Below are brief examples of collaborative critical ecology research for which we are currently seeking grant funding.
For more information about any of these projects, or to inquire about other collaborations, email us.

ECOLOGICAL SCARS OF SLAVE PLANTATIONS

What uniqe impacts did transatlantic slave trade have on Carribbean island soils and plant communities? Did plantation agriculture and chattel slavery on the Dutch-colonized island of St. Croix leave an ecological signature that can be detected elsewhere?

Social Drivers of Atmospheric Microbiology

Microbes float through the outdoor atmosphere, some pathogenic and some harmless. How are airborne microbes related to outdoor air quality? Can we detect distinct aerobiome communities across social landscapes of income, demographics, or urbanization?

Recipes for Climate Resilience

​A climate change and soil contamination-informed cookbook, co-created by academics and citizen scientists in Tucson, AZ.

Microbial Ecology  Of Colonial Water PLaNning

When the Dutch colonized Indonesia in the 1800s, they redesigned the landscape, built canals, and destroyed wetlands. Did Dutch conceptions of appropriate urban hydro-design set the stage for the present day environmental microbiome of Jakarta, Indonesia?