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| A YEAR OF Research Growth
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| The Notre Dame Environmental Change Initiative (ND-ECI) just finished the NDR-led Annual Review Process, and is excited to share some highlights from 2019. The ND-ECI community saw continued growth in several key areas, including proposals submitted, total proposal dollars, awards received, and total award dollars for new research. Beyond its ability to secure research funding, ND-ECI saw success in building an engaged community of interdisciplinary scholars, further strengthening its role as a bridge that facilitates productive new connections.
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In response to the pandemic, Alex Perkins (BIOS) is using agent-based modeling for short-term projections of potential infection, while Kyle Bibby (CEEES) is monitoring the spread of the coronavirus in wastewater. Read More
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Milan Budhathoki (ECI/CRC) and other researchers are recording details about coronavirus vaccines in development and the progress of those candidates via a free, tool dubbed the Vaccine Mapper. Read More
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Adrian Rocha (BIOS) and Jason McLachlan (BIOS) say that despite the challenge of collecting data, the current crisis is spurring new research and revealing parallels to the climate crisis that could be valuable for the future. Read More
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A study by Kevin Roche (CEEES), Michèle Müller-Itten (ECON), Diogo Bolster (CEEES), and Marc Müller (CEEES) explores the impact of drought caused by climate change where resources are so few that conflict may not be worth the risk. Read More
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Discover how ND-ECI researchers are working to provide solutions for creating a better future for our planet as well as serving society in the face of climate change. Read More
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Featured are BIOS and CEEES faculty, including Alan Hamlet, Gary Lamberti, Tracy Kijewski-Correa, Jason McLachlan, Jennifer Tank, Diogo Bolster, Kyle Bibby, Andrew Kennedy, Alexandros Taflanidis, Joe Fernando, and Jason Rohr. Research at ND-LEEF, UNDERC, and ND-GAIN is also highlighted.
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Phillip Stepanian (CEEES), Jennifer Tank (BIOS), and Charlotte Wainwright (CEEES) use radar to quantify the mayfly population and understand the impact of nutrient runoff and water quality has on the food chain. Read More
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David Medvigy's (BIOS) $1M, three-year study funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, intends to find out how Lianas impact Costa Rica's forest ecosystems. Read More
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...Kyle Doudrick (CEEES), Alex Perkins (BIOS), Dong Wang (CSE), and Na Wei (CEEES) promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
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...David Severson (BIOS) promoted to Professor Emeritus
...Rachel Novick (BIOS) promoted to Associate Professor of the Practice
...Jason Rohr (BIOS) promoted to Department Chair of Biological Sciences
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...Milan Budhathoki (ECI/CRC) for his new position as a Geospatial Librarian at the University of Maryland Libraries. Milan is leaving at the end of July and will be greatly missed!
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Aaron Bivins (CEEES) is an ND-ECI-affiliated postdoctoral research associate who works in Kyle Bibby's lab.
Realizing that wastewater surveillance could add value to managing COVID-19, Aaron and Kyle established platforms to empower collaboration on a global scale for wastewater based epidemiology (WBE) of SARS-CoV-2.
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Below is a list of new ECI-affiliated awards since the Fall newsletter:
- Kyle Bibby (CEEES) - NSF - EAGER: Infection Norovirus Persistence in Water.
- Vijay Gupta (EE) - DARPA - Distributed learning and controller design for assured autonomy.
- Alex Perkins (BIOS) - NSF - RAPID: Real-time updating of an agent-based model to inform COVID-19 mitigation strategies.
- Gary Lamberti (BIOS) - Purdue University - A survey of sportfish for Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances – An emerging contaminant in the Great Lakes.
- Devin Jones (BIOS - Rohr Lab) - USGS - Analysis of contaminant effects in freshwater systems, synthesizing abiotic and biotic stream datasets for long-term ecological research.
- Vijay Gupta (EE) - NSF - Void Fraction Disperse Multiphase Systems using Event Triggered Communication and RAPID: Collaborative Research: Optimal design and placement of social distancing policies for US’s return to normal after COVID-19.
- Alex Perkins (BIOS) - Walter Reed Army Institute of Research - COVID-19 Modeling Support.
- Melissa Berke (CEEES) - Columbia University - Cenozoic paleoclimate reconstructions using sedimentary biomarkers from the Amazon Margin.
- Shannon Speir (BIOS - Tank Lab) - North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program - How storms affect nitrogen concentrations in streams. Read More. Regents of University of Minnesota - Using high-frequency nitrate data to examine the impact of cover crops on storm resiliency in the face of a changing climate.
- Megan Vahsen (BIOS) - USACE - Quantifying and reducing uncertainty of marsh accretion through data-model integration of aboveground plant productivity.
- Jason Rohr (BIOS) - Stanford University - Effect of Temperature on Vector-Borne Disease Transmission: Integrating Theory with Empirical Data.
- Diogo Bolster (CEEES) - ECOM Agroindustrial Corp, LTD - Groundwater Quality Modeling from Irrigated Fields.
- Jennifer Tank (BIOS) - Walton Family Foundation - Understanding persistence of conservation practices after targeted incentives end.
- Alexander Dowling (CBE) - NSF - CAREER: Uncertainty Quantification and Optimization with Hybrid Models for Molecular-to-Systems Engineering.
- David Medvigy (BIOS) - Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Effect of free-air carbon dioxide enrichment on ecosystem demographics.
- Kyle Doudrick (CEEES) - Sloan Foundation - Presence and transformation of PFAS in indoor athletic facilities.
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The ND-ECI community has been productive with over 130 publications since our Fall newsletter. Below is a subset, please click here to view the full list. - Buckee, C. O., S. Balsari, J. Chan, M. Crosas, F. Dominici, U. Gasser, Y. H. Grad, B. Grenfell, M. E. Halloran, M. U. G. Kraemer, M. Lipsitch, C. J. E. Metcalf, L. A. Meyers, T. A. Perkins, M. Santillana, S. V. Scarpino, C. Viboud, A. Wesolowski, and A. Schroeder. 2020. Aggregated mobility data could help fight COVID-19. Science 368:145-146.
- Locey, K. J., M. E. Muscarella, M. L. Larsen, S. R. Bray, S. E. Jones, and J. T. Lennon. 2020. Dormancy dampens the microbial distance-decay relationship. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 375:11.
- Marks, R., J. Seaman, J. Kim, and K. Doudrick. 2020. Activity and stability of the catalytic hydrogel membrane reactor for treating oxidized contaminants. Water Research 174:11.
- Rodowa, A. E., E. Christie, J. Sedlak, G. F. Peaslee, D. Bogdan, B. DiGuiseppi, and J. A. Field. 2020. Field Sampling Materials Unlikely Source of Contamination for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Field Samples. Environmental Science & Technology Letters 7:156-163.
- Rohr, J. R., D. J. Civitello, F. W. Halliday, P. J. Hudson, K. D. Lafferty, C. L. Wood, and E. A. Mordecai. 2020. Towards common ground in the biodiversity-disease debate. Nature Ecology & Evolution 4:24-33.
- Shogren, A. J., J. L. Tank, B. R. Hanrahan, and D. Bolster. 2020. Controls on fine particle retention in experimental streams. Freshwater Science 39:28-38.
- Oh, Y., Q. L. Zhuang, L. C. Liu, L. R. Welp, M. C. Y. Lau, T. C. Onstott, D. Medvigy, L. Bruhwiler, E. J. Dlugokencky, G. Hugelius, L. D'Imperio, and B. Elberling. 2020. Reduced net methane emissions due to microbial methane oxidation in a warmer Arctic. Nature Climate Change 10:317-+.
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This Fall "Fighting For" video showcases Beth Archie's (BIOS) research on the interaction between social behavior, health, and survival within baboon communities. Watch Video
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