Research Training in Biogeochemistry and Environmental Change

该奖项支持一个新的，多学科的研究培训计划，重点是生物地球化学的重要方面，以增加对环境变化的理解。 来自康奈尔大学、博伊斯汤普森研究所和生态系统研究所的8个组织单位的25名教师将合作开发美国首批生物地球化学研究生课程之一。 培训将包括一套4门必修课程，其中一些是为RTG新开发的，在教师实验室和实地研究地点进行研究轮换，技术讲习班和研讨会将带来来自其他机构的领先研究人员。 除了为学生提供地球化学和生态系统分析的基础知识外，该计划还将强调在地球化学和环境微生物学中使用最先进技术的培训。 应强调的研究领域包括研究氮通过地貌进入河流和河口的加速移动，研究人类对森林生态系统营养和水的影响，以及研究活跃于甲烷生成的湿地微生物群。 该计划的目标是培养高度互动，创造性和多学科的学生，他们将能够为理解全球变化和其他环境问题做出贡献。 ***

This award supports a new, multidisciplinary research training program focused on aspects of Biogeochemistry important to increased understanding of environmental change. A group of 25 faculty drawn from eight organizational units of Cornell, the Boyce Thmopson Institute and the Institute for Ecosystem studies will collaborate to develop one of the first U.S. graduate programs in Biogeochemistry. Training will include a set of 4 required courses, some newly developed for the RTG, research rotations in faculty laboratories and field research sites, technical workshops and seminars that will bring leading researchers from other institutions. Besides providing students with fundamental knowledge of both biogeochemistry and ecosystem analysis, the program will emphasize training in the use of state-of-the-art techniques in biogeochemistry and environmental microbiology. Areas of research to be emphasized include studies of accelerated nitrogen movement through landscapes into rivers and estuaries, studies of effects of humans on nutrient and water levels in forest ecosystems, and studies of wetland microbiota active in generation of methane. The goal of the program is to produce highly interactive, creative and multidisciplinary-based students who will be able to contribute to understanding global change and other environmental problems. ***