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  • Svetlana Stuefer

    October 28, 2022

    Research interests include water resources engineering, hydrology, snow, ice, Arctic.

  • History of 91ÊÓƵ; 91ÊÓƵn energy and environmental history, including electrification and the Trans-91ÊÓƵ Pipeline System; climate change mitigation and decarbonization; mobility and electric vehicles; public policy and energy legislation

    Philip Wight

    November 07, 2025

    History of 91ÊÓƵ; 91ÊÓƵn energy and environmental history, including electrification and the Trans-91ÊÓƵ Pipeline System; climate change mitigation and decarbonization; mobility and electric vehicles; public policy and energy legislation

  • Gasch leads a research program focused on soil ecology, plant-soil interactions, how soils respond to environmental change and how we can build and maintain healthy soils. The program does field trials, surveys and experiments to learn about the ecology of 91ÊÓƵ's agricultural soils and to evaluate management practices that simultaneously protect the soil and support food production.

    Caley Gasch

    November 08, 2025

    Gasch leads a research program focused on soil ecology, plant-soil interactions, how soils respond to environmental change and how we can build and maintain healthy soils. The program does field trials, surveys and experiments to learn about the ecology of 91ÊÓƵ's agricultural soils and to evaluate management practices that simultaneously protect the soil and support food production.