Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2016-2017 Ph.D. Student, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Management Research Summary: My research focuses on the evolution of herbicide resistance in agricultural weeds. Specifically, I am investigating the mechanism of resistance in Indian hedge mustard and Palmer

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2016-2017 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology Research Summary: My PhD research involve understanding the determinants of mosquito-borne diseases in Nepal, and how animal models can relate to disease in humans. It includes mapping the

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2016-2017 Ph.D. Student, Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics Research Summary: My dissertation research involves analyzing the impacts of managing scarce natural resources with differing policy instruments. In particular, I study the economics of agricultural groundwater use

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2016-2017 Ph.D Student, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology Research Summary: Climate change has contributed to increased emergence of infectious diseases worldwide. Mosquito-born viruses, such as Dengue and recently Zika virus, are particularly concerning with no effective

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2016-2017 Ph.D Candidate, Department of Bioagricultural Science and Pest Management Research Summary: In today’s world of rapid global change, plants are constantly on the move. When plants are brought to new places, they also often interact with

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2016-2017 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Research Summary: There are seven genetically different types of Rabies Virus in the US, each one surviving best in a certain wildlife species. The raccoon variant infects

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2016-2017 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Summary: I work on planning for future water resources and public outreach. Specifically, I am building a video game to both educate and extract great ideas from

Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Cohort: 2016-2017 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology Research Summary: She is a soil microbial ecologist interested in exploring how fungal and bacterial communities influence ecosystem functions, specifically carbon and nitrogen cycling.  She also investigates interactions between soil microbes

Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2016-2017 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Sociology Research Summary: Broadly, my work focuses on societal-environmental interactions. Specifically, I research how environmental harms and benefits influence people’s lives – their health, relationships, and interactions – unevenly in the context