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Principal Investigator
Tyler Pantle
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
New Hampshire Ecological Conservation (2023 Spring)
Team: Jane Zugarek (Project Lead), Madison Arndt, Jessica Gray, Amelia Untiedt
Summary: Bioindicator species monitoring allows researchers to infer the overall ecological health of a given area. Among these species, the Common Loon (Gavia immer), occupies the land-water interface...
Principal Investigator
Olivia Landry
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Colorado Springs Health and Air Quality (2023 Spring)
Team: Olivia Etherton, Jeanette Moritz, Joshua Stokes, Ephrata Yohannes
Summary: The City of Colorado Springs, situated in Colorado’s Front Range corridor, is grappling with poor air quality exacerbated by intensifying wildfire regimes, fueled by climate change...
Principal Investigator
Michael Pazmino
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
WET Water Resources (2023 Spring)
Team: Lori Berberian (Project Lead), Kaely Harris, Mitch Porter, Emma Waugh
Summary: Wetland ecosystems are annually or seasonally wet transition zones between land and water. They provide a range of ecosystem services such as water filtration, flood mitigation, and carbon...
Principal Investigator
Ryan Healey
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Idaho Ecological Conservation (2023 Spring)
Team: Preethi Malur Balaji (Project Lead), Talissa Cota, Kangsan Lee, Melissa McNally
Summary: Management Area in Bingham County, Idaho, has an issue with decadent and accumulated vegetation growth encroaching on wetland habitat, which presents challenges for wildlife, decreases biodiversity, and...
Principal Investigator
Julianne Liu
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
New York City Transportation and Infrastructure (2023 Spring)
Team: Thomas Schindelman (Project Lead), Emily Culling, Gianna Méndez Germán, Janna Chapman
Summary: New York City, the most populous city in the United States, is threatened by exacerbated heat exposure due to the urban heat island (UHI)...
Principal Investigator
Julianne Liu
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Great Salt Lake Health and Air Quality (2023 Spring)
Team: Piper Christian (Project Lead), Fiona Summers, Yoana Vargas Magana, Andrea Delgado
Summary: Water flow into the Great Salt Lake (GSL) has declined rapidly over the last forty years due to human withdrawals and climate change...
Principal Investigator
Michael Pazmino
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Los Angeles Urban Development (2023 Spring)
Team: Leyla Namazie (Project Lead), Julie Gevorgian, Theodore Ross, Stephanie Hernandez
Summary: Over the last several decades the city of Los Angeles, California, has been experiencing increased temperatures resulting in the urban heat island effect. This is largely due...
Principal Investigator
Carli Merrick
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Peru & Bolivia Climate (2023 Spring)
Team: Aarti Arora (Project Lead), Aaron Carr, Arina Fuqua, Haydee Portillo
Summary: Irrecoverable carbon (IC) reserves contain large stores of the element, are at risk of being released due to human activity and consequentially contribute to global warming upon...
Principal Investigator
Sarah Payne
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Georgia Disasters II (2023 Spring)
Team: Shakirah Rogers (Project Lead), Nathan Tesfayi, Matthew Murray, Clarence Jackson
Summary: Heirs property owners are especially vulnerable to natural and manmade disasters. This group of people have inherited property left with no clear title and thus have unclear group...
Principal Investigator
Sarah Payne
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Coronado Ecological Conservation (2023 Spring)
Team: Carson Schuetze (Project Lead), Tyler Guigneaux, Charles Robinette, Josie Bourne
Summary: Species monitoring is essential for mitigating the impacts of plant invasion, such as radical changes in an area’s ecosystem, degraded soil health, increased wildfire severity, landslides, and increased...