2011-2014 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación de España (Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation) (215,380 €; Co-PI): "Redes tróficas de la hojarasca en gradientes pluviométricos" ("Leaf litter food webs across rainfall gradients") [PI: Jordi Moya-Laraño (Spain): Other Co-PI's: Anadón Alvarez (Spain), Stefan Scheu (Germany), Amy Austin (Argentina)] PROJECT SUMMARY 2010-12 NSF 0948484 ($299,920; PI): “ULTRA-Ex: Connecting the social and ecological sciences with planners, managers, and the public: Building a broad foundation for the Chicago Region ULTRA" (Co-PI’s: Chicago Department of the Environment -- Aaron Durnbaugh; DePaul University -- Liam Heneghan; Field Museum -- Jennifer Hirsch; Lincoln Park Zoo -- Eric Lonsdorf; Loyola University -- Nancy Tuchman; Purdue University -- Bryan Pijanowksi; UIC -- Emily Minor, Moira Zellner; US Forest Service -- Paul Gobster, Susan Stewart, Lynne Westphal PROJECT SUMMARY 2009-2013 NSF DEB-BE-0909451 ($474,439; PI): “CNH: Collaborative Research: Coupled natural-human systems in the Chicago Wilderness: Evaluating the biodiversity and social outcomes of different models of restoration planning” (Co-PI: Moira Zellner) (One of four collaborative grants totaling $1,474,491; collaborators from DePaul University, US Forest Service, Field Museum and UIUC) PROJECT SUMMARY 2009-2011 Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation ($236,000; Co-PI): “Chicago Wilderness land management research program: Building upon the foundations” (PI: Liam Heneghan, DePaul University). PROJECT SUMMARY 2009-2012 NSF DEB-0919276 ($432,209; Co-PI): “Effects of long-term elevated CO2 on earthworm populations, bioturbation and carbon sequestration in soils” (PI: Yaniria Sánchez-de León; other Co-PI’s: Miquel Gonzalez-Meler and Neil Sturchio) PROJECT SUMMARY |