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Tulane ecologist recruiting students for new scholars’ program

For more than a decade, Jordan Karubian, an ecologist at Tulane University, and his Tulane colleagues have been taking students to northwest Ecuador, leading them on a research journey through one of the world’s major conservation hotspots for biodiversity.

Indigenous knowledge key to healthier global future, ethnobotanist says

Knowledge of the power of medicinal plants has been passed down for thousands of years by native healers worldwide. Science confirms that plants and other organisms often hold the solutions to numerous human medical problems. Mark Plotkin, renowned tropical biologist and ethnobotanist, came to Tulane last week to speak about his journey to uncover some of the mysteries surrounding medicinal plants.

Trailblazer’s perseverance leaves lasting legacy on Tulane campus

Tulane Trailblazers, which was launched by President Michael Fitts in 2019, celebrates individuals who have made Tulane University a more inclusive and diverse academic community. Among the initial trailblazers to be recognized is Reynold T. Décou, one of the first two Black undergraduates to earn degrees from the university.

Tulane professor part of $15 million institute to establish field of imageomics

A Tulane University scientist is teaming up with researchers across the country as part of a $15 million initiative by the National Science Foundation to establish a new field of study that has the potential to transform biomedical, agricultural and basic biological sciences.

Honoring Dr. Ricardo Cortez

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, SIAM is recognizing the achievements of Hispanic American mathematicians throughout September and October. Dr. Ricardo Cortez is the Pendergraft William Larkin Duren Professor of Mathematics and Director of the Center for Computational Science at Tulane University. He is a longtime member of SIAM, a SIAM Fellow, and a member of the SIAM Activity Group on Mathematics Education. Dr.

Uniform-in-diffusivity Chaotic Mixing and the Batchelor Spectrum

Many observations of the statistical properties of fluids in physically relevant settings agree with the analytical theories of turbulence that stem from the engineering and physics communities; these theories combine various reasonable approximations with axioms that researchers derive from experimental observation.

National Academies selects Tulane for new undergraduate Gulf Scholars Program

The National Academies’ Gulf Research Program (GRP) has selected Tulane University to join the newly launched Gulf Scholars Program (GSP), a five-year, $12.7 million pilot program that prepares graduates to address the most pressing environmental, health, energy and infrastructure challenges in the Gulf of Mexico region.

The program aims to cultivate future leaders who will serve the region as scientists, engineers, educators, community leaders, policymakers, designers and innovators in local communities.

Marcia Monroe Conery Lectureship to feature renowned ethnobotanist

The Tulane Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology is honored to host Dr. Mark Plotkin as the speaker for the Fall 2021 Marcia Monroe Conery Lectureship Series on Friday, Oct. 8, at 4 p.m. CT in the Qatar Ballroom (Room 212) in the Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life. Plotkin will be giving a talk called “Rum, Pirates and Medicinal Plants from New Orleans to the Amazon.”

Plotkin is a New Orleans native, a renowned ethnobotanist and the author of several books.  

Tulane scientists and engineers to use recycled glass ‘sand’ to prevent coastal erosion

The “no glass on the beach” rule might get turned on its head, just a bit, now that a team of Tulane University engineers and scientists has received funding to establish a recycling program that uses glass sand to prevent coastal land loss.

Tulane scientist to lead research project on sustainability of Gulf of Mexico ecosystem

Ehab Meselhe, a professor in the Tulane Department of River-Coastal Science and Engineering, has received a $125,000 grant to plan the creation of an online forecasting tool to help scientists, ecologists and engineers evaluate how freshwater diversion and other coastal restorations projects may impact marine mammals, shorebirds, barrier islands and fisheries from the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.