Contact: Tim Lucas, 919/613-8084, tdlucas@duke.edu
DURHAM, N.C. – Researchers from the Nicholas School of the Environment will lead 12 newly announced interdisciplinary research projects for the 2018-19 academic year.
The Bass Connections program brings together faculty and students from disciplines across 91’s campus to explore and pursue novel solutions to some of the most pressing issues facing society and our planet today.
Sixteen core Nicholas School faculty members, three postdoctoral associates and one visiting fellow will lead new projects on topics including energy economics, the Endangered Species Act, global health, environmental justice, marine conservation, water quality and tropical ecology.
Duke graduate and undergraduate students alike can apply to become a member of a team. Applications open Jan. 24 and run through Feb. 16. Most projects last for two semesters; some have a summer component. Course credit and summer funding are available.
The newly announced projects to be led by Nicholas School researchers are:
- “,” led by Lori Bennear, Grainger Associate Professor of Energy Economics and Policy, and Brian Murray, research professor of environmental economics.
- “,” led by Erika Weinthal, Lee Hill Snowdon Professor of Environmental Policy, Megan Mullin, associate professor of environmental politics, and Elizabeth Albright, assistant professor of the practice of environmental science and policy methods.
- “,” by Emily Klein, professor of earth sciences.
- “,” led by David Johnston, associate professor of the practice of marine conservation ecology, and postdoctoral associate Justin Ridge.
- “,” led by Robert Bonnie, Rubenstein Fellow.
- “,” led by Lori Bennear, Grainger Associate Professor of Energy Economics and Policy, Richard Di Giulio, Sally Kleberg Professor of Environmental Toxicology, Martin Doyle, professor of river systems science and policy, and Lee Ferguson, associate professor of environmental chemistry and engineering.
- “,” led by Zackary Johnson, Arthur P. Kaupe Associate Professor of Molecular Biology in Marine Science, Dalia Patiño-Echeverri, Gendell Associate Professor of Energy systems and Public Policy, and postdoctoral associate Bailey Slagle.
- “” led by Randall Kramer, Juli Plant Grainger Professor of Global Environmental Health.
- “,” led by Lisa Campbell, professor of marine affairs and policy, and Brian Silliman, Rachel Carson Associate Professor of Marine Conservation Biology.
- “,” led by John Poulsen, assistant professor of tropical ecology, and postdoctoral associate Christopher William Beirne.
- “,” led by Dalia Patiño-Echeverri, Gendell Associate Professor of Energy systems and Public Policy.
- “,” led by David Johnston, associate professor of the practice of marine conservation ecology.
Nicholas School PhD students and faculty members with secondary or adjunct appointments at the school will also help lead some of the projects.
For a full list of new Bass Connections projects for the 2018-19 academic year, go .
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