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，该计划侧重于生物地球化学对增进对环境变化的理解至关重要的各个方面。来自康奈尔大学、博伊斯·斯莫普森研究所和生态系统研究所八个组织单位的25名教职员工将合作开发美国首批生物地球化学研究生项目之一。培训将包括一套4门必修课，其中一些是为RTG新开发的，学院实验室和实地研究地点的研究轮换，技术讲习班和研讨会，将吸引来自其他机构的领先研究人员。除了向学生提供生物地球化学和生态系统分析的基本知识外，该项目还将重点培训生物地球化学和环境微生物学中最先进的技术的使用。需要重点研究的领域包括：氮素通过景观向河流和河口加速移动的研究；人类对森林生态系统养分和水位影响的研究；以及湿地微生物群活跃于产生甲烷的研究。该项目的目标是培养具有高度互动性、创造性和多学科基础的学生，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. ***