In a recent profile in California Magazine, learn how the ESPM professor's curiosity and quest for understanding vastly expand our knowledge of life on Earth.
Susan Hubbard to join Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Hubbard, ESPM adjunct professor and associate lab director at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is named Oak Ridge’s Deputy for Science and Technology.
In conversation with postdoctoral fellow Ariane Arias-Ortiz
Arias-Ortiz discusses her work on wetland restoration and carbon storage with Professor Baldocchi’s Biometeorology Lab.
Three in Rausser College receive grants for research on Native American Issues
The Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues recently awarded their 2021-22 mini-grants to Ataya Cesspooch, Annalise Taylor, and Anjika Pai.
Lost in translation
PMB graduate student Leah Gulyas explores how one tiny coronavirus protein blockades host cells—and how a few simple changes can flip the script.
California Releases Draft Strategy to Achieve 30x30 Conservation Target
Along with the “Pathways to 30x30” document, the California Natural Resources Agency today announced its 30x30 Advisory Committee, on which Rausser College Dean David Ackerly will serve.
Want to limit carbon and curb wildfire? Create a market for small trees
A new analysis by Rausser College researchers shows how the state can effectively reduce wildfire risk through forest thinning while continuing to limit carbon emissions.
Wetland restoration could be a blueprint for how California adapts to climate change
Research by Dennis Baldocchi’s lab in the Dutch Slough wetlands was featured in the San Francisco Chronicle this week.
Plants Buy Us Time to Slow Climate Change – But Not Enough to Stop It
New research from the lab of Trevor Keenan shows that plants are photosynthesizing more in response to more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
CRISPRing the microbiome is just around the corner
CRISPR is widely used to target specific cell types, but only one at a time. Two new techniques developed in the lab of Jill Banfield allow CRISPR editing of genes in multiple cell types simultaneously.
Five in Rausser College recognized for advising excellence
Lyn Rivera, Aileen Lavelle, Lynn Huntsinger, Sarah (Hamilton) Rhoades, and Joshua Dullaghan are among those recognized by Berkeley’s Council of Advising and Student Services.
Understanding why some “fire-loving” fungi thrive after wildfire
In a new study, PMB researchers and their colleagues uncover a food source that allows some fungi to flourish after a fire.
More Than 400 Hazardous Sites in California Face Flooding
Research by a team that includes Professor Rachel Morello-Frosch suggests flooding could hit power plants, refineries, and hazardous waste sites in many locations across the San Francisco Bay Area and southern California.
Student Spotlight: Nicholas Karavolias
Karavolias, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, was featured in an interview by the Alliance for Science on World CRISPR Day.
Policies for mitigating wetland loss hide large climate impacts
A commonly used policy for conserving ecosystems is underestimating large emissions of greenhouse gases, according to new research by UC Berkeley scientists published in the journal Ecography.
Native people take a different view of Thanksgiving
In a recent blog, Cooperative Extension specialist Jennifer Sowerwine and Professors Peter Nelson and Elizabeth Hoover offer insights for adjusting our thinking—and actions—around Thanksgiving.
David Zilberman named “IICA Chair” for contribution to sustainable development
The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture recognizes Zilberman for his research on bioeconomy and alternative energies.
Mary K. Firestone receives 2022 Philippe Duchaufour Medal
The European Geosciences Union recognizes Firestone for her contributions to Earth science research.
Professor Peter Nelson adds wildland firefighting to his expertise
Nelson, a California Native American, is training to be a wildland firefighter with the goal of using “good fire” as a tool to reduce risk and build ecosystem resilience against wildfires.
Alexii Sigona on supporting his tribe as an academic
Sigona, a member of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band and a third-year ESPM Ph.D. student, focuses his research on Indigenous natural resource management, specifically with the Amah Mutsun—a landless and non-federally recognized tribe.