Researchers find nature’s backup plan for converting nitrogen into plant nutrients
November 11, 2019 ・ Joseph AlbaneseAlthough nitrogen is essential for all living organisms — it makes up 3% of the human body — and comprises 78% of Earth’s atmosphere, it’s almost ironically difficult for plants and natural systems to access it. Atmospheric nitrogen is not…
Zhang receives Simons Early Career Award to study the ocean’s nitrogen producers
May 28, 2019 ・ Morgan KellyXinning Zhang, assistant professor of geosciences and the Princeton Environmental Institute, was among nine scientists nationwide to receive a three-year 2019 Simons Early Career Investigators in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution Award from the Simons Foundation. An environmental microbiologist, Zhang’s…
PEI Welcomes Four New Faculty Members
February 1, 2017 ・ Joanna M. Foster ’08 for the Princeton Environmental InstituteThe Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) is pleased to welcome Gabriel Vecchi, Luc Deike, Laure Resplandy, and Xinning Zhang.