How nature-based solutions can benefit freshwater biodiversity
Affiliate Charles van Rees spoke with the Freshwater Blog about how nature-based solutions can benefit freshwater biodiversity.
Are stream restoration projects working for fish? Not long-term, new research finds.
Development threatens Georgia’s biodiversity, and projects designed to offset harm may not have a lasting positive impact on fish, according to new research from a team of University of Georgia researchers.
CAES researchers find improved treatments for removing ‘forever chemicals’
Affiliates Gary Hawkins and Ke (Luke) Li collaborated on a study to develop improved, cost-effective treatment systems with advanced technologies for removing polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water, wastewater and biosolids.
Conservation, freshwater ecosystems, tropical ecology: Pringle’s contributions
Affiliate Catherine Pringle, a distinguished research professor at UGA, has had a decorated career, from earning UGA’s creative research medal to publishing 197 peer-reviewed journal articles, over 50 book chapters and symposium proceedings, and co-editing three books.
A backbone of bugs: The tiny drivers of freshwater ecology
Aquatic entomologist and River Basin Center affiliate Darold Batzer and other researchers from the Department of Entomology in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences have spent their careers discovering how factors like climate change, pollution and urbanization impact insects. Uncovering changes to the well-being of insects provides clues to the drivers behind changes in entire ecosystems.
2023 John Spencer Research Grant recipients announced
The River Basin Center is proud to announce that Fabiola Lopez Avila, Carolyn Cummins and Shishir Rao have been awarded John Spencer Research Grants for 2023. Lopez Avila, who is pursuing her master’s through the Integrative Conservation and Sustainability program, was awarded full funding for her proposal on how plastics impact freshwater ecosystems. “Most research […]
Vallury awarded interdisciplinary ‘pre-seed’ grant
A team of researchers helmed by Sechindra Vallury was awarded a pre-seed grant by the UGA Office of Research and the Office of the Provost. Other team members include affiliates Donald Nelson of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, Emily Bell, of the School of Public and International Affairs, John Schmidt from Odum, and Daniel Markewitz of the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources.
Wilde awarded 2023 Creative Research Medal
Affiliate Susan Wilde was awarded a Creative Research medal. The university established the Creative Research Medals in 1980 to recognize a distinct and exceptional research or creative project, performed by a mid-career faculty member, with extraordinary impact and significance to the field of study.
Capps steps into associate director role at the River Basin Center
Earlier this year, associate professor Krista Capps stepped into the role of associate director at UGA’s River Basin Center. Capps joins directors of science and policy, Seth Wenger and Sechindra Vallury, respectively. As a rotating position, the associate director will expand the Center’s outreach and education programming and support existing initiatives. “We are excited to […]
Jon Calabria wins 2023 Service-Learning Excellence Award
Affiliate Jon Calabria was one of three University of Georgia faculty members to be recognized by the Office of Service-Learning with Service-Learning Teaching Excellence Awards for 2022.