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| Research News from the ND-ECI Community
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Environmental policy expert explores the promise of forests to alleviate poverty
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ND-GAIN partners to build climate change inventory of Ireland
Supported by ND-GAIN and the Dublin Global Gateway, a team of Notre Dame students worked to inventory adaptation resources, policies, and plans from communities throughout Ireland. Read more
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Women in sustainability
Sisi Meng (Keough) researches natural hazards, climate change, and sustainability, with hopes to improve climate-related decisions and consequently improve social well-being. She was recently featured by ND International as one of five women who are creating a positive change for a sustainable future. Read more
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The Routine of a Hydrologist
Diogo Bolster (CEEES) is a self-described “extroverted geek who gets excited about everything and anything that has to do with science.” Read more about how he manages his day-to-day.
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ND-ECI is excited to welcome two new faces to the team. Please also join us in congratulating Aaron and Samantha, who are transitioning onto exciting next steps in their careers!
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ND-ECI Program Manager
721 Flanner Hall
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ND-GAIN Program Manager
713 Flanner Hall
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Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
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Ecologist
U.S. EPA
Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division
Duluth, MN
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ND-ECI Partial Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Now in it fourth year, the goal of the ND-ECI Partial Postdoctoral Fellowship (PPF) program is to support postdoctoral research and scholarship that helps grow collaborative bridge between science, engineering, social sciences and humanities through interdisciplinary training. Due Date for Proposals: Friday, February 18, 2022.
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ND-LEEF Research GrantsND-LEEF Research Grants serve as a mechanism for graduate students and postdocs to test novel ideas using the facility. Grants are limited to $500 and include a waiver of user fees. Proposals for both aquatic and terrestrial research that effectively and creatively use the facilities at ND-LEEF are encouraged.
Due Date for Proposals: Friday, March 18, 2022.
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New Eagle Cam
The new HD cam offers live weather information and enhanced low-light capability to witness more overnight activities. In-nest measurements captured during the install allowed an accurate scale bar to be added to estimate the size of the eagles and their prey. Read more
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Eagle Diet Research Firas Houssein (BOS), Katherine O'Reilly (BIOS), Brett Peters (LEEF), Michael Brueseke (CEST), and Gary Lamberti (BIOS) recently published an article that used images from the in-nest cam to count and identify all species of prey brought back to the nest during the 2018 season. Read more
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Science Sunday Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's Science Sunday! We had great weather and great attendance!
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During Fall, ND-ECI affiliated faculty received 10 new awards for a total of ~$4.8M.
Melissa Berke (CEEES), Jason McLachlan (BIOS) & Adrian Rocha (BIOS) - National Science Foundation: Acquisition of a Normal Phase Single Quadrupole High Performance Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometer for Innovative Paleoclimate and Paleoenvironmental Research.
Diogo Bolster (CEEES) - National Science Foundation: Correlated velocity models as dynamic upscaling and model translation tools for watershed-scale hydrobiogeochemical cycling.
Kyle Doudrick (CEEES) & Graham Peaslee (Physics) - Department of Defense: Improved Understanding of Thermal Destruction Technologies for Materials Laden with Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances.
Tracy Kijewski-Correa (CEEES) & Debra Javeline (Poli Sci) - National Science Foundation: A Study of Mitigation Decisions for America's Coastal Residential Infrastructure.
Gary Lamberti (BIOS) - U.S. Forest Service: To Control or Eradicate: The Influence of Elodea on Sockeye Salmon in Eyak Lake, Cordova, AK.
Alex Perkins (BIOS) - Emergent BioSolutions: Analytical and simulation tools to inform CHIKV VLP efficacy trial design and execution.
Alex Perkins (BIOS) - National Institutes of Health - Model-based inference and forecasting of co-circulating pathogen dynamics.
Jason Rohr (BIOS), Sean Moore (BIOS) & Alex Perkins (BIOS) - National Science Foundation: Identifying local-to-global win-win solutions for human health and sustainability through infectious disease control.
Jason Rohr (BIOS) - Morris Animal Foundation: Estimating the role of Prosthenorchis sp. in the decline and extinction risk of the San Miguel island fox.
Jennifer Tank (BIOS) & Kyle Bibby (CEEES) - Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy: Mitigating Agricultural Runoff in the Paw Paw River Watershed.
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The ND-ECI Community has been very productive with ~200 publications since our last newsletter. Below is a subset, please click here to view the full list. - Bivins, A., and K. Bibby. 2021. Wastewater Surveillance during Mass COVID-19 Vaccination on a College Campus. Environmental Science & Technology Letters 8:792-798.
- Etty, T., V. Heyvaert, C. Carlarne, B. Huber, J. Peel, and J. van Zeben. 2021. Energy Transition in a Transnational World. Transnational Environmental Law 10:197-204.
- Muller, M. F., K. R. Roche, and D. N. Dralle. 2021. Catchment processes can amplify the effect of increasing rainfall variability. Environmental Research Letters 16:10.
- Ocobock, C., S. Lacy, and A. Niclou. 2021. Between a rock and a cold place: Neanderthal biocultural cold adaptations. Evolutionary Anthropology 30:262-279.
- Oidtman, R. J., E. Omodei, M. U. G. Kraemer, C. A. Castaneda-Orjuela, E. Cruz-Rivera, S. Misnaza-Castrillon, M. P. Cifuentes, L. E. Rincon, V. Canon, P. de Alarcon, G. Espana, J. H. Huber, S. C. Hill, C. M. Barker, M. A. Johansson, C. A. Manore, R. C. Reiner, I. Rodriguez-Barraquer, A. S. Siraj, E. Frias-Martinez, M. Garcia-Herranz, and T. A. Perkins. 2021. Trade-offs between individual and ensemble forecasts of an emerging infectious disease. Nature Communications 12:11.
- Penny, G., M. Muller-Itten, G. De los Cobos, C. Mullen, and M. F. Muller. 2021. Trust and incentives for transboundary groundwater cooperation. Advances in Water Resources 155:11.
- Rumschlag, S. L., D. A. Casamatta, M. B. Mahon, J. T. Hoverman, T. R. Raffel, H. J. Carrick, P. J. Hudson, and J. R. Rohr. Pesticides alter ecosystem respiration via phytoplankton abundance and community structure: Effects on the carbon cycle? Global Change Biology:12.
- Shen, P., P. Crippa, and S. Castruccio. Assessing urban mortality from wildfires with a citizen science network. Air Quality Atmosphere and Health:13.
- Shoemaker, W. R., S. E. Jones, M. E. Muscarella, M. G. Behringer, B. K. Lehmkuhl, and J. T. Lennon. 2021. Microbial population dynamics and evolutionary outcomes under extreme energy limitation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118:8.
- Wright, E. E., N. L. Sund, D. H. Richter, G. M. Porta, and D. Bolster. 2021. Upscaling bimolecular reactive transport in highly heterogeneous porous media with the LAgrangian Transport Eulerian Reaction Spatial (LATERS) Markov model. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 35:1529-1547.
- Vahsen, M. L., R. M. Gentile, J. L. Summers, H. S. Kleiner, B. Foster, R. M. McCormack, E. W. James, R. A. Koch, D. L. Metts, C. Saunders, J. P. Megonigal, M. J. Blum, and J. S. McLachlan. Accounting for variability when resurrecting dormant propagules substantiates their use in eco-evolutionary studies. Evolutionary Applications:17.
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ABOUT ND-ECI
ND-ECI focuses on multidisciplinary research that can be translated into solutions to help make the world a better place for humans and the environment upon which people depend.
We call it “Science Serving Society.”
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