Matt Whiles, SIU Zoology professor and Interim Director of SIU's Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory, has been appointed to serve on the state of Illinois' Nutrient Science Advisory Committee. In his role, Whiles will assist the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency in determining nutrient water quality standards as part of a larger effort to reduce nutrient loss in Illinois water resources.
Senior Daniel Bach and sophomore Thomas Birch have been selected as national University Innovation Fellows, joining a cohort of 150 students from 52 institutions across the country. Bach and Birch are committed to increasing the cross-disciplinary utilization of innovation resources at SIU, as they describe in this YouTube video. See here for more.
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