Congratulations To Our Newest 2013-14 Global Change Fellows
The SE Climate Science Center has selected seven NC State University graduate students to serve as Global Change Fellows for the 2013-14 academic year. The Global Change Fellowship is a program designed to provide financial, scientific, and professional development support for graduate students who are interested in multidisciplinary research related to climate and global change. Congratulations to these exemplary, students of change.
Steven Grodsky
Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, College of Natural Resources
Steve is helping to understand the potential environmental consequences of harvesting wood biomass for use in green energy production.
Michael Just
Department of Plant Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Michael is investigating how climate interacts with fire to regulate wetland vegetation in longleaf pine landscapes.
Ayse Karanci
Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering
Ayse will be exploring the impacts of sea level rise and vulnerability on coastal landforms.
Jennifer Niemuth
Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, College of Veterinary Medicine
Jennifer is studying the physiologic basis of cold stun in sea turtles. Her work will help to better understand their susceptibility to climate change and predict future cold stuns events.
Kara Smith
Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Kara is focusing on criteria for combining multiple downscaled climate model datasets to produce metrics to be used in ecological models and related management decisions.
Tyson Wepprich
Department of Biology, College of Science
Tyson is researching how insects will respond to climate change and urbanization.
David Zietlow
Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources & Department of Marine Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Colleges of Natural Resources and Science
David is studying energy and water balances of contrasting forest types in the lower North Carolina coastal plain with a focus on the effects of land use and climate changes on evapotranspiration.