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Hangzhou Joint Statement
As a follow-up to the 2022 meeting between President Xi and President Biden in Bali, Indonesia, the Special Envoys for Climate Change from China and the United States met in November 2023 and released the Sunnylands Statement. This agreement recalls, Read More …
Co-creating the Future, Enhancing Collaboration: The Joint Conference of an NSF-NSFC Project Successfully Held in Hangzhou
On September 18, 2024, the joint conference of a research project, co-funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) of the United States and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), was held in conference room B110, School of Environmental Read More …
Environmental Science and Policy Internship Available
The Environmental Science and Policy Lab (http://research.al.umces.edu/xzhang/) seeks 1~2 interns to join a transdisciplinary and transnational project team and work on one of the two ongoing projects. 1) The Sustainable Agricultural Matrix (SAM) Consortium Project (http://research.al.umces.edu/sam/). Working with scientists and Read More …
Seeking Program Manager – Global Nitrogen Innovation Center for Clean Energy and the Environment (NICCEE)
Position Description:The newly established Global Nitrogen Innovation Center for Clean Energy and the Environment NICCEE invites applications for a Program Manager (PM) to advance its mission in accelerating socioeconomic and technological innovation for sustainable and climate-smart nitrogen management. NICCEE, spearheaded by Read More …
Seeking Assistant Research Scientist- Postdoctoral Researcher in Integrated Nitrogen Modeling
Position Description: The Global Nitrogen Innovation Center for Clean Energy and the Environment (NICCEE) is seeking a motivated researcher with experience in the areas of agriculture and land use modeling, energy modeling, and/or biogeochemical modeling. The selected candidate will work Read More …
PhD level graduate student position available in Nitrogen Information Systems
The Global Nitrogen Innovation Center for Clean Energy and Environment (NICCEE) is seeking a motivated Ph.D. student to develop a state-of-the-art data platform. This platform will track nitrogen management across the agriculture, food, and energy systems, aiding stakeholders in informed decision-making. Read More …
Srishti Vishwakarma Dissertation Defense Announcement
Srishti Vishwakarma will be defending her dissertation on November 3, 2022. Date: 11/03/2022 Time (EST/EDT): 10:00 am Location: UMCES Appalachian Laboratory and Remote Remote Link/URL: Link Committee Chair: Dr. Xin Zhang Committee Members: Dr. Vyacheslav Lyubchich, Dr. Eric Davidson, Dr. Nathan Mueller, Dr. Kyle Read More …
PhD level graduate student position in Sustainable Nitrogen Management
The Environmental Science and Policy Lab at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) is seeking a motivated Ph.D. student interested in investigating nitrogen (N) cycles in coupled human and natural systems and informing N management along the food Read More …
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE MATRIX INTERNSHIP AVAILABLE
The Environmental Science and Policy Lab (http://research.al.umces.edu/xzhang/) seeks 1~3 interns to join a transdisciplinary and transnational project team for the Sustainable Agricultural Matrix (SAM) Project (http://research.al.umces.edu/sam/). Working with scientists and stakeholders around the world, the SAM project co-develops an indicator Read More …
Two new research grants were awarded to the Zhang Lab
National Science Foundation (NSF), 2021-2024 “INFEWS: US-China: Managing Agricultural Nitrogen to Achieve Sustainable Food-Energy-Water Nexus in China and the U.S.” PI: Xin Zhang; CoI: Eric Davidson. https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2025826 Bayer, 2020-2022 “Enhancing Biodiversity & Resilience in Crop Production” PI: Wei Zhang (International Read More …