Day is a plant ecologist who studies factors that control plant performance, plant litter decomposition and carbon cycling.

Garcia-Pichel is the Director of the Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics. He studies the roles, adaptations and impacts of microbes in natural environments, from desert soils to shallow marine waters.

Neuer is a biological oceanographer and plankton ecologist and studies the oceanic carbon cycle, particularly the role of plankton organisms in uptake and sequestration of anthropogenic carbon dioxide.

Dr. Hall is a conservation scientist, Assoc. Dean in the College of Global Futures, and award-winning teacher who studies ecosystem resilience and complex interactions between people and nature near protected areas.

Gordon applies isotope analysis to study the history of early Earth paleoredox, and human isotope variations, including cancer, metabolism, bone loss, and geographic residence history for forensic purposes.

Heather Throop is an ecosystem scientist who studies how global-scale changes influence dryland ecosystems.

Mark’s research seeks to identify microbiome and methane-centric patterns within the municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill ecosystem, and promising approaches to shift CH4 productivity from previously landfilled MSW.