Nathaniel is a first year Masters student at Syracuse University studying hydrogeology. His undergraduate work was at The College of William & Mary where he studied landscape change in the Appalachian Mountains with Greg Hancock. Nathaniel is currently interested in better understanding groundwater quality in regions overlying the Marcellus Shale. The southern tier of New York state provides a perfect laboratory for measuring pre-hydraulic fracturing conditions due to the moratorium on the practice currently in place. Nathaniel hopes to use both the hydrogeologic knowledge and research skills gained at Syracuse University in a future career related to groundwater science.