Swamp microbe has pollution-munching superpower
April 12, 2018 ・ Chris EmeryPrinceton researchers discovered bacterium in a New Jersey wetland that has the surprising ability to degrade pollutants without using oxygen.
With Droughts and Downpours, Climate Change Feeds Chesapeake Bay Algal Blooms
August 11, 2016 ・ Bennett McIntosh for the Office of the Dean for ResearchA study led by Princeton University researchers shows that weather patterns tied to climate change may increase the severity of algal blooms in Chesapeake Bay.
Hunch About Swamp Bug May Yield Cleaner Water
September 24, 2015 ・ John Sullivan, Office of Engineering CommunicationsA mysterious vial of mud taken from a New Jersey swamp may end up offering a solution to several obstinate forms of water pollution.
Three Ph.D. Students Awarded PEI-STEP Fellowships
July 24, 2014 ・ Holly P. WellesThree graduate students have been awarded 2014 PEI-STEP Environmental Policy Fellowships by the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI). Among recipients are: Emma Fuller from ecology and evolutionary biology and Cynthia Gerlein and David Pal from civil and environmental engineering. 2014 PEI-STEP…
Jaffe Leads Princeton Team to Study Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Wetlands
October 21, 2011 ・ Carol Peters
Two PEI-STEP Fellows Awarded Graduate Certificates in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy
June 22, 2010 ・ Carol PetersNing Lin (left) and Luke MacDonald Two PEI-STEP Environmental Policy Fellows, Ning Lin and Luke MacDonald, graduated in June 2010 with Ph.D.s from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and in addition were awarded the Graduate Certificate in Science,…
Grand Challenges Highlights: Fall/Winter 2009
December 31, 2009 ・ Carol PetersNow in its third year of funding, the Grand Challenges Initiative, administered by PEI in collaboration with the Woodrow Wilson School and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has created a diverse research and scholarship endeavor. Below are a…