Chicks In Science Committee Member

Office of Community Involvement

Legacy of Learning Exhibit

Montana Woman of

Achievement

Chicks in Science

April, 12th 2014

Lauren Wright406-896-5828

Lauren.Wright4@msubillings.edu

I love science and the environment! I am excited to learn more about other

women in Montana that are making breakthroughs in

STEM related fields!

Joanna Thamke

Stem Field: Science

In 2012, U.S. Geological Survey Scientist, Joanna

Thamke received the National Level Silver

Medal Award from the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency for her work addressing

contaminated drinking water on the Fort Peck

Indian Reservation. HydrologistU.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

IMPACTCOMMUNITY:

In 1998 Joanna Thomas received the Environmental Achievement Award for work that helped to make significant improvements to a contaminated aquifer in Polar Montana.

In 2012, U.S. Geological Survey Scientist, Joanna Thamke received the National Level Silver Medal Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for her work addressing contaminated drinking water on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.

WOMEN AND GIRLS:Joanna is a role model for the positive impact women can make in their communities and for the people around them by pursuing an education in STEM related fields!

OTHER INTERESTING INFO:

Joanna Thamke co authored Estimated Water Use in Iowa, 1985: Usgs Open-File Report 87-704 and has written several other articles about water usage in the United States.

Resources

http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3108#.UwOQymJdU7k

http://water.montana.edu/mwnewsletter/archives/2008/newsletter_08_12.htm

http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joanna_Thamke/publications/