Cluster scientist spotlight!
Kerry Kelly, PhD Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, University of Utah
What advice do you have for students interested in science?
"It is never too late. I took a non-traditional path to my PhD, and I think the somewhat random skills I developed along the way helped me."
Read some of Kerry's collaborative work: https://bit.ly/4dFIpYB
More scientist spotlights: https://bit.ly/4huMS0U
In October, 2024 Jeff Munroe (Middlebury College) spent nearly three weeks traveling to 20 mineral dust collectors deployed on mountain summits in the southwestern United States for the DUST^2 Project, part of the Critical Zone Collaborative Network. This short film documents the majestic landscapes in which the collectors are located, and provides a sense of what it’s like to conduct such a long stretch of solo fieldwork.
Coming up at 9am Central European Time June 3: Fifteen years of Terrestrial Environmental Observatories (TERENO) in Germany: Functions, Services, and Lessons Learned. Presented by Steffen Zacharias. The next event in the Critical Zone Network of Networks CZ Connections Webinar Series.
Details below.
International Critical Zone Network of Networks CZ Connections Webinar Series 2025: Critical Zone Research Networks Driving Collaboration and Discovery April 15 - May 13, 9:00 AM Pacific Time (PT) 9:00 AM San Francisco | 10:00 AM Boulder | 11:00 AM Chicago | 12:00 PM New York | 5:00 PM Lon...
Add to your schedule this week!
May 27
>>9:00 AM Central European Time (CET)<<
Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure (FDRI) in the UK. Presented by Alejandro Dussaillant and Gareth Old.
Part of the CZ Connections Webinar Series. Details and Zoom link: https://bit.ly/4jKcqIG
International Critical Zone Network of Networks CZ Connections Webinar Series 2025: Critical Zone Research Networks Driving Collaboration and Discovery April 15 - May 13, 9:00 AM Pacific Time (PT) 9:00 AM San Francisco | 10:00 AM Boulder | 11:00 AM Chicago | 12:00 PM New York | 5:00 PM Lon...
"Humans are closely connected to the dust cycle."
You may have a little extra time to read this weekend, may we offer this 2025 article published in Nature Scientific Reports?
#OpenAccess "Mixing of natural and urban dust along the Wasatch Front of northern Utah, USA" co-authored by Cluster members: https://bit.ly/4ghyW9v
Cluster scientist spotlight!
Jeff Munroe, PhD Professor, Geology, Middlebury College
What advice do you have for students interested in science?
"It seems cliche, but follow your passion. Find what you love, and make it the center of what you do."
Jeff in the field: https://bit.ly/CollectorsTourPlaylist
More scientist spotlights: https://bit.ly/4huMS0U
"The rise in global temperature and the increase in atmospheric transport and deposition of dust linked to greater aridity, land abandonment, and wildfires, are placing significant stress on freshwater microbial communities."
Cluster member Janice Brahney contributed to this publication in Environmental Research.
"Here, we map where snow meets the forest by computing the proportion of snowfall over forest. We used a global climate reanalysis and satellite tree cover data to derive the fraction of snowfall over forests at 0.1° resolution."
Work by University of #Utah based Cluster member McKenzie Skiles is cited in this #OpenAccess article recently published by Geophysical Research Letters.
Travel support to science conferences in 2025 and 2026 is available from the Critical Zone Network of Networks. Details and the application process linked below.
The Critical Zone Network of Networks project was funded by the National Science Foundation AccelNet Program to bring together people from the global CZ science community. If you are seeking support to attend one of our events, we encourage you to apply for support in the form below. Each application will be reviewed separately within two weeks of submission. We will contact you to let you know if you have been selected to receive support. Financial support will be available as a stipend following your participation in the events you will be attending. If you have any questions, please feel free to email CZ-NON Project Manager, Cheryl Manning at cherylm@middlebury.edu.
Get to know some of the members of the Critical Zone Collaborative Network's Dust Cluster with these scientist spotlights: https://bit.ly/4huMS0U
