EMPOWER faculty and graduate students are active researchers who collaborate with experts at Syracuse University and beyond. They work in a range of geographic settings and address a wide variety of research questions. Here are some highlights of recent work:

EMPOWER Program Director Laura Lautz and EMPOWER trainee Robin Glas co-authored a study on groundwater–surface water interactions in a proglacial valley in Peru. The work was published in the journal Hydrological Sciences. READ MORE

Charles Driscoll collaborated with researchers from Syracuse University, Drexel University, Boston University and Harvard University, convened by the Science Policy Exchange, to estimate the potential co-benefits to the productivity of crops and trees with U.S. coal power plant carbon standards. READ MORE

Syracuse University Magazine’s Fall/Winter 2016 issue had an article featuring Tara Kahan’s recent National Science Foundation/Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. READ MORE

Laura Lautz and Chris Scholz, along with EMPOWER’s affiliated faculty members Christa Kelleher and Laura Condon, collaborated with others in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School to secure funding to develop operational expertise in environmental monitoring and geoscience surveying by applying UAS technologies to current research projects. READ MORE

Chris Scholz and Earth Sciences graduate student Tannis McCartney publish their research findings about the evolution of the East African Rift in the Journal of Structural Geology. READ MORE

Charles Driscoll is part of a team of researchers at Hubbard Brook that have created an experimental ice storm to study the effects of ice storms on forests. READ MORE