2026 graduate research projects
- Emily Chambers, Anthropology, Permafrost Thaw and Food Contamination in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region
- Ella Ferraz, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Microbial Fuel Cells as Real-Time Monitors of Soil Respiration and Microbial Dynamics
- Jerry Hernandez, Anthropology, Learning to Taste the System: Youth, Structural Literacy, and the Politics of a ‘Decent Meal’
- Danielle Klawitter, Environmental Studies, In-bed intercropping with deep-rooted perennial grasses for soil health and agroecosystem benefits
- Maansa Krovvidi, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tag Assisted Low Power UWB Radar for Depth- Resolved Vertical Soil Compaction Profiling
- John Madden, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Improving the energy harvesting efficiency of prickly pear cacti for powering agricultural wireless sensor networks
- Morgan Masters, Electrical and Computer Engineering, From Drone Imagery to Yield Forecasts: Low-Cost 3D Modeling for Diversified Farms
- Jocelyn Rojas, Environmental Studies, Multiscale Drivers of Soil Arthropod Functional Diversity and Soil Health in Urban Agroecosystems
- Ellie Sangree, Environmental Studies, Characterizing Temporal Dynamics of Bioavailable Nitrogen Release from Compost with Microdialysis and 15N Isotope Tracing
- Daniel Tarazona Sanchez, Anthropology, At the edge of Domestication: Enmontado Dogs and the Politics of Feral in the Colombian Andes
- Georgia Vasey, Environmental Studies, A burning question: how does fire shape carbon pools in coastal prairies?