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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 …
New PhD level graduate student position in Environmental Science and Policy (Filled by 03/01/2021)
The Environmental Science and Policy Lab at the Appalachian Laboratory of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (AL-UMCES) is seeking a motivated Ph.D. student interested in investigating the interactions between agricultural production and sustainable Food-Energy-Water nexus with data-driven approaches. Read More …
Upcoming FAO North America event featuring our work on Synergies and Tradeoffs in Sustainable Agriculture
http://newsletters.fao.org/q/1bmY2TkA2eEqIze5oFx/wv FAO and the University of Maryland invite you to join an interactive webinar to learn about synergies and tradeoffs in sustainable agriculture! The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls for a new transformational approach that looks across economic, social and Read More …
Dr. Zhang presented a keynote address at the INI2020: 8th Global Nitrogen Conference Virtual Event on May 4, 2020
The event website is https://ini2020.com/, and a recording of the event will be available online. You are welcome to use the following link to download my presentation slides. Zhang_INI_Keynote_20200504