MRI: Acquisition of a Carbon-Hydrogen-Nitrogen (CHN) Elemental Analyzer for Ecosystem Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamic Research and Training at University of Illinois at Springfield

美国国家科学基金会正在授予伊利诺伊大学斯普林菲尔德分校的资金，以获得一个碳-氢-氮（CHN）元素分析仪，将用于？亲自动手由伊利诺伊大学斯普林菲尔德分校的生物学、化学和环境科学系进行教学，以生成碳和氮数据集。 此外，仪器将促进目前资助的研究项目和研究正在开发的大学？位于我国境内的一个国家的阿贡野外考察站？最大的河流洪泛区恢复地点。 所有项目的一个共同要素是确定这些生态系统中的碳和/或氮含量及其与气候变化问题的关系。 我们将使用CHN元素分析仪来实现我们测量碳和氮含量的目标。通过这笔资金获得的仪器培训将有助于培养学生对营养循环的理解，并培养他们在先进环境仪器分析方面急需的技能。 此外，培训和研究将有助于深入了解全球变暖和物种变化对生态系统碳和氮动态的影响。 开放日活动将使公众了解如何将先进的分析与公众关注的相关主题联系起来，如气候变化、恢复生态学和获取养分的问题（即，氮）在我们的河流。

The National Science Foundation is awarding the University of Illinois at Springfield funds to acquire a Carbon-Hydrogen-Nitrogen (CHN) Elemental Analyzer that will be used for ?hands-on? teaching by Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Science departments on the campus of the University of Illinois at Springfield to generate carbon and nitrogen datasets. In addition, the instrumentation will facilitate currently funded research projects and research being developed at the University?s Emiquon Field Station located at one of our country?s largest river floodplain restoration sites. A common element of all projects is determining the carbon and/or nitrogen content in these ecosystems and how it relates to questions of climate change. Reaching our goal of measuring carbon and nitrogen content will be accomplished using the CHN Elemental Analyzer.Student training on instrumentation acquired through this funding will help develop an appreciation of nutrient cycling, as well as develop much needed skills in advanced environmental instrumentation analysis. In addition, training and research will help provide insights into topics of the effects of global warming and species change on ecosystem carbon and nitrogen dynamics. Open house events will allow education of the public to the details of how advanced analysis can be connected to pertinent topics of public concern like climate change, restoration ecology and problems with access nutrient (i.e., nitrogen) in our rivers.