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Elena Litchman, associate professor of zoology, will lead a team of researchers through a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s new Dimensions of Biodiversity program to study how microorganisms in Siberia’s Lake Baikal adapt to a changing environment. Lake Baikal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is acknowledged as the world’s largest (by volume) and [...]
Associate Professor Elena Litchman was among 94 researchers honored by President Obama today as a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. Ten Federal departments and agencies join [...]
Geology professor Julie Libarkin along with Mathematics professors Keith Promislow and Andrew Christlieb participated in the Coalition for National Science Funding’s annual exhibition on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, May 11, in Washington. Libarkin and two graduate students presented their research on climate literacy. Promislow and Christlieb discussed their research on efficient energy conversion in nanoscale networks. See [...]
Zoology Professor Elena Litchman is part of an NSF grant to develop robotic fish to bring environmental monitoring of water to a new level. Watch the video>> Read the story>>
Jay Lennon, assistant professor of microbiology and molecular genetics, has received a $199,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to examine how cyanobacteria evolve to resist viruses. The research could unlock information critical to environmental and climate studies. Read more about Lennon’s NSF grant.
Zoology professor Elena Litchman explored how nutrient limitation affects the evolution of the size of diatoms in different environments. The findings, recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, underscore potential consequences for aquatic food webs and climate shifts. Read more…
Several faculty members are presenting papers at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Chicago, including: Rob Last Dean Della Penna Jon Miller Thomas Dietz See the MSU Special Report on AAAS 2009. If you want to follow all the action at AAAS, check out ESPP’s Green Board blog as Andy McGlashen and [...]
The Environmental Science & Policy Program is hosting a networking opportunity for researchers at MSU interested in climate change. The program will be Thursday, February 19, from 3-5, at the Kellogg Center. There will be a brief overview of research on climate change followed by discussion so that researchers across campus can learn about complementary research and meet potential collaborators. Please [...]
Thomas Dietz, director of the Environmental Science and Policy Program, will help lead a climate-change study charged with advising the next U.S. Congress on environmental policy. The committee was formed by the NAS to spearhead the two-year study, coordinated by its National Research Council. The study will assess strategies for mitigating climate change and adapting to it, identifying [...]
The Environmental Science and Policy program will host a free 2-day conference “Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region” on April 9-10, 2008 - Read more or register today.
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