Dr. Bob recently talked to the New York Times for an article titled "When Invasive Species Become the Meal." In this article he talks about the possibilities of using a large herbivorous rodent called nutria as an alternative food source. To read more, visit the article here.
Dr. Paul Barnes has recently participated in three separate environmental conferences.
On Sept. 17-30 he participated in a virtual meeting of the UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, where he prepared an update report that will be published early next year. As a Co-Chair of this panel, he co-organized the meeting in addition to writing and editing the report.
On Oct. 7-8 he participated in a virtual Ozone Research Managers Meeting that addressed international efforts to monitor the emissions of ozone depleting substances.
Professor Rob Verchick of ENVA has contributed an essay to "Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education” on the topic of environmental studies. His essay is titled “Outsmarting Climate Change."
Click here to read more and view his essay.
Eric Hardy is a historian and sociologist of technology and science whose research focuses on twentieth century urban development and environmental politics. In addition to publishing works for the American Planning Association Press, Technology and Culture and the Journal of Urban History, he is wrapping up a book on water policy in post-WWII American cities. Since arriving at Loyola University in 2010, Dr.
Dr. Barnes presented a webinar in honor of World Ozone Day at a virtual conference at Bhakta Kavi Narsinh Mehta University in Junagadh, India.
To watch the webinar, click here!
Dr. Thomas and Dr. Hardy have joined scientists from Jean Lafitte and LSU to help clean up and collect data on the nurdles that spilled in the Mississippi river at the beginning of August. They were also joined by Loyola students Katie Rompf, Walt Ramsey, and Stephanie Oblena.
Read more here!
Dr. Joel MacClellan (Philosophy faculty 2014-present, Ph.D. University of Tennessee, 2012). Professor MacClellan teaches courses such as Environmental Ethics and the Philosophy of Science at Loyola. His recent research is in the ethics of conservation biology, and his recent talks include an argument that wild animals’ have limited privacy rights which can be violated through documentary filmmaking, zoo cameras, wildlife tracking, etc., and the view that an animal rights perspective is compatible with invasive species management.
Dr. Phil Bucolo is an aquatic community ecologist with a primary focus on lower food web dynamics
specifically algal and aquatic plant ecophysiology and biogeochemical processes. He is interested in the
environmental processes that drive organismal interactions and how those interactions affect aquatic
community ecology. His lab is currently involved in a number of research endeavors that include
undergraduate collaboration. Loyola biochemistry major Jared Chan and Dr. Bucolo are quantifying