Penn State
PSIEE Home

student spotlight archives

Simanti BanerjeeSimanti Banerjee: Using Environmental Economics for Biodiversity Conservation
Banerjee is working with Dr. James Shortle, distinguished professor of agricultural and environmental economics, to develop a market-based policy instrument – essentially a government-funded auction – for biodiversity conservation.
Brett DiNataleBrett DiNatale: Researching novel solutions for treating breast cancer
Meet Brett DiNatale, a soft spoken Ph.D. candidate passionate about his research to discover a new targeted therapy for breast cancer – the leading form of cancer with the second highest incidence of cancer death in women in the U.S.
Clark Seipt Clark Seipt: Helping farmers, one climate forecast at a time
The times they are a-changin’ — and so is the climate. Luckily, for the farmers in the Pampas region of Argentina, where a distinct El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) signal has been shown to have a large effect on the area’s climate, these changing times have also been characterized by advances in climate science and modeling.

 

Related Items