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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
New Course – Spring 2018
Xin and Eric Davidson will be teaching a new course during the spring 2018 semester titled: MEES622 Sustainability Science: Quantitative and Systems Approach. To learn more, read the course syllabus.
Research Opportunities
Dr. Zhang currently has multiple postdoc and graduate student level research positions open. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until qualified candidates are found. Check our Opportunities page for more information.
Climate Ride
Climate Ride 2014 NYC-DC I rode my bike from NYC to DC this September to support the science community on climate change and to advocate for a healthy and environment-friendly lifestyle.