Micah Hahn, associate professor of environmental health in ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½â€™s Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies, is the principal investigator and a co-author on a recently published study about involving Alaska's rural communities in low-cost air quality monitoring.
How does a sense of place impact how we view and understand the world around us? Philosophy major Hunter Thomas has spent a substantial amount of time thinking about these kinds of questions.
Can AI help protect Alaska’s coastal waters from marine oil spills? Postdoctoral researcher Mohamed Elsheref is the lead author on a scientific paper published last month looking at this question.
Is mercury harming sea otters in Kachemak Bay? ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ grad student Natalie Hunter investigated to fill data gaps on otters and provide baselines for the future.
M. S. I. Masum, a master’s student in civil engineering, is exploring new ways to treat wastewater — research that may hold the potential to benefit rural communities across Alaska, which often lack water and sewer service.
Rare-earth elements are vital for modern electronics, but mining them can be expensive and pose environmental concerns. D'Lynn Gleason's research shows that microbes from Alaska's glaciers can be used to extract rare-earth elements from ore without these drawbacks.
For the past two years, social work assistant professor Amana Mbise, Ph.D., and behavioral sciences research assistant professor Nathan West, Ph.D., conducted community-based research to examine the role Anchorage barbershops play in men’s health, particularly Black men, who have historically been understudied in public health research.
