Congrats to Hema Velappan on winning the 2024 Husky Sustainability Award!
Hema has a history of creating, executing, and leading sustainability efforts on the UW Seattle campus. She co-founded the Institutional Climate Action (ICA) student group, along with five other students, which has been heavily involved in fossil fuel divestment and decarbonization efforts.
Each year the College of the Environment recognizes outstanding members of our College community via the College Awards and this year SEFS instructor, Robert Swan, was selected by Dean Tolstoy to receive the 2024 College of the Environment Exceptional Mentoring of Undergraduates Award.
Read moreSEFS is excited to welcome Mutian Hua as the newest BSE faculty member this fall. He has a PhD in Materials Engineering from UCLA and is currently a Postdoctoral Scholar at Berkeley Lab.
Read moreA research paper released today in Science Advances details a conceptual framework designed to help us better understand the relationship between our nose, natural environments and overall human well-being. The research team was led by SEFS Assistant Professor Gregory Bratman who joined forces with Professor Peter Kahn and a group of experts from around the globe.
Read moreSince 1995, the Bonderman Travel Fellowship, created by UW alum David Bonderman, has been sending students across the globe to inspire individual transformation and a deeper understanding of the complex and interconnected world we live in.
Read moreDr. Julie Larson will be joining the SEFS community in September as an assistant professor of ecological restoration and management. As a plant ecologist, she aims to address major challenges in these areas by understanding the mechanisms driving variation in plant performance and community response to restoration and management actions.
Read moreAndrea (Lindstrom) Anderson and Erik Anderson met at the University of Washington College of Forest Resources in 1981 and have been together ever since!
Andrea received her B.S. degree in Forestry/Land Use Planning in 1985.
Dr. Gaj Sivandran is an environmental engineer specializing in ecohydrology, sustainable development, and climate resilience. Holding a PhD from MIT and bachelor’s degrees from the University of Western Australia (referred to by Aussies as “U DUB”) in finance and environmental engineering, Gaj’s research focuses on integrating plant-water interactions into land surface models, studying contaminant fate and transport of nonpoint source pollution, and enhancing the climate resilience of water resources.
Read moreIn an interview with Discover Magazine, SEFS Associate Professor, Laura Prugh points to her team’s research that reveals why coyotes have been taking to the suburbs in what appears to be increasingly large numbers over the years.
Read moreGet 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.
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