UB geology professor Jason Briner talks to potential graduate student Leah Marshall from Vermont via videoconference.

Jason Briner shows Leah Marshall his lab space in Hochstetter Hall.

Jason Briner shows Leah Marshall some work being conducted in the lab.

And some lab supplies.

Jason Briner shows Leah Marshall a small container of usable samples from his field work.

Jason Briner talks to Leah Marshall in his Hochstetter Hall lab.

Jason Briner shows Leah Marshall a mobile rig used to hold a cell phone and take pictures. In the past, it's been used to record a panorama of a core sample and is currently being used to record the movements of a Geiger counter.

Jason Briner also showed off his office space, where Leah Marshall met PhD student Joseph Tulenko (right) and Caleb Walcott.

PhD student Joseph Tulenko (right) looks on as Jason Briner continues the interview with Leah Marshall via videoconferencing.