Dec 21, 2016 | iSEE Research, News Releases, RESEARCH PROFILES, Stormwater and Mosquito Control Project
Allison Gardner is a Ph.D. Candidate in Entomology researching the effects of habitat quality on the reproduction of mosquitoes. In particular, she studies how different species of leaves caught in a storm drain — a favorite breeding place for mosquitoes — can help or...
Dec 21, 2016 | iSEE Research, News Releases, RESEARCH PROFILES, Stormwater and Mosquito Control Project
Andrew Mackay is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Entomology with a broad interest in arthropods and public health. He joined Associate Professor Brian Allan’s lab in 2012, just as Allan was starting to turn his mind toward human-made stormwater...
Dec 21, 2016 | iSEE Research, News Releases, RESEARCH PROFILES, Stormwater and Mosquito Control Project
As part of the iSEE-funded Stormwater and Mosquito Control Project, Medical Entomology Ph.D. student Elijah Juma is examining how decaying leaves in stormwater affect the habitats — and the life cycles — of mosquitoes. In Summer 2016, Elijah undertook his first field...
Dec 21, 2016 | Crops in silico Project, iSEE Research, News Releases, RESEARCH PROFILES
Stuti Shrivastava is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Plant Biology, and alongside more than 20 student and faculty researchers at the University of Illinois, she is working to create crops in silico — computer modeling that will accurately predict plant...
Dec 16, 2016 | Agroforestry for Food Project, iSEE Research, News Releases, RESEARCH PROFILES
Diana Kapanzhi is a Masters student studying Environmental Engineering with a focus on Environmental and Water Resources Systems Analysis. Her task at the Agroforestry for Food research site is to perform an emissions life-cycle assessment — a beginning-to-end tally...
Dec 16, 2016 | Agroforestry for Food Project, iSEE Research, News Releases, RESEARCH PROFILES
Erik Stanek is a Masters student in Illinois’ Crop Sciences program. As a member of the Agroforestry for Food project funded by iSEE, he’s determining the role mixed-species farms of trees and shrubs may play in the future of central Illinois agriculture — and in...