Lucas Silva
Associate professor of Environmental Studies
Mitigating climate change isn’t a one-and-done endeavor, as Lucas knows. That’s why his Soil-Plant-Atmosphere (SPA) Research Lab takes an interdisciplinary approach to solving both the ecological and societal problems. His research focuses on understanding past environmental changes, measuring the effects of human influence on ecosystems today, and developing the management and restoration technologies of the future—a full wrap-around approach to protecting the planet and the people on it.