2009

Helped USGS employees take core samples using a Vibracore

Measured basic water chemical parameters using a multi-probe in the field

Caught benthic macroinvertibrates for water quality analysis

Ran electrical resistivity lines and analyzed the results

Cut cross sections into a stream bank in order to make a soil stratigraphy column

Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Geosciences– Research Assistant Blacksburg, VA

Monitored cave-drip geochemical parameters using HOBOware dataloggers Summer 2008

Surveyed cave passage using Suunto Tandem compass/clinometers

Designed and built a precipitation collector to minimize evaporation

Developed an alkalinity testing standard set of operating procedures

Membership in Related Organizations

Butler Cave Conservation Society, Life Member, Invited Fall 2010 –Present

Long-term Planning Committee of the NSS Spring 2010 –Present

Cave Research Foundation Spring 2009 –Present

Virginia Karst Spring Volunteer Monitoring Program Spring 2009 – Present

Geological Society of America, field of Hydrogeology Spring 2009 –Present

Page County Cave Survey of the VSS – Founder and Coordinator Fall 2008 – Present

Highland County Cave Survey of the VSS Spring 2008 –Present

Virginia Speleological Survey (VSS) – on Board of Directors since March 2010 Spring 2008 –Present

Charlottesville Caving Grotto, chapter of NSS – Chairman from Dec 2008 to Feb 2011 Spring 2008 - Present

National Speleological Society (NSS) Spring 2008 – Present

Related Events Attended Without Presenting

2011 NSS Convention Glenwood Springs, CO

2010 NSS Convention Essex Junction, VT

2010 Virginia Geologic Symposium Charlottesville, VA

2009 Great Valley Water Resources Forum Winchester, VA

2009 NSS Convention and the 15th International Congress of Speleology Kerrville, TX

2008 Great Valley Water Resources Forum Winchester, VA

2008 Virginia Geological Field Conference Marion, VA

2nd Appalachian Karst Symposium Johnston City, TN

Research Papers Presented at Local Events (No Published Abstract)

Abshire, K. E., Downey, M. J., Farrar, N. C., Arthur, R. S., and Heckel-Jones, C. 2009. Sustainable Stormwater

Management: Validating Water Quality and Quantity. A Celebration of Undergraduate Research, University of

Virginia, September 4, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Smith, A. T., Abshire, K. E., Downey, M. J., and Farrar, N. C. 2009. Sustainable Stormwater Management: Validating

Water Quality and Quantity. Earth Day Extravaganza, University of Virginia, April 22, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Smith, A. T., Abshire, K. E., Downey, M. J., and Farrar, N. C. 2008. Sustainable Stormwater Management:

Validating Water Quality and Quantity. Undergraduate Research Network, University of Virginia, November 11,

Charlottesville, Virginia.

Research Papers Presented at Professional Conferences (With Published Abstracts)

Doctor, D. H., Farrar, N. C., Herman, J. S. 2011. Interaction Between Shallow and Deep Ground Water Components

in the Northern Shenandoah Valley Karst. Proceedings of the USGS Karst Interest Group Workshop, April 26-29,

Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Farrar, N. C., Doctor, D. H., Herman, J. S. 2010. Interaction Between Quick and Diffuse Flow in a Karst Aquifer

Revealed Through Dye Tracing to Fay and Sempeles Springs in Winchester, Virginia. 2010 NE/SE Combined

Regional GSA Conference, March 13-16, Baltimore, Maryland.

Doctor, D. H., Herman, J. S., Farrar, N. C. 2010. Sources of Flow to a Spring in a Fractured and Karstic Aquifer: the

Combined Use of Artificial and Geochemical Tracers. 2010 GSA Denver Annual Meeting, October 31 – November 3,

2010. Denver, Colorado.

Farrar, N. C., Doctor, D. H., Herman, J. S. 2009. Dye Tracing to Fay and Sempeles Springs in Winchester, Virginia.

2009 Virginia Water Research Conference, October 15-16, Richmond, Virginia.

Downey, M. J., Smith, A. T., Arthur, R. S., Abshire, K. E., Farrar, N. C., Wenger, J. S., and Sitler, J. A. 2009.

Validating Water Quality and Quantity Outcomes for an Innovative Stormwater-Management Design. 2009 Virginia

Water Research Conference, October 15-16, Richmond, Virginia.

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