Michael Vega

…microbial communities influence environmental problems such as water quality and climate change. At Cornell Atkinson, he will study how to improve rice farming sustainability through lenses of environmental engineering, geochemistry,…

Quang Pham (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)

…some species, like the desert-dwelling plains spadefoot toad (Spea bombifrons), thrive in arid habitats by evolving adaptive water-conserving strategies. Aquaporins (AQPs), water-channel proteins with diverse, tissue-specific roles, are hypothesized to…

Science Is Easy to Make Fun of and Hard to Live Without

Improved Flood Prediction With Better Hydraulic Simulation

…DEP, watershed managers, conservationists, and municipal water providers to accurately depict hydroclimatic trends, tree-specific water uptake data, and other measures of ecosystem health. Investigators: Taryn Bauerle, Todd Walter, Joe Guinness…

Jintong Gao

…Synergetic Green Hydrogen and Clean Water Production From Seawater and Natural Sunlight Jintong received his Ph.D. in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in December 2023….

Rapid Test for Waterborne Diseases

In the developing world, people’s impressions about water quality drive decisions about personal consumption and community infrastructure. Water sources are rarely tested, and traditional tests do not assess the pathogens…

Mohammad Irfan (SIPS Plant Biology)

Investigating the Role of Carotenoids in Improving Sustainable Agriculture of Sweet Potatoes Under Water Stress (IFS) Mohammad Irfan is a postdoctoral research associate working with Gaurav Moghe in the Plant…

Itamar-Ariel Shabtai (Soil and Crop Sciences)

…working in Johannes Lehmann’s lab. He is interested in how soil water content can be managed to stabilize organic carbon in the soil. Peat soils contain more organic carbon than…

Christine Goodale

…College of Arts and Sciences. At Cornell Atkinson, she serves as a Senior Faculty Fellow. Goodale is an ecosystem ecologist, studying how carbon, water, and nutrients—especially nitrogen—cycle through forest ecosystems…

Daniel Petticord (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)

…in the Everglades’ waterways. Despite extensive phosphorus control measures, Florida’s waterways remain above federal thresholds, exacerbating harmful algal blooms. The study focuses on spodic horizons—deep soil layers that can store…