2025 Summer Undergraduate Researchers
We are proud to introduce the undergraduate students selected to participate in the 2025 Summer Undergraduate Research Program! Andrew Aviado, Data Science and Public Health & Society ’28Project: Machine Learning for PaleoclimatologyMentor: Bo Li, Statistics and Data Science Andrew is a rising sophomore from St. Louis, Missouri, double majoring in Data Science and Public Health […]
Michaelides: Studying Permafrost-Wildfire Interaction with Radar Remote Sensing
Research Focus The undergraduate fellow will participate in a NASA funded project to better understand the impact of tundra and boreal wildfires on permafrost across different environmental gradients in the Alaskan Arctic and Subarctic. This project will primarily revolve around the processing, analysis, and interpretation of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR), which can resolve centimetric-scale […]
Halting hidden hunger
Can improved nutrition during pregnancy help prevent stunted growth in children around the world? With partners in Ecuador, Lora Iannotti studies the effects of maternal diet on infant brain development.
Saving forests and alleviating poverty
WashU sophomores work with villagers in rural Madagascar to conserve biodiversity.
Island biodiversity rides on the wings of birds
Bird wing shape is a trait that influences biodiversity patterns on islands around the world, according to research from WashU biologists.
Denizen Awarded Global Incubator Seed Grant
Assistant Professor Seth Denizen was awarded a Global Incubator Seed Grant for his collaborative project on wastewater urbanism with Christina Seibe at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Environmental Research & Creativity Week 2025
February 24-28, 2025 Thank you to everyone who made Environmental Research and Creativity Week a success! We are grateful for the community of partners who hosted, cohosted, and promoted this week of events. Over the course of five days and 15 events, the Center partnered with 11 different university teams and showcased the work of […]
Fire & Ice
From the icy ends of the Earth to the tropics, scientists across disciplines are using radar, big data, and other tools to help us better understand our changing planet.
Of the Cave: An Exploration into Our Relationship with American Caverns
Maddy Frank, science writer at WashU, chronicles her adventures funded by the Newman Exploration Travel Fund (NEXT), where she set off to South Dakota, Colorado, and New Mexico to discover more about our current relationship with caverns.
A high-tech way to track an age-old problem
Students in the “Geospatial Field Methods” course used drones to map flooding along the Meramec River.