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PhD Student H Rainak Khan Real Awarded at OSU Hayes Research Forum and Graduate Research Proposal Competition
PhD student H Rainak Khan Real was recently awarded 2nd place at the OSU Hayes Research Forum for his presentation "From Microns to Meters: Using Remote Sensing to Understand the Spatial…
Undergraduate Grace Davis Awarded Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program Position
Grace Davis, a third-year microbiology student was recently selected for the Ohio State's Summer Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program, which will support her project, “Microbial…
Undergraduate Researchers Awarded Grants to Study Microorganisms from Unique Ice Environments
Congratulations to Rylin Lofton and Wyatt Walker, both undergraduate researchers in the Polar Geomicrobiology Group, for being awarded grants to support their research projects exploring the role…
New Award to Study Life in Glaciers
Congratulations to Byrd Center Principal Investigators, Assistant Professors Alex Michaud and Emilie Beaudon (Earth Sciences), on receiving a one-year grant from the College of Arts and Sciences…
Happy Holidays 2024!
This year's holiday card embellishes an image selected from our Polar Geomicrobiology Group, taken by Alex Michaud on Whillans Subglacial Lake in 2013. The Lake's namesake, Ian Whillans, was a…
Climate Change and Its Impact on Iron and Phosphorus Dynamics in Arctic Tundra Ecosystems
In a recent study published in the American Chemical Society's Environmental Science & Technology journal, researchers investigated how iron can inhibit the transfer of phosphorus, a…
The Elbrus Ice Core Unlocks Secrets of a 260-Year Snow Accumulation History
In an effort to understand the earth's climate system, especially the regional variability of precipitation, which is essential for managing water resources, vegetation, and ecosystems,…
Three New Faculty to Join the Byrd Center in 2024!
The Byrd Center is pleased to announce that three new Byrd-affiliated faculty members in the School of Earth Sciences (SES) will start in January 2024! A warm welcome to Emilie Beaudon, Melisa…