Dec 21, 2016 | iSEE Research, News Releases, RESEARCH PROFILES, Stormwater and Mosquito Control Project
As part of the iSEE-funded Stormwater and Mosquito Control Project, Medical Entomology Ph.D. student Elijah Juma is examining how decaying leaves in stormwater affect the habitats — and the life cycles — of mosquitoes. In Summer 2016, Elijah undertook his first field...
Dec 21, 2016 | Crops in silico Project, iSEE Research, News Releases, RESEARCH PROFILES
Stuti Shrivastava is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Plant Biology, and alongside more than 20 student and faculty researchers at the University of Illinois, she is working to create crops in silico — computer modeling that will accurately predict plant...
Dec 21, 2016 | News Releases, Purchasing, Waste, and Recycling, SWATeams
Joy Scrogum is an Emerging Technologies Resource Specialist at the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC, a Division of the Prairie Research Institute). While she spends most of her time with zero waste projects in the Technical Assistance Program, she also...
Dec 21, 2016 | News Releases, Purchasing, Waste, and Recycling, SWATeams
Warren Lavey is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Science in the School of Earth, Society and Environment. He is also actively involved in the College of Law and the Natural Resources department in the College of ACES. In the past,...
Dec 16, 2016 | Agroforestry for Food Project, iSEE Research, News Releases, RESEARCH PROFILES
Diana Kapanzhi is a Masters student studying Environmental Engineering with a focus on Environmental and Water Resources Systems Analysis. Her task at the Agroforestry for Food research site is to perform an emissions life-cycle assessment — a beginning-to-end tally...
Dec 16, 2016 | Agroforestry for Food Project, iSEE Research, News Releases, RESEARCH PROFILES
Erik Stanek is a Masters student in Illinois’ Crop Sciences program. As a member of the Agroforestry for Food project funded by iSEE, he’s determining the role mixed-species farms of trees and shrubs may play in the future of central Illinois agriculture — and in...