Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2017-2018 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology Research Summary:The recent push to reintroduce bison across the United States has the potential to restore grassland habitat for birds
Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2017-2018 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management Research Summary:When animals enter new habitats, they often compete with native species for limited resources. Stronger competitors can drive away weaker competitors, but we are often
Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2017-2018 Ph.D. Student, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology Research Summary:My research informs the sustainable management of forests. Specifically, I study how bark beetle outbreaks, fires, and timber harvesting impact
Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2017-2018 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering Research Summary:I am interested in research topics related to energy, combustion, and air pollution. The goal of my research is to reduce emissions of pollutants such as carbon monoxide
Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2017-2018 Ph.D. Student, Department of Geosciences Research Summary: I study the physical processes that store carbon in river systems. Carbon in greenhouse gases, both natural and human-produced, drives climate change. However, over half of the world’s
Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2017-2018 Ph.D. Student, Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Research Summary:My research investigates ways to measure and protect the benefits that humans receive from natural ecosystems, referred to as “ecosystem services”. I combine economic and
Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2017-2018 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Clinical Sciences and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology Research Summary:Tuberculosis (TB) is a deadly infectious disease that affects millions of humans, livestock, and wildlife around the world, and costs millions of
Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2017-2018 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Summary:I am working on a geographical information system (GIS) software development for a USDA-funded project taking place in the Lower Arkansas River Basin. I use machine
Sustainability Leadership Fellow Cohort: 2017-2018 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Chemistry Research Summary: I work to develop new materials for organic photovoltaics. Unlike the heavy, rigid, dark-colored inorganic panels you probably think of when you hear ‘photovoltaics,’ organic photovoltaics are made