2013-2014 Voss Environmental Fellows
Are you hooked on environmental research…
…but curious how it connects with policy and practice?
Interested in pursuing urgent policy questions…
…but concerned that answers be grounded in relevant research?
Voss Environmental Fellows may be for you!
Online Application Form - Deadline is February 8, 2013
link to slide for class presentations
In 2013-14, Brown Environmental Fellows will fund use-inspired undergraduate research projects developed jointly with a Brown faculty member and a mentor at a non-profit organization or regulatory agency.
Fellows (as seniors) will also participate in a Spring 2014 seminar (ENVS 1965) that will help place the research in a broader context and build additional skills in leadership and policy engagement.
To learn more, see blogs.brown.edu/bef/ or contact Marty_Downs@brown.edu
2012 Projects
Is solar stress a major driver of salt marsh pan formation along the eastern coast of the United States?
Natividad Chen, Brown University
Mark Bertness, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,Brown University
Jennifer West, Narragansett Bay National Esturine Research Reserve
Homogenization of suburban landscape across the United States
Emma Dixon, Brown University
Chris Neill, Brown-MBL Partnership
Tom Chase, The Nature Conservancy
Analysis of Forest Conservation Policy in Rhode Island
Hannah Miles, Brown University
Caroline Karp, Center for Environmental Studies, Brown University
Lisa Primiano, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
Hydrofracking Hysteria: Agricultural Social Movements and Natural Gas Development in Pennsylvania
Rebecca Rast, Brown University
Kathryn DeMaster and Stephanie Malin, Center for Environmental Studies, Brown University
Rebecca Gasior Altman, Science and Environment Health Network
The Opportunities and Barriers for a regionally-based food sourcing program at John Hope Settlement House
Mary Alice Reily, Brown University
Kathryn DeMaster, Center for Environmental Studies, Brown University
John Hope Settlement House
The Viability of Moving Plants: Measuring Reproductive Success at the Arnold Arboretum
Elizabeth Ryan, Brown University
Dov Sax, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University
Michael Dosmann, Arnold Arboretum
Analysis of the Relationship between National Fishery Institutions' Regulations and Species' Life Histories and Movement in Small-Scale Fisheries in Mexico's Gulf of California
Katherine Siegel, Brown University
Heather Leslie and Leila Sievanen, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Center for Environmental Studies, Brown University
Sheila Walsh, The Nature Conservancy
2011 Projects:
Ecosystem Health Project
Bridgette Black, Brown University
Heather Leslie, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Center for Environmental Studies, Brown University
Ames Colt, Rhode Island Bays, Rivers, and Watersheds Coordination Team
Viability of Heritage-based Agricultural Cluster Economies in Promoting Rural Development and Resilient Systems in the United States
Veronica Clarkson, Brown University
Kathryn De Master, Center for Environmental Studies, Brown University
Michelle Miller, Associate Director, Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wisconsin Dairy Business Innovation Center
Salt Marsh Invertebrate Facilitation of Plant Growth: Implications for Sea Level Rise
Morgan Ivens-Duran, Brown University
Heather Leslie, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Center for Environmental Studies, Brown University
Michael Bilecki, Chief of Natural Resources at Fire Island National Seashore
The Effects of Agricultural Intensification on Wind and Water Erosion in the Brazilian Amazon
Carmen Tubbesing, Brown University
Stephen Porder, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University
Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM)
Air Quality at Vartan Gregorian Elementary: Finding Solutions for near Road Air Pollution
Shae Selix, Brown University
Meredith Hastings, Geological Sciences, Brown University
Producer Responsibility: Challenges to and Implementation of Framework Legislation in Rhode Island
Kara Ann Kaufman, Brown University
Christopher Bull, Engineering, Brown University
Sheila Dormody, Director, Clean Water Action Rhode Island
Latitudinal Gradients in Disease: Does Disease Infection Rate Increase with Decreasing Latitude?
Stephanie Yin, Brown University
Mark Bertness, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University
Kenny Raposa,
Research Coordinator,
Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
2010 Projects:
The Science and Policy of Nitrogen Management in Narragansett Bay
Caroline Scanlan, Brown University
Jeremy Rich, Asst. Professor, Environmental Studies/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Tom Uva, Narragansett Bay Commission
Charting a New Course: Mapping Knowledge and Attitudes toward Competitor or Nuisance Marine Species under Different Fisheries Management Regimes
Barbara Santisteban, Brown University
Caroline Karp, Senior Lecturer, Environmental Studies
Robert Ballou, RI Department of Environmental Management Marine Fisheries
Developing Strategies for Effective Implementation of Managed Relocation
Ariana Spawn, Brown University
Dov Sax, Asst. Professor, Environmental Studies/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Nancy Green, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Cape Cod Salt Marsh Die-off
Eric Van Arsdale, Brown University
Mark Bertness, Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Steve Smith, Cape Cod National Seashore
Narragansett Bay Eutrophication: Understanding the Bay’s History of Primary Production through Sediment Core Analysis
Devon Cupery, Brown University
Warren Prell/Tim Herbert, Professors, Geological Sciences
Chris Deacutis, Narragansett Bay Estuarine Program
Sustainable Rehabilitation as Historic Preservation: An Analysis and Redesign of the Herreshoff Marine Museum
Michelle Flagg, Brown University
Christopher Bull, Senior Research Engineer/Senior Lecturer, Engineering
David Ford, Herreshoff Marine Museum
Regulation of Potentially Toxic Chemicals: Keeping Pace with a Changing Landscape
Cecilia Springer, Brown University
Kim Boekelheide, Professor Bio Med Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Robert Vanderslice, RI Department of Health