“I am very pleased to announce that Michael Piehler, MSPH, PhD, has been named director of the UNC Institute for the Environment (IE) and will begin serving in that role on July 1, 2018.” – Terry Magnuson, Vice Chancellor for Research
Institute of Marine Sciences graduate student Adam Gold and professor Mike Piehler discuss research that is directly measuring nitrogen cycling in stormwater ponds in the coastal Southeast. https://www.coastalreview.org/2018/03/study-stormwater-ponds-can-add-nitrogen/
Ecology Ph.D. student Shelby Ziegler talks about her research on saltmarsh predator-prey interactions. http://gulfresearchinitiative.org/grad-student-ziegler-compares-gulf-east-coast-ecosystems-predicting-saltmarsh-food-web-responses-disturbances/
Coastal Review Online writes about research done in part by NC Botanical Garden conservation ecologist Michael Kunz on the habits of Venus flytraps. https://www.coastalreview.org/2018/02/venus-flytraps-dont-eat-pollinators/
Catie Alves, a second-year PhD student in Dr. John Bruno’s lab, was recently awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The prestigious fellowship provides financial support for graduate students pursuing masters and doctoral degrees in science, … Read more
Curriculum in Environment and Ecology (ENEC) graduate students Bianca Lopez and Adam Gold as well as recent doctoral graduate Sierra Woodruff have been selected as recipients of 2017 GEAB Impact Awards. The award recognizes excellent graduate research that is of … Read more
Shelby Ziegler is a 2nd year Ph.D. student in Dr. Joel Fodrie’s lab at the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences. Before coming to UNC, Shelby worked as a research technician with Dr. Emmett Duffy at the Virginia Institute of Marine … Read more
The Curriculum in Environment and Ecology’s Dr. Geoffrey Bell and several students from his fall 2016 Restoration Ecology class (ENEC 304) were essential to the Battle Grove Restoration project. The focus of this project was the Battle Branch stream which had … Read more
