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Jennifer Tank, Diogo Bolster, Kyle Bibby, Gary Lamberti, and collaborators received $1.5 million from the Department of Defense's SERDP to develop models that will improve the monitoring of endangered or invasive species in flowing waters using eDNA samples. Read More
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By 2100, global food demand is expected to increase sharply to meet the needs of a projected world population topping 11 billion. Increased agriculture will likely influence infectious diseases, which in turn may affect food production and distribution, according to a review paper by Jason Rohr and collaborators. Read More
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Designed by Aimee Buccellato, ND-LEEF's Morrison Family Pavilion Education & Outreach Pavilion was selected for publication in a special, Chicago-focused edition of The Classicist, an important contemporary journal of Architecture and Art. Read More
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Danielle Wood, associate director for research in the Center for Civic Innovation, has been named project director of ND-GAIN. In this role, she oversees the program’s Country Index and Urban Adaptation Assessment. Read More
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Flowing through Warren Golf Course, Juday Creek is home to an important ecosystem, and is a valuable resource for Notre Dame researchers today. Read More
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Funded by ND-GAIN, Debra Javeline and Tracy Kijewski Correa analyzed survey data of coastal homeowner, finding 81.5% believe climate change is “probably happening,” but this belief has no effect on taking action towards home protection from related hazards. Read More
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After a lake near his home was contaminated with chemicals from flame retardants, Graham Peaslee began researching the prevalence of toxic chemicals and was thrust into a merger of science and policy, of chemicals and human health. Read More
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Luan Nguyen joins ND-ECI as a postdoctoral research associate, affiliated with Vijay Gupta's lab in Computer Science and Engineering. His research areas include cyber-physical systems, hybrid systems, and controls.
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Casey Stoffel serves as Project Coordinator for the Smart Water Crowdsensing Project led by Dong Wang, Jennifer Tank, Na Wei, Diogo Bolster, and Danielle Wood. She graduated with a BS in Public Health with a concentration in Environmental Science & Epidemiology from Purdue University.
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Michael Mahon’s research focuses on the temporal dynamics and spatial structuring of ecological communities. In particular, he is interested in how land-use, climate, and biotic factors drive patterns of terrestrial biodiversity and community assembly. He joins ND-ECI as a postdoctoral research associate under the mentorship of Jason Rohr.
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Formations of Fright: How Fear of Wolves Can Structure Forest Communities
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Biological Sciences, ND
Tues, Oct. 22 | 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. | ND-LEEF at St. Patrick's County Park
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The Consistency of Pesticide Effects on Freshwater Systems
Postdoctoral Research Associate, ND-ECI
Wed, Oct. 30 | 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. | Galvin 115B
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When Economic Visions Clash with Socio-Ecological & Health Realities: Limitations to Refugee Self-Reliance in Northern Kenya
Research Associate Professor, ND Anthropology
Wed, Nov. 6 | 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. | Galvin 115B
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Thank you to everyone who participated in Science Sunday!
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ND-ECI affiliated faculty recieved over 3.5 million in funding over the past five months!
- Jennifer Tank, Diogo Bolster, Gary Lamberti and Kyle Bibby, along with Scott Egan from Rice University (former ECI faculty) received $1.5 M from the Dept. of Defense for their project, "Predicting eDNA transport and degradation in flowing waters: application of a conservation tool using integrated experimental, field, and modeling approaches."
- David Medvigy was awarded $999,869 from the Dept. of Energy for his project, "Unraveling the mechanisms of below- and aboveground liana-tree competition in tropical forests."
- Jason Rohr was awarded $408,636 from the NIH for his work, "Effects of agriculture expansion and intensification on infections." He also received $289,972 from the NSF for his project, "Collaborative Research: Managing epidemics in wildlife with acquired resistance."
- Sean Moore and Alex Perkins were awarded $96,477 from The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation for their work entitled, "Epidemiology and vaccine demand curve modelling."
- Kyle Bibby was awarded $85,987 from the Water Research Foundation for his project, "Environmental Persistence and Disinfection of Lassa Virus to Protect Worker and Public Safety."
- Jason McLachlan received $55,451 for his participation in the project, "The Ecological Forecasting Initiative RCN: Using NEON-enabled near-term forecasting to synthesize our understanding of predictability across ecological systems and scales."
- Jennifer Tank was awarded $40,000 from the IN Soybean Alliance for her project, "Indiana Watershed Initiative: Continued quantification of water quality, soil health and economic benefits from the watershed-scale pairing of cover crops & two-stage ditch." Additionally, Shannon Speir from the Tank lab will receive a $13,351 grant from the North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program.
- Melissa Berke received a $15,000 award from Purdue University for her project, "Using sedimentary lipid biomarkers to track historical changes to Lake Michigan."
- Gary Lamberti received an award from the U.S. Forest Service for $15,000 for his project, "Impacts of Herbicide Treatment for Invasive Elodea on Water Quality and Planktonic Communities in Copper River Delta Wetlands of Alaska."
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The ND-ECI community has been productive with over 90 publications since our last newsletter! Below is a subset, please click here for a full list.
- Belovsky, G. E., and J. B. Slade. 2019. Biotic Versus Abiotic Control of Primary Production Identified in a Common Garden Experiment. Scientific Reports 9:7.
- Bjork, J. R., C. Diez-Vives, C. Astudillo-Garcia, E. A. Archie, and J. M. Montoya. 2019. Vertical transmission of sponge microbiota is inconsistent and unfaithful. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3:1172.
- Clark, J. J., J. A. Birch, M. Hegmon, B. J. Mills, D. M. Glowacki, S. G. Ortman, J. S. Dean, R. Gauthier, P. D. Lyons, M. A. Peeples, L. Borck, and J. A. Ware. 2019. Resolving the migrant paradox: Two pathways to coalescence in the late precontact US Southwest. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 53:262-287.
- Crippa, P., R. C. Sullivan, A. Thota, and S. C. Pryor. 2019. Sensitivity of Simulated Aerosol Properties Over Eastern North America to WRF-Chem Parameterizations. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 124:3365-3383.
- Curasi, S. R., T. C. Parker, A. V. Rocha, M. L. Moody, J. W. Tang, and N. Fetcher. 2019. Differential responses of ecotypes to climate in a ubiquitous Arctic sedge: implications for future ecosystem C cycling. New Phytologist 223:180-192.
- Dawson, A., C. J. Paciorek, S. J. Goring, S. T. Jackson, J. S. McLachlan, and J. W. Williams. Quantifying trends and uncertainty in prehistoric forest composition in the upper Midwestern United States. Ecology:18.
- Dobakhshari, D. G., and V. Gupta. 2019. A Contract Design Approach for Phantom Demand Response. Ieee Transactions on Automatic Control 64:1974-1988.
- Edwards, M., S. Castruccio, and D. Hammerling. 2019. A Multivariate Global Spatiotemporal Stochastic Generator for Climate Ensembles. Journal of Agricultural Biological and Environmental Statistics 24:464-483.
- Hart, J. A., C. Vizza, W. E. West, D. T. Chaloner, S. E. Jones, and G. A. Lamberti. 2019. Methane Cycling Contributes to Distinct Patterns in Carbon Stable Isotopes of Wetland Detritus. Wetlands 39:361-370.
- Kim, J., and K. Doudrick. 2019. Emerging investigator series: protein adsorption and transformation on catalytic and food-grade TiO2 nanoparticles in the presence of dissolved organic carbon. Environmental Science-Nano 6:1688-1703.
- Medvigy, D., G. S. Wang, Q. Zhu, W. J. Riley, A. M. Trierweiler, B. G. Waring, X. T. Xu, and J. S. Powers. 2019. Observed variation in soil properties can drive large variation in modelled forest functioning and composition during tropical forest secondary succession. New Phytologist 223:1820-1833.
- Muller, M. F., and M. C. Levy. 2019. Complementary Vantage Points: Integrating Hydrology and Economics for Sociohydrologic Knowledge Generation. Water Resources Research 55:2549-2571.
- Oidtman, R. J., S. J. Lai, Z. J. Huang, J. Yang, A. S. Siraj, R. C. Reiner, A. J. Tatem, T. A. Perkins, and H. J. Yu. 2019. Inter-annual variation in seasonal dengue epidemics driven by multiple interacting factors in Guangzhou, China. Nature Communications 10:12.
- Rumschlag, S. L., N. T. Halstead, J. T. Hoverman, T. R. Raffel, H. J. Carrick, P. J. Hudson, and J. R. Rohr. 2019. Effects of pesticides on exposure and susceptibility to parasites can be generalised to pesticide class and type in aquatic communities. Ecology Letters 22:962-972.
- Sharma, A., A. F. Hamlet, and H. J. S. Fernando. 2019. Lessons from Inter-Comparison of Decadal Climate Simulations and Observations for the Midwest US and Great Lakes Region. Atmosphere 10:19.
- Shogren, A. J., J. L. Tank, E. J. Rosi, M. M. Dee, S. L. Speir, D. Bolster, and S. P. Egan. 2019b. Transport and instream removal of the Cry1Ab protein from genetically engineered maize is mediated by biofilms in experimental streams. Plos One 14:22.
- Stachler, E., K. Crank, and K. Bibby. 2019. Co-Occurrence of crAssphage with Antibiotic Resistance Genes in an Impacted Urban Watershed. Environmental Science & Technology Letters 6:216-221.
- Wang, Y., F. Sabba, C. Bott, and R. Nerenberg. 2019. Using kinetics and modeling to predict denitrification fluxes in elemental-sulfur-based biofilms. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 116:2698-2709.
- Zwart, J. A., Z. J. Hanson, J. S. Read, M. N. Fienen, A. F. Hamlet, D. Bolster, and S. E. Jones. 2019. Cross-Scale Interactions Dictate Regional Lake Carbon Flux and Productivity Response to Future Climate. Geophysical Research Letters 46:8840-8851.
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