LandscapeU Announcements
This year we had 10 students complete their traineeship requirements with a couple more that will finish by the end of the summer.
2023 Trainees:
- Lauren Dennis
- Zachary Goldberg
- Susan Kotikot
- Paniz Mohammadpour
- Ruchi Patel
- Mei-Huan Chen
- Marissa Kopp
- Timothy Mateer
- Katie Bernhard
- Amy Wrobleski
Adrian, Paulo, Saumya, Stephanie, and Nastaran all finished up in 2022. We are proud of all our LandscapeU National Research Trainees!
Highlights from the 2023-24 School Year:
Over spring break 2023, seven trainees and five LandscapeU Faculty traveled to Arizona to participate in a transformational research experience. Read the Penn state News article here: Landscape-U program connects grad students with Navajo Nation
We would also like to welcome our new and final cohort of students: Diana Albuja Carbonell, Lara Garcia and Lisa Vebber. Bios will be coming soon.
LandscapeU is a National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) to train next generation scholar-practitioners. Trainees will work on problems related to the food-energy-water nexus in the Chesapeake Bay and globally, exploring intersections of how these systems are intertwined over space and time.
Trainees will gain competencies in transdisciplinary science, science communication, ethics, design & systems thinking, team facilitation, innovation, and interdisciplinary proficiency. Fellowship opportunities for PhD students ($34,000/year + tuition/fees)