Research
team led by CECB faculty associate Margrit Betke awarded a $2.8 million
grant. CECB
Director Tom Kunz is a co-investigator. The team will model group behavior
by studying movements of bats, cells, and humans. Read
more.
CECB
faculty associate Les Kaufman wins "Partners in Conservation"
award from
the Department of Interior, for his team's long-term research monitoring
coral reef health in the Flower Gardens Banks National Marine Sanctuary
Dr. Kunz's research
and the emerging discipline of aeroecology are featured on the NSF
"Discoveries" website. Kunz uses NEXRAD Doppler radar
to identify and document the movement of bats in the aerosphere, and
to help us understand how organisms are affected by changing atmospheric
conditions as well as anthropogenic factors.