People: Hannah Jahnke, Amanda Thompson, Margaret Bentley, and Enrique Terán This project, led by UNC-CH doctoral candidate Hannah Jahnke, examines the effects of maternal distress during and after pregnancy on infant development in the Galapagos Islands, where geographic isolation, food … Continued

People: Khristopher Nicholas, Margaret Bentley, and Amanda Thompson This research project, led by doctoral student Khristopher Nicholas, explores food environments in the Galapagos islands, their determinants, and how they impact diets and health. For this work, the team is first devising … Continued

People: Alyssa Grube and Jill Stewart Antibiotic resistance represents one of our generation’s most pressing global public health challenges, with the number of deaths from antibiotic resistant infections projected to exceed cancer deaths by 2050. While antibiotic resistance is well-studied in … Continued

People: Amanda Thompson, Enrique Terán, Margaret Bentley, Jill Stewart, Jaime Ocampo, Graham Pluck, and Khristopher Nicholas Over the past two years, we have been conducting the Healthy Families Study in San Cristobal in collaboration with USFQ and funded by the … Continued

People: Donald L Fejfar, Elijah Watson, Kishan Patel, Nick Badhwa, Khristopher Nicholas, Amanda Thompson, Margaret Bentley, and Jill Stewart On the Galapagos Islands, outdated water and sanitation systems along with inadequate water quantity have led to poor water quality with … Continued

People: Steve Walsh, Richard Bilsborrow, Laura Brewington, Yang Shao, Hernando Mattei, Francisco Laso, Phil Page, and Brian Frizzelle This project is designed to synthesize land cover/land use change (LCLUC) patterns on islands and to assess the drivers of change. We … Continued

People: Julee Waldrop, Betty Martinez, Alasia Ledford, Amanda Thompson, and Hannah Jahnke This past summer (2019) our team continued to build on prior research performed by Center for Galapagos researchers, as well as Dr. Thompson’s and Hannah Jahnke’s current work.  … Continued

People: Xiaoming Liu, Diego Riveros-Iregui This project examines the relationship between precipitation inputs (i.e., fog, rainfall), ecosystem water use, water storage, and water availability, with the goal of assessing the fate of precipitation, evaluating ecosystem function, and determining water availability … Continued

People: Francisco Laso, Steve Walsh, and Javier Arce-Nazario Farmers on the Galapagos Islands face a confluence of environmental and social challenges, including severe droughts, extreme climatic events (El Niño/La Niña), encroaching invasive species, a lack of affordable labor, and relentless … Continued