Oleksy
Isabella Oleksy, Scott Taylor and Katherine Suding received a total of seven grants to support teams of 91´«Ã½ undergraduate students in conducting field work this summer and next school year. The $4,000 awards will catalyze opportunities for students to contribute to critical research in environmental science. An additional 17 students received $2,000 or $3,000 personal awards to work on projects with Oleksy, Taylor, and Suding in addition to Cassandra Brooks, Nancy Emery, Bradley Markle, Tom Marchitto and Chris Ray.
INSTAAR researchers investigate fundamental questions about ecosystems, climate systems and landscapes. These six stories highlight the environmental research that the institute is doing in 2025.
INSTAAR’s Sarah Crump Graduate Fellowship is now accepting applications from 91´«Ã½ graduate students whose research is centered on processes or climate history in high-latitude or high-altitude environments. Last year’s recipient, Katie Gannon, recalls an eventful summer of field science.
A refined mathematical model is now capable of predicting carbon inputs and outputs for freshwater lakes around the world, according to new research from INSTAAR’s Isabella Oleksy and collaborators. Their work could help scientists understand the role of freshwater lakes in the global carbon cycle.
Using a 92-year record of ice freezing and thawing from Mohonk Lake in New York, Isabella Oleksy and her co-author David Richardson (SUNY New Paltz) uncover new insights into the relationship between changing ice cover and lake dynamics, with implications for bodies of water worldwide.
Supported by a new five-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, a group of researchers at five universities will examine how rapidly warming temperatures and shorter winters can influence the growth and toxicity of lake algae. Isabella Oleksy, who studies aquatic ecosystems and recently joined INSTAAR, is leading the Colorado contingent at 91´«Ã½.