The Paytan Lab Research team has been highlighted on the UCSC CCCR Youtube Channel in this video: “Carbon Dynamics in Coastal Wetlands: Understanding Controlling Processes to Assess Wetlands Nature-Based Climate Mitigation Potential, led by Adina Payton and the Payton Lab at UCSC”
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Adina Paytan Awarded ASLO Edmondson Distinguished Service Award
Adina Paytan has been awarded the Tommy and Yvette Edmondson Distinguished Service Award by the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) for her international research leadership. The award recognizes those advancing international research collaborations for early-career scientists through the ASLO Limnology and Oceanography Research Exchange (LOREX) program. Read more HERE
Leah Awarded CCCR Grad Fellowship
Leah Van Dyke has received Center for Coastal Climate Resilience (CCCR) Grad Fellowship funding. The Center supports projects that bring together researchers and practitioners to build innovative climate solutions. Leah’s project “Microbial Communities Driving Carbon Sequestration in Coastal Estuarine Wetlands” looks at the role of Microbial Communities in carbon cycling through wetland soils and the Read More…
🎁Lab White Elephant Party🎁
The Paytan Lab celebrated the recent holidays with a White Elephant party! Thank you Madio for hosting!
Thanks to Elkhorn Team!
This weekend, many members of the lab helped out in a 24-hour sampling campaign in Elkhorn Slough! The coordinators (Aliya and Zoe) had this to say: “Special shout out to the morning crew who helped us set up for the day, work through kinks and initial growing pains; Adina for negotiating with the pick n Read More…
ONCE Representatives Visit UCSC
Representatives from the Global Once (Ocean Negative Carbon Emissions) visited UCSC and gave a great talk to members of the Paytan Lab! Find out more about the organization on their website.
Aliya Receives EPS Grad Student Award
Aliya Khan has been selected to receive a Fall 2024 Earth & Planetary Sciences Graduate Student Award from the Earth’s Environment Fund at UCSC. Congratulations Aliya!
Devon Receives Earth’s Environment & SURGES Awards
Devon Baker-Berry has been awarded Earth’s Environment and SURGES Award Funding for his thesis work researching the effects of using a biochar soil amendment in wetland restoration. Congratulations!
Paytan Lab Research in Carbon Pulse Feature
Paytan Lab Wetland Research has been highlighted in the January Carbon Pulse Feature: Protecting wetlands through carbon projects help preserve key global emissions sink. Read more here. FEATURE: Protecting wetlands through carbon projects helps preserve key global emissions sink
Hester Marsh: AmeriFlux Network’s 500th site
The Elkhorn Slough’s Hester Marsh is the 500th site to add BASE data to the AmeriFlux Network. Our lab’s ongoing research and data collection efforts, at Hester Marsh, have been highlighted in this Blog article. Photo of Hester Marsh from Ameriflux Blog Article: https://ameriflux.lbl.gov/feature-site-us-ekh-elkhorn-slough-hester-marsh-the-500th-site-with-base-data/