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Dr. Will Gulsby, assistant professor of wildlife ecology and management in Auburn University’s School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, comments on the potential for wildfires during extremely dry conditions. Earlier this week, the Alabama Forestry Commission issued a statewide fire alert.
Auburn University School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences faculty members Dr. Chris Lepczyk, professor of wildlife biology and conservation, and Dr. Graeme Lockaby, associate dean for research, comment on the effect of the declining bird population in North America and how to protect birds.
Drew Frugé, a registered dietitian and assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Hospitality Management in the College of Human Sciences at Auburn, offers his expertise on the plant-based meat phenomenon.
Melissa Halford, a lecturer in Auburn University’s department of physics, commented on the Friday the 13th harvest moon that has social media buzzing with excitement.
A team of scientists with NASA recently discovered water vapor on a distant planet, K2-18b. Auburn Associate Professor of Physics Dennis Bodewits commented on the recent discovery and what it means for space discovery going forward. Bodewits’ primary research focuses on the activity and evolution of comets and asteroids.
Linda Gibson-Young, an associate professor in Auburn’s School of Nursing, studies the use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, JUULs and hookah. She offers her thoughts about the latest news involving e-cigarette use, vaping and lung illnesses.
Christopher Burton is an assistant professor of geosciences in Auburn University’s College of Mathematics. His research interests include human-environmental interactions, natural hazards and disasters, social vulnerability, disaster resilience, modeling risk and vulnerability, GIS, geospatial analysis and global environmental change related hazards.