Freshwater

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Urban ecology, population ecology, conservation biology, herpetology

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: United States (Saint Louis, Missouri)

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Freshwater, Urban areas

Primary subject(s) of interest: Sensory and evolutionary neuroscience in electric fish

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Sub-Saharan Africa

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Freshwater

Primary subject(s) of interest: Youth civic engagement and place-based education

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Global

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Grassland, Freshwater

LEC Seed Grant Projects

• Biodiversity of Freshwater Mussels of the Upper Sangamon River (Illinois): Community Science in Action
• Collaborating with Community Scientists to Improve Conservation: A Case Study with Bee Visitation Networks

Primary subject(s) of interest:  (1) Understanding how diverse microbiomes respond to chemical and biological perturbations, (2) harnessing these insights to rationally design therapeutic strategies to curtail antibiotic-resistant pathogens and remedy pathological microbiome states, and (3) engineering microbial catalysts to convert renewable biomass into value chemicals such as biofuels and pharmaceuticals.

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: United States, El Salvador, Peru, Pakistan, Niger, South Africa, Republic of Congo, Netherlands, China, India

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Freshwater, Agricultural lands, Urban areas, Built environment

Primary subject(s) of interest:  One health, conservation medicine

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Global with current emphasis areas in USA, Ecuador, Brazil, Kenya, Madagascar

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Savanna, Grassland, Freshwater, Marine, Agricultural land, Urban areas, Zoos

LEC Seed Grant Projects

• Ecological Niche Modeling to Examine the Interactions Between Climate-related Environmental Change, Food Security, Landscape Diversity and an Emerging Infectious Disease
• Expanding the Toolset for Chelonian Conservation: Understanding the Diversity, Distribution and Dynamics of Box Turtle Microbiomes
• Quantifying Effects of Parasites on Ecosystem Nutrient Cycling
• Reducing Human-Wildlife Conflict in East Africa Using Participatory Action Research
• Using iDNA to Increase the Protected Status of the Djeke Triangle and Enhance Disease Surveillance in the Congo Basin
• Going Wild in Forest Park: Tracking the Movement of Wildlife and Disease in an Urban Food Web

Primary subject(s) of interest:   Herpetology, Conservation Biology, Cave Biology

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Via the Saint Louis Zoo(Missouri, Armenia, Ecuador) and externally (Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ukraine, Puerto Rico)

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Grassland, Freshwater, Caves and subterranean habitats, Deserts, Urban areas, Zoos

Primary subject(s) of interest: Biogeochemical cycling in modern/ancient marine sediments and soils

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Global--currently: Australia, Canada, France, French Guiana, Estonia, Lithuania, Italy, New Zealand, Namibia, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Scotland, Sweden, US

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Freshwater, Marine, Soils

Primary subject(s) of interest: Anthropogenic impacts on aquatic invertebrates; ecological impacts of pavement deicers; freshwater mussel population dynamics; community science; ecological epidemiology

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: United States

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Freshwater, Urban areas

LEC Seed Grant Projects

• Biodiversity of Freshwater Mussels of the Upper Sangamon River (Illinois): Community Science in Action

Primary subject(s) of interest: The ecology, physiology, behavior, learning, and conservation of amphibians, reptiles and birds

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Central and eastern Missouri and central and southern Illinois

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Grassland, Freshwater, Urban areas

Primary subject(s) of interest: Evolutionary Genomics, Adaptation & Speciation, Animal Behavior

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Shrubland, Grassland, Freshwater

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Photosynthetic microbes, photosynthesis adaptation mechanisms, coral bleaching, natural light energy harvesting diversity

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: USA, global (marine, coral symbiont dinoflagellates), Mideast (Israel)

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Freshwater, Deserts, Agricultural land

Primary subject(s) of interest: Environmental policy

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: United States (USA), Missouri and Western USA

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Public lands and waters

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: United States (Missouri)

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Grassland, Freshwater, Urban areas

LEC Seed Grant Projects

• Land Management Effects on Microbiome Diversity in Disease Vectors
• Microrefugia Against Climate Change

Affiliated Institution(s): Saint Louis Zoo, Saint Louis University

Primary subject(s) of interest: Birds, especially birds of prey

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: United States (Missouri)

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Freshwater, Urban areas

Primary subject(s) of interest: Poetry & Environmental Stewardship; Interdisciplinary Conservation Programming; Language of Conservation

Primary geographic interest: United States

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Shrubland, Grassland, Freshwater, Marine, Deserts, Urban areas

Primary subject of interest: Annelid diversity and reproduction, Regeneration, Evo-devo, Host-microbiome interactions

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Freshwater, Marine

Primary subject(s) of interest: Conservation Medicine, One Health, Wildlife Health, Herpetology

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Global

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Freshwater, Deserts, Urban areas, Zoos

Primary subject(s) of interest: Museum studies, museum exhibitions, history, contemporary art, anthropology, conservation

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Global

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: All

Primary subject(s) of interest: Environmental Security, Transnational Threats, Intelligence Fusion Analytics

Primary geographic area(s) of interest: Global, Central African Republic, Madagascar, United States, Mali*, Burkina Faso (*Support research remotely from US)

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Savanna, Shrubland, Grassland, Freshwater, Marine, Caves and subterranean habitats, Deserts, Agricultural land, Urban areas

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Environmental health, sustainability, food, security, and biodiversity

Primary geographic interest: Costa Rica, Nigeria, Australia, the United Kingdom, United States

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Forest, Savanna, Grassland, Freshwater, Agricultural land

LEC Seed Grant Projects

• Forest Park Living Lab: Exploring the Biodiversity and Natural History of One of the World's Greatest Parks

Primary subject(s) of interest:  Comparative Animal Physiology, Ecophysiology, Metabolism, Thermal Biology

Primary geographic area(s) of interest:  Midwestern United States from Missouri to the Canadian border

Habitats and Ecosystems of interest: Freshwater, Urban areas