Building tangible, replicable, and inclusive environmental solutions

Brashares, a professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management and a DSE faculty advisor, will guide the scientific research and conservation strategy for a new initiative with National Geographic.

Maya Zomer, postdoctoral researcher, is the lead author of a new paper in Tree Physiology examining whether elevated atmospheric CO₂ can protect post-fire seedlings against drought stress in Mediterranean shrublands. Her research was completed as part of her dissertation at the Desertification Research Center (CIDE-CSIC) in Valencia, Spain.

Postdoctoral researcher Kristin Davis and a team of researchers and land managers published a pair of scientific papers that used advanced population modeling and decision analysis to address a long-time ecological mystery for the American kestrel (Falco sparverius), and a collaborative process to chart a path forward.