Doctoral Program

Forest Fragmentation Research Earns 2021 Bormann Prize

Meghna Krishnadas’ doctoral research into how forest fragmentation alters the underlying mechanisms shaping patterns of tropical tree regeneration and forest diversity was recognized for its novel insight into ecological processes.

F&ES Student Researchers Take Center Stage in Day-long Conference

Forty-nine master’s students, doctoral students, and postdocs from the School community presented their research during the 34th annual F&ES Research Conference.

F&ES Research Spawns New Insights Into Aquatic Release of ‘Ancient’ Carbon

A group of scientists with origins at F&ES; has reported the first global estimate of how much “ancient” carbon is released from the terrestrial landscape through aquatic systems.

F&ES Grad Receives Major Yale Award During University Commencement

Luisa Cortesi ’18 Ph.D., who completed a joint degree in environmental studies and anthropology last year, received the Theron Rockwell Field Prize during the 2019 Yale commencement.

Alumna Receives Yale’s Highest Graduate Honor

Dorceta Taylor ’85 M.F.S., ’91 Ph.D., one of the nation’s leading environmental justice scholars and activists, was recently named a recipient of the 2020 Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal, the highest honor Yale Graduate School bestows on its alumni.

Eleanor Stokes Named Rising Star for Leading Role in Nighttime Satellite Imagery Project

Eleanor Stokes PhD ’18 has been named one of Geospatial World’s 50 Rising Stars for her work on Black Marble, NASA’s first nighttime light dataset, which provides insights on human settlements and the interactions between urban activities and the environment.

Doctoral Graduate Honored for Research On Unexpected Impact of Small Ponds

Meredith Holgerson ’16 Ph.D., an aquatic ecologist who has provided new insights into the unexpected role of small pond systems, has received a national science award for research she conducted as an F&ES doctoral student.

Doctoral Grad Receives Prestigious Yale Prize for Written Scholarship

Bormann Prize Winner Honored For Study in ‘Green Sovereignty’

A published paper exploring the relationship between landscape imagery and national self-identity in Costa Rica helped earn Dana Graef, an F&ES doctoral student, the 2014 F. Herbert Bormann Prize.

‘Cryptic’ Interactions Drive Biodiversity Decline Near the Edge of Forest Fragments

The fragmentation of tropical forests weakens the effects of the ”natural enemies” of some tree species, reducing their ability to maintain biodiversity, a new Yale-led study found.

Conservationist Eleanor Sterling Awarded Yale’s Prestigious Wilbur Cross Medal

One colleague calls Eleanor Sterling ’83 B.A., ’93 Ph.D., recipient of Yale's Wilbur Cross Medal, a “bridge builder.” A conservationist, anthropologist, and educator, Sterling says her interdisciplinary training at Yale has been crucial to her life’s work.

Common Policy Premise on Link Between Soil and Crop Yield is Valid – to a Point

While many policy initiatives assume that increasing “soil organic matter” will improve soil health, there’s surprisingly little evidence that this strategy will actually improve crop output. A new paper by Yale scientists affirms that this strategy will improve yields — up to a point.

Acting on Their Sentiments: Yale F&ES Celebrates 113th Commencement

Gladiator Games: In Nature’s Showdowns, Biodiversity Shields Weaker Competitors

If you pit a pair of gladiators, one strong and one weak, against each other 10 times the outcome will likely be the same every time: the stronger competitor will defeat the weak. But if you add into the field additional competitors of varying strength levels, even the weakest competitors might be able to survive — if only because they’re

In Sri Lanka, a Village Garden Yields Timeless Lessons in Forest Conservation

Since October, Blair Rynearson ’15 M.F., Logan Sander ’15 M.F., and Laura Lutttrell, have been in Sri Lanka as fellows with the F&ES-based Sri Lanka Program for Forest Conservation In an ongoing series of posts, they share their experiences of learning about — and then developing — a traditional village tree garden.

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