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Department of Forestry

FCCP and MSU Department of Forestry Partner with U.S. Endowment on a Block chain Project Tracking Carbon Storage in Forest Products – Forest Carbon and Climate Program

MSU Department of Forestry

Raju Pokharel and Emily Huff from the Michigan State University Department of Forestry, along with team members from FCCP, have partnered with U.S. Endowment to explore how the forest sector can use blockchain technology to track forest products and their associated carbon storage from cradle to grave. The project will involve several developmental phases. Outputs …

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MSU forestry professor called upon for deforestation expertise in Mayan Forest

To address deforestation and stimulate production of non-timber forest products for communities within the Mayan Forest Zone, the second largest area of tropical forest in the Americas (which includes large areas of Belize, Guatemala and the Yucatán Peninsula), David MacFarlane is working with the forest — not against it. MacFarlane, a professor within Michigan State …

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Professor Cholani Weebadde with a strawberry plant

Strawberry Fields Forever: An MSU plant breeder’s quest for the perfect strawberry

By Stefanie Pohl

For most people, the quest for the perfect strawberry begins and ends in the produce aisle: perusing small towers of clamshell containers – plastic treasure chests of ruby-red fruit – to find the right one to take home and savor.    But for Cholani Weebadde, associate professor and Plant Breeder for International Programs at Michigan State …

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MSU soil scientist recognized for outstanding environmental quality research

Hui Li, a professor in the Michigan State University Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, is being honored with the 2023 Environmental Quality Research Award from the American Society of Agronomy (ASA). Li, a world-renowned expert in environmental soil chemistry, and the fate and transport of contaminants in plant-soil-water systems, will be formally recognized …

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PFAS

New MSU study shows innovative machine learning techniques more accurately monitor PFAS in Michigan drinking water

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Newly published research from Michigan State University scientists demonstrates how regionally specific machine learning-based modeling more effectively monitors levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemicals in Michigan drinking water compared to nationwide models. Findings were published in the journal Water Research. The project was led by A. Pouyan Nejadhashemi, MSU Foundation Professor in the …

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PFAS

Center for PFAS Research positions MSU scientists as leaders in field

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Since the mid-20th century, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — a class of thousands of chemicals commonly known as PFAS — have been used in everyday items such as nonstick cookware, stain-resistant fabrics, firefighting foams, and the packaging industry because they are resistant to grease, heat, oil and water. But many toxicological studies have …

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LIA

MSU formalizes International Associated Laboratory partnership with INRAE

On his visit to Michigan State University (MSU), Jean-François Soussana signed the formal agreement for a new LIA on the molecular mechanisms involved in plant mineral nutrient adaptation to climate change (IN-COMBI, Inclusive Nutrition: combinatorial nutritional signals drive plant responses to climate change). This delivers on the letter of intent agreed between MSU and INRAE …

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MSU celebrates opening of newly renovated School of Packaging building with ribbon-cutting ceremony

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State University celebrated the opening of the newly renovated MSU School of Packaging building on April 20, following a fundraising campaign that raised more than $10 million. “This significant expansion of our facilities, enabled by the generosity of donors and stakeholders, will reinforce MSU’s longstanding leadership in packaging education,” said MSU …

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MSU Packaging Professor Named Senior Member of National Academy of Inventors

MSU School of Packaging Professor Muhammad Rabnawaz was named a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors this year, an elite group of scientists and faculty members who have demonstrated a legacy of innovations and patents that can positively impact the world. Dr. Rabnawaz, who started his tenure at Michigan State in 2016, has …

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