Student Project: Assessing natural and nature-based shoreline features (Branco Lab)

Natural and Nature Based Shoreline Features (NNBF) are being integrated into coastal resilience strategies due to the variety of services… Read more Student Project: Assessing natural and nature-based shoreline features (Branco Lab)

Student Project: Constructed Soils for Green and Sustainable Cities (Cheng Lab)

Urban soils are largely contaminated, while clean soils are often limited – despite the growing needs from greening and urban… Read more Student Project: Constructed Soils for Green and Sustainable Cities (Cheng Lab)

Lead (Pb) is one of the most prominent contaminants widely found in urban soils. It presents significant health risk to… Read more Student Project: Using Wireless Technology to Detect Lead in Urban Soils (Cheng Lab)

Human activity in cities alters the biodiversity of insects, plants, and animals – frequently lowering the biodiversity and replacing native… Read more Student Project: Disturbed and diverse: Soil and green infrastructure microbial communities of New York City (Muth Lab)

Duckweeds, small aquatic plants that grow on the surface of still waters, are commonly observed in lakes and ponds, including… Read more Student Project: Targeting the duckweed microbiome for improved phytoremediation of urban waters (Muth Lab)

Phytoplankton, microscopic organisms (microalgae) that form the base of aquatic food webs, generate approximately half of the world’s oxygen through… Read more Student Project: Exploring the causes and ecological consequences of harmful algal blooms in urban estuaries (Greenfield Lab)

Animal reproductive behavior can be influenced both directly and indirectly by anthropogenic impacts. New York’s waterways are home to a… Read more Student Project: The dynamics of reproductive behavior in nearshore pipefish (Wilson Lab)

Adaptive immunity and immune memory are defining characteristics of higher vertebrates. The ability to retain a record of prior infection… Read more Student Project: Adaptive immunity in nearshore environments (Wilson Lab)