ESD’s Seiji Nakagawa and his collaborators recently received an award for the best research presentation, at the Annual Symposium for the Geosciences Research Program, within the DOE’s Office of Basic Energy Sciences.
This Thursday afternoon (3 p.m.), Dr. Elizabeth Burton, WESTCARB Technical Director, will discuss the latest news regarding carbon capture, utilization, and storage, as part of the Earth Science and Industry Seminar series.
Off-Site Fieldwork Hazards and Controls
ESD scientist & UC Professor Kristie Boering leads study into fertilizer use being responsible for increased nitrous oxide in the atmosphere.
ESD welcomes Dr. James I. Prosser (University of Aberdeen, UK), presenting "Archaeal Ammonia Oxidisers in Soil: So What?" April. 13 at 10:30am in the Bldg. 50 Auditorium.
Noting that bioremediation has historically been approached as a “black box,” Romy Chakraborty and her team prescribe research tools and describe projects that would constitute a systems biology approach for bioremediation.
Slowing Down in the Construction Zones
It'll take some doing, but ESD's Christer Jansson and others hope to create a new recipe for biofuels. Jansson will discuss the project at the Feb. 27-29 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit.
At the recent annual AAAS conference in Vancouver, a group of scientists including ESD’s Janet Jansson announced first results from the Earth Microbiome Project, an international collaboration to “model the microbial planet."
ESD welcomes Dr. Peter Vitousek (Stanford Univ.), presenting "Islands as Model Systems for Understanding Soils" Feb. 17 at 10:30am in the Bldg. 50 Auditorium.
