SEFS remembers College of Forest Resources faculty member, Fiorenzo Ugolini

We are saddened to share the news that a former College of Forest Resources faculty member, Fiorenzo Ugolini, passed away on November 22, 2023, at age 94. Fiorenzo is fondly remembered by students, colleagues, and friends for his passion, positive influence, and his extraordinary work on soil development in temperate, boreal, and arctic soils. 

SEFS Seminar Series 2024

The SEFS Seminar Series has returned, featuring weekly presentations from SEFS and UW researchers and affiliates. Check back for additional details throughout the semester.
Location: Anderson 207/Forest Club Room
January 17th: Dr. 

Employee Spotlight: Tricia O’Hara, SEFS Grants Coordinator

Get to know SEFS staff! This series provides an opportunity to find out more about SEFS staff members — what they do in their daily job and how they spend their time outside the office. 

SEFS Professor Emeritus publishes book on plant growth with Oxford University Press

SEFS Professor Emeritus E. David Ford authored a book entitled “The Dynamics of Plant Growth” with Oxford University Press last month. The book integrates morphology, physiology, and development to describe the dynamic process that control plant growth. 

SEFS in the news: December 2023

Browse recent mentions of SEFS researchers in the news. Have news to share? Send your updates to sefscomm@uw.edu.

Perry Acworth, UW Farm manager, was featured in a Seattle Times article about the value of vermiculture in gardening. 

SEFS assistant professor Francisca Santana to co-lead Louisiana Tribal climate adaptation grant

SEFS assistant professor Francisca Santana is co-PI on a grant from the Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to support Tribal climate adaptation efforts in southeastern Louisiana. 

SEFS associate professor studies impact of changing snow conditions on predatory-prey interactions

In a warming climate, changing snow conditions and consistency could play a notable role in how predators hunt prey. SEFS associate professor Laura Prugh is working with UW professor of civil and environmental engineering Jessica Lundquist to measure snow properties that led to a “danger zone,” where prey would sink but predators would not. 

Partnership Highlight: Olympic Natural Resources Center & Washington Department of Natural Resources

The Type 3 (T3) watershed experiment began in 2018, out of a partnership between the Olympic Natural Resource Center (ONRC) led mainly by director Bernard Bormann and SEFS affiliate professor, Teodora Minkova with the Washington Department of Natural Resources (WA DNR). 

New lidar product of global building height launches, led by SEFS Alumnus Guang Zheng and Professor L. Monika Moskal

In his time at UW, Guang Zheng was the first PhD student in SEFS Professor L. Monika Moskal’s Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis Laboratory. Last year, Zheng returned as a visiting professor from Nanjing University to work with Moskal on using a space-born lidar sensor, the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI), on the International Space Station to produce global maps of building heights. 

SEFS Holiday Party 2023

Thanks to all who came out to celebrate with us at our annual holiday party and gingerbread competition! It was wonderful to see our community come together to celebrate another successful quarter.