Emily Baker (Global Development)

…of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda. Diversified agroforestry and home garden systems have gendered implications for smallholder social and ecological resilience, livelihoods, and food security. Working…

Juliet Lu

…Chinese firms that have moved into planting and processing across the region. However, while most environmental and social justice advocacy groups have corporate engagement strategies for targeting established market firms,…

Fatema Sumar

…compacts to reduce poverty through economic growth globally. She managed MCC’s technical and regional divisions working on infrastructure, the environment and climate change, the private sector, gender and social inclusion,…

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,…

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…