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Reyes receives Fulbright Grant for 2011-2012 to study in Germany |
Julian Reyes, WSU 2010 alumnus and current WSU PhD graduate student in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, advised by Dr. Jennifer Adam, received a Fulbright grant to study abroad in Germany during the upcoming academic year.
The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and is the largest international exchange program for students, faculty, and other scholars in our country. The program was established in the late 1940s to increase mutual understanding between other nations and the U.S. and to foster cultural exchange and intellectual engagement. The U.S. Student Fulbright Grant provides support for individual study and research projects in another country or an English language teaching assistantship.
Reyes' current research at WSU focuses on how atmospheric deposition of nitrogen affects the terrestrial biosphere using an ecohydrologic model and a sophisticated chemical transport model. His work is part of a larger project at WSU called BioEarth - an Earth systems modeling framework that seeks to integrate the atmosphere, terrestrial biosphere, and aquatic systems. He is interested in how carbon and nitrogen processes will affect the biosphere and atmosphere in a changing climate. At the University of Bonn, Reyes will work with Dr. Stefan Siebert at the Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation to learn more about nutrient cycling within crop systems and grassland processes. Reyes says, “These areas are important to the overall Earth systems modeling framework as we seek to incorporate nutrient cycling of different landscapes.”
Reyes’ Fulbright grant will start in late September 2011. By conducting research at the University of Bonn, he will have access to a vast network of professionals familiar with Earth systems, hydrology, and crop science research. This will allow him to incorporate American and German methodological and analytical perspectives into his research project, resulting in a prototype model for international collaboration in the field of climate change. Reyes is hopeful that his eleven month stay in Germany will yield more insights into terrestrial biosphere processes so that he can incorporate these into his research. He is also hopeful that this opportunity will assist him in building a network of collaborators for future research.
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