Upper Oconee Science and Policy Summit Reminder: Registration and Call for Abstracts Upper Oconee Watershed Network/UGA River Basin Center/UGA Office of Sustainability/Watershed UGA/ACC Stormwater and Water Conservation Please forward this to any potentially interested parties! All are welcome. The Upper Oconee Watershed Network (UOWN) and its partners are now accepting abstract submissions for […]
Denzell Cross, a PhD Student in the Capps Lab, was featured as a UGA Amazing Student on May 27 (https://news.uga.edu/denzell-cross/)!
Integrative Conservation and Ecology PhD student, Keysa Rosas-Rodriguez, was selected as a Fulbright Student Fellow for Mexico! Keysa’s research will examine the impacts of palm oil expansion on the structure and function of freshwater ecosystems in the Neotropics. This is such a well-deserved honor and we are so proud of her! The Fulbright Program aims to increase […]
The Capps Lab is excited to welcome a new crop of undergraduate researchers and interns to our team! Their academic backgrounds and interests are quite varied, and we are excited to have such an incredible, interdisciplinary team joining our ranks. Visit this link to learn more about our amazing team.
The Marschak Colloquium Drowning in Waste: Confronting the Ecological, Economic, and Technological Realities of Aging and Obsolete Water Infrastructure The critical global problem of aging and obsolete water infrastructure threatens economic stability, human welfare, and the environment. Countries around the world face the challenge of allocating scarce resources to maintain and upgrade wastewater resource infrastructure, […]
The Capps Lab is excited to celebrate Denzell Cross and his Ford Predoctoral Fellowship Award! This year the program awarded approximately 65 predoctoral fellowships. These fellowships provide three years of support for individuals engaged in graduate study leading to a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree. The awards are made to individuals […]
Thank you to the Gido Lab for being such amazing hosts for my visit. It was fantastic to meet such a great group of biologists in the Division of Biology and learn about the exciting research going on at K-State. Though the sturgeon remained elusive, I did catch some of my first carp suckers and […]
Declining water quality and increasing human health risks associated with failing water infrastructure Globally, failing water infrastructure has been linked to declining water quality and increased exposure to contaminants, and potentially harmful bacteria infections including, but not limited to Escherichia coli. To assess temporal and spatial changes in the chemical and bacterial composition of water associated […]
Consider applying for the NSF REU program in Radioecology held at the University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL; https://srel-reu.uga.edu/). The program is unique in that it is the only undergraduate program in radioecology in the U.S. Students have an outstanding opportunity to gain field and lab experience working on the Savannah River Site. The […]
Capps Lab Holiday Celebration at the Rook and Pawn in Athens, GA. I feel so thankful to have such a great team!