Exploring Research Communities @ Mizzou (Theme: Climate Change) (S.T.A.R. eligible)

There are hundreds of researchers at Mizzou, each working on important and interesting research and creative projects. Besides googling websites, how do you find out about what all these people are studying? Let us introduce you to some of these folks! In this series of panel discussions, Exploring Research Communities @ Mizzou will bring together a small group of Mizzou faculty who work on a similar topic, but approach it from very different directions. Faculty will discuss their research topics and what students in their labs might expect.

In this panel, the unifying theme is 'Climate Change,' a pressing environmental issue with complex impacts on nature and human society: 

• Adam Schreiner-McGraw (USDA ARS, Bioengineering), research interests - understanding how cropping practices influence water resources in the U.S. Corn Belt, as well as the role of groundwater in controlling carbon cycles.
• Jeff Wood (School of Natural Resources), research interests - ecosystem science and the exchanges of mass and energy between the biosphere and atmosphere.
• Zack Miller (Economics), research interests - Econometric models of climate  change and its economic effects.
• Lori Abendroth (USDA ARS, Bioengineering), research interests - climate adaptation strategies of midwestern cropping systems.
• Grant Elliott (Geography), research interests - biogeographical manifestation of climate change in forest ecosystems.