Algal Bioreactors for Biofuel Production

Aquatic microalgae offer several features that make them an attractive prospect for biofuel production, including rapid growth and the ability to thrive on marginal land and in brackish water. Despite…

Transition Finance for Regenerative Agriculture Systems

Jennifer Haverkamp

…Representative for Environment and Water Resources in the U.S. Department of State. In 2016 she led the Department’s successful negotiations of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol to phase…

Mollie J. Lipp (MBA ’26, SC Johnson College of Business)

…sustainability leader in the B2B water, hygiene, and sanitation space. She is infinitely curious and enjoys yoga, reading, and travel and believes that these activities make us better global citizens….

Mai Ichihara (Ph.D. ’28, Global Development)

…and the Great Lakes Watershed. By integrating insights from collective action and behavioral theory, network analysis, critical agroecology, soil ecology, and integrated watershed management, she explores how diverse food system…

Mahmoud Aboelkheir (Ph.D. ’26, Fiber Science)

Mahmoud Aboelkheir is a Ph.D. candidate in Fiber Science at Cornell University, where his research focuses on developing bio-based adsorbent materials for water and air remediation. His work integrates principles…

Paul Simonin (Natural Resources)

…studying how changing gradients in the abiotic environment of lakes (e.g., water temperature) affect fish distribution patterns and subsequent trophic relationships. Paul is also interested in how these spatial community…

Blight2Right: A Novel Community-Based Project Focusing on Eliminating Illegal Dumping in Flint, Michigan

…in Flint, Michigan, a community battling high levels of dumping and health disparities potentially associated with this hazardous blight, much of it magnified by the city’s ongoing water crisis. The…

Laurel Lynch (Soil + Crop Sciences)

…meet ~40% of the carbon reductions needed to keep climate warming below 2°C and confer co-benefits, such as wildlife habitat, improved human health outcomes, and better air and water quality….

Remote Sensing of Greenland’s Supraglacial Hydrology in a Changing Climate

…radar data to study how meltwater flows across the ice sheet surface and how some of that water is temporarily impounded in subsurface buried lakes. The researchers’ work will provide…