GRANTS & PUBLICATIONS
Turning curiosity
into impact.
GRANTS & PUBLICATIONS
Turning curiosity
into impact.
40+
PUBLICATIONS
$158M+
IN FUNDING
30+
COLLABORATING INSTITUTIONS
Funding Streams
FEDERAL, STATE, PRIVATE
FUNDING Grants
DOE · CABBI
Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation — Sustainable bioenergy feedstock research
$134M CABBI 2022–2027 co-PI
FFAR
Can Adaptive Multi-Paddock Grazing Contribute to Carbon Sequestration and Ecosystem Services?
$3.1M 2023–2027 co-PI
Harris County, TX
Urban Agrivoltaics Study for Harris County
$134,855 2025–2026 co-PI
TX A&M AgriLife Research
Utility-scale Photovoltaics on Rangelands: Influence on Provisioning and Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics
$150,000 2024–2026 PI
USDA · AFRI-SAS
Transforming Food and Solar Energy Production Using Agrivoltaics
$10M 2021–2026 co-PI
TX A&M AgriLife · MyLand
Impact of Soil Algae Amendments on Productivity and Ecosystem Regulating Services of Cropland
$1,950,000 2023–2027 co-PI
Luminant Mining Company, TX
Ecological Impact of Vegetation Management Strategies on Solar Farms
$227,644 2024–2026 co-PI
TX A&M AgriLife
Provide ecosystem management to promote C sequestration at Corpus Christi
$1.5M 2023–2026 co-PI
RESEARCH OUTPUT Selected Publications
2025
The Carbon Budget of Land Conversion: Sugarcane Expansion in the Southeastern US
Blanc-Betes E, Gomez-Casanovas N, Bernacchi CJ, Boughton EH, Yang W, DeLucia EH
Global Change Biology-Bioenergy
2025
From Depletion to Restoration: Lessons from Long-term Monitoring of Carbon Gains and Losses in Cropping Systems
Moore CE, Blakely B, Pederson TL, Gomez-Casanovas N et al.
Global Change Biology
2025
Linking Extracellular Enzyme Activities in Soil Aggregates to Carbon Stabilization Along an Elevational Gradient
Feyissa A, Timilsina A, Gomez-Casanovas N et al.
Catena
2024
Impact of Sugarcane Cultivation on C Cycling Following Conversion from Grazed Pastures
Gomez-Casanovas N, Blanc-Betes E, Bernacchi CJ, Boughton EH et al.
Global Change Biology-Bioenergy
2024
Plants Mitigate Ecosystem Nitrous Oxide Emissions Primarily Through Reductions in Soil Nitrate Content
Timilsina A, Neupane P, Gomez-Casanovas N, Hu C et al.
Science of the Total Environment
2024
Conservation Agrivoltaics for Sustainable Food-Energy Production
Time A, Gomez-Casanovas N, Mwebaze P et al.
Plants, People, Planet
2023
Grassland Intensification Effects Cascade to Alter Multifunctionality of Wetlands within Metaecosystems
Gou Y, Gomez-Casanovas N et al.
Nature Communications
2023
Knowns, Uncertainties, and Challenges in Agrivoltaics to Sustainably Intensify Energy and Food Production
Gomez-Casanovas N, Mwebaze P, Khanna M, Branham B et al.
Cell Reports Physical Science · 🏆 Hot Paper of 2023
2023
Climate vs Energy Security: Quantifying the Trade-offs of BECCS Deployment on Set-Aside Land
Blanc-Betes E, Gomez-Casanovas N et al.
Environmental Science and Technology
2021
A Review of Transformative Strategies for Climate Mitigation by Grasslands
Gomez-Casanovas N, Blanc-Betes E, Moore CE, Bernacchi CJ et al.
Science of the Total Environment
2020
Seasonal Controls of CO₂ and CH₄ Dynamics in a Temporarily Flooded Subtropical Wetland
Gomez-Casanovas N, DeLucia NJ, DeLucia EH, Boughton EH, Bernacchi CJ
Journal of Geophysical Research
2018
Grazing Alters Net Ecosystem C Fluxes and Reduces the Global Warming Potential of a Subtropical Pasture
Gomez-Casanovas N, DeLucia NJ, Bernacchi CJ, Boughton EH et al.
Ecological Applications