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SEFS Assistant Professor Alex McInturff co-authors research on human-wildlife conflicts
SEFS Assistant Professor Alex McInturff is a co-author on a new study in Nature Climate Change, highlighting increasing human-wildlife conflict in a warming world. Led by the University of Washington’s Center for Ecosystem Sentinels, the paper found that climate shifts can drive conflicts by altering animal habitats across terrestrial, marine, and freshwater ecosystems, and involved mammals, reptiles, birds, fish and even invertebrates.
Read moreSEFS Assistant Professor Brittany Johnson is a Co-Investigator on a $1.2 million EPA grant
UW was awarded a $1.2 million grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a community-based effort to improve water and soil testing programs along the Duwamish River, which has suffered decades of industrial contamination.
Read moreSEFS Research Professor Sally Brown talks composting with the Washington Post
SEFS soil scientist Sally Brown was featured in a Washington Post article for her research on composting and food waste solutions. Brown consulted for at-home composting Mill, which has created a device that grinds up food scraps and then dehydrates them.
Read moreEmployee Spotlight: Wendy Gibble, UW Botanic Gardens Associate Director
This new series will provide 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.
Read moreSEFS remembers Emeritus professor Dr. Bruce Lippke
SEFS Emeritus professor, mentor, and friend Bruce Lippke passed away on Tuesday, February 14th. He left peacefully surrounded by his family at 89 years old.
Bruce was a long-time researcher on the role of wood products in economic and environmental sustainability.
Dr. Vera Trainer awarded the Seattle Aquarium Conservation Research Award
As a local and international leader in the field, Dr. Trainer was awarded the Seattle Aquarium Conservation Research Award this month for her work on understanding harmful algal blooms (HABs): proliferations of algae that cause environmental and economic damage.
Read moreSEFS Emeritus Professor and UW team in the news for holistic approach to science education
SEFS Emeritus Professor Dr. Kristiina Vogt and UW colleagues Dr. Samantha De Abreu and Dr. Maria Blancas are working to understand how using holistic storytelling practices common among Indigenous communities could improve environmental science education.
Read moreSEFS Associate Professor Laura Prugh talks about the role of cougars in reducing deer-vehicle collisions
Elusive and efficient ambush hunters, cougars are a natural predator of deer. In fact, research suggests they may be an effective tool in managing deer overpopulation and reducing collisions with wildlife.
Read moreEmployee Spotlight: Meet Wanjiku Gitahi, HR Manager
This new series will provide 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.
Read moreDr. Vera Trainer joins SEFS as research lead for marine science program
The University of Washington’s Olympic Natural Resources Center (ONRC) is happy to announce that Dr. Vera Trainer has joined the team as the research lead for the ONRC marine science program and director of the Olympic Region Harmful Algal Bloom (ORHAB) program in Forks, WA.
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