Faculty

	Cultivating classroom creativity Pu Wang brings a passion for discovery and new ways of thinking to the classroom.
	Welcome to the real world Emily Flynn joins the GCD faculty ranks with a focus on helping students translate classroom learning to their professional paths.
	Research brief: Innovative detection system differentiates oak wilt and drought University of Minnesota researchers develop a new way to detect oak wilt early and accurately.
	Deer in the lyme-light Research led by Meggan Craft employs helicopters to investigate the spread of disease in Minnesota’s deer populations.
	A nitrogen fixation moonshot A new NASA-funded project will yield basic insights with implications for growing plants on the Moon, Mars and beyond.
	A vision realized David Tilman fell in love with Cedar Creek and then helped transform it into an ecological research and education powerhouse.
	In search of new insights into nitrogenase Kathryn Fixen received a five-year NSF CAREER Award to investigate how to get an enzyme that catalyzes nitrogen fixation to work on plants.
	A whole-hearted approach to science education Sarah Eddy seeks to improve the climate of biology classrooms.
	Proteases are like poetry Romas Kazlauskas reflects on a decade of advancements in protein engineering.
	The Power(s) of place Professor Jennifer Powers reflects on her decades-long connection to Costa Rica.