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EESA Researchers To Receive FY22 LDRD Funding1 min read

by Christina Procopiou on July 23, 2021

Announcements Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division Energy Geosciences Division

Berkeley Lab’s Laboratory Directed Research and Development program has informed recipients across the laboratory of new and renewed funding for their projects beginning in October. In EESA, ten individuals will receive funding for new and continuing projects. All EESA projects are named below.

Berkeley Lab’s LDRD program exists because the United States Congress has allowed federal Laboratory Directors a limited amount of overhead funding for the purpose of seeding research and development projects. This rests on the belief that some of the most innovative and useful ideas might otherwise be unable to get the initial support, which is prerequisite to more standard funding sources.

Dan Feldman, Systematic Studies to Characterize Errors in Atmospheric Forcing on Mountainous Watersheds

Cynthia Gerlein-Safdi, Understanding the effects of variation in water availability on vegetation photosynthetic activity

Charlie Koven, Exploring Wildfire Effects on Mountain Hydrology Using the FATES-SPITFIRE-Hillslope Model

Matthias Sprenger, LateSt-Iso: Linking atmosphere to ecohydrology via high-frequency stable isotope measurements during

Jinyun Tang, EcoSIM for BioEPIC

Hang Deng, Enhanced Weathering for Negative Emissions for negative C emissions

Nori Nakata, Direct measurements of subsurface 4D permeability with Earth tide

Sebastien Uhlemann, 5G-enabled real-time, distributed sensing for critical infrastructure management

Mike Whittaker, Subsurface Critical Element Extraction with Electrokinetic Feedback (EKF)

Yingqi Zhang, Geo-Heating and Cooling with Novel Subsurface Porous Medium Ice Storage

 

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EESA Research Scientist Selected for NAE 2022 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium2 min read

May 23, 2022

Mengsu Hu, an EESA research scientist, was selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium in September. For more than 25 years, the NAE has identified the best and brightest early-career engineers from large and small companies, research universities, and government laboratories to discuss their leading-edge research and…

Microbial Response to a Changing and Fire-Prone Arctic Ecosystem2 min read

April 27, 2022

Burning more than 1,000 square kilometers of tundra on Alaska’s North Slope, the 2007 Anaktuvuk river wildfire is one of the largest fires to occur within Arctic ecosystems. Berkeley Lab scientist Nick Bouskill led a study that used data from this disturbance event to predict ecosystem recovery as fires advance in a changing climate. (Credit:…

Study Evaluates Phosphorus Availability Underground using Plant Leaves as Biosensors3 min read

April 25, 2022

When envisioning renewable energy, sources that often come to mind are the sun, wind, batteries, and water. However, biofuel, a type of renewable energy that converts organic material from plants into liquid fuel, is an important part of a global effort to achieve net-zero emissions. Switchgrass, a deep-rooted native North American grass that grows in…

EESA Multimedia Producer and Digital Strategist Niba Audrey Nirmal Awarded Ocean Science Journalism Fellowship1 min read

Niba Audrey Nirmal, EESA Multimedia Producer and Digital Strategist, has been awarded the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) Ocean Science Journalism (OSJ) Fellowship.   In May, Nirmal will join nine other selected fellows on a five-day, experiential-learning based retreat at the WHOI located in Falmouth, Massachusetts to learn about ocean-science concepts ranging from marine biology to…

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