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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…
Faculty Leadership
…so strongly in these leadership positions that he committed to a matching challenge to inspire others to endow these critical roles. The full cost of each endowment is $3 million,…
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…
Bioenergy from Dairy Manure
Manure is an expensive challenge for dairy farms and a major source of greenhouse gases and water pollution. This team is developing an advanced treatment process to recover maximum energy—biogas,…
2026 Semlitz Fellows
…and social issues increase in scale and complexity, there is a growing need for professionals who are able to understand the underlying science of those issues and how best to…
Does a Healthy Diet Lead to a Healthy Environment?
…agriculture can affect greenhouse gas emissions, nitrogen pollution, and land use, yielding crucial information about the best diet for both human and environmental health. Investigators: Bob Howarth, Laurie Drinkwater, Jennifer…
Bending Agricultural Burning Trajectories in Eastern India
Every fall, open agricultural burning of rice crop residues in northwest India contributes to air pollution spikes with significant public health consequences. In eastern India, crop residue burning is less…