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…

2025 Semlitz Fellows

…and social issues increase in scale and complexity, there is a growing need for professionals able to understand the underlying science of those issues and how best to factor them…

Providing Local and Regional Agencies with Air Quality and Health Impacts from Dust and Wildfire Aerosol Changes Due to Climate and Land Use Change (EDF)

…aerosol pollution will then be used to improve the model. Researchers will also calculate mortality, respiratory disease, and economic impact due to aerosol pollution. Throughout the research, they will engage…

COVID Origin Debate Is Distracting From What Matters Most: Preventing the Next Pandemic