Michigan’s proximity to the Great Lakes provides access to roughly 20% of the world’s surface fresh water. From agriculture to tourism, water is a key driver of the state’s economy and the well-being of its residents – making protection of this resource a major priority. In pursuit of this goal, Michigan State University (MSU), alongside statewide partners in the Agricultural Resiliency Program, are investing in bringing some of the leading water researchers to Michigan by supporting a cluster hire of several new MSU faculty members who have expertise in this area.
Two of those hires join the Department of Biosystem and Agricultural Engineering (BAE), a leader in climate solutions and joint department of the College of Engineering and the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. BAE faculty are creating innovative technologies to address real-world climate issues, like EV tractors, groundwater, circular economy, and renewable energy.
Subhasis Giri, assistant professor, specializes in hydrology and water quality, working to advance understanding of hydrological processes and the flow of water in natural and human systems. Using field studies and modeling, his research team seeks to protect soil, water and other natural resources to ensure agricultural resiliency and productivity for generations to come.
Read the original story by Cameron Rudolph which appeared on the AgBioResearch website
Learn more about Subhasis Giri’s research funded by the Agricultural Resiliency Program.
Mohammad Reza Alizadeh, assistant professor, will lead research on freshwater resilience by studying processes that connect the atmosphere, biosphere and hydrosphere with the interactions between geophysical and interior Earth dynamics, to address challenges in groundwater hydrology and agricultural water management. In other words, he focuses on how Earth’s air, land and water interact with each other and what their interconnectedness looks like across space and time.
Read the original story by Jack Falinski which appeared on the Agriculture Resiliency Program website
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