Land ownership, rights and other issues of land tenure have been at the forefront of global environmental and geopolitical conflict for much of modern history. Human existence is tied to the land in very many ways, some material and some spiritual. In fact how we perceive the land ultimately leads to how we develop policies for its use, and is intricately linked to our own relationships, experiences and construction of space. It is therefore important for us to have critical discourse on issues of land management including conservation. The 2024 staging of the CNY Conference on Environmental Science and Studies (CCESS24) will provide a platform for student researchers at all stages to share their knowledge, experience and expertise in the several diverse areas of land management. 

CCESS24 Book of Abstracts

The 2nd annual CNY Conference on Environmental Science & Studies (CCESS) was held at SUNY EF on March 23-23, 2024. The conference hosted, two plenary speakers, 43 Presenters (Oral + Posters) and 2 workshops for 96 attendees from 7 other universities. The conference discusses matters related to the environment and caters to a broad range of disciplines.  Please check out Book of Abstracts for all the titles from this year's CCESS.
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CCESS24 Presentations by Topic

Land Use Management & technology
  1. Joanna Lumbsden-Pinto - Exploring the Influence of Vegetation Structure on Microclimate in Northeastern Pine Barrens Ecosystems: Implications for Land Management and Restoration
  2. Jesse Czekanski-Moir -  Habitat patch size and species diversity
  3. Amina F. Mughal - Sediment and Fish Gut Microbiomes in the Great Lakes: Comparing Sites with Contrasting Contamination Conditions
Green solutions
  1. Aysha Iftikhar - Optimizing struvite production from human urine: Effects of magnesite calcination temperature and duration on phosphorus recovery
  2. Eva Legge - Access to belowground networks modulates seedling success under different forest management practices
  3. Wondwosen Shiferaw Aga -  Life cycle assessment of different pretreatment methods yielding sugar for value-added biomaterials and biofuels
  4. Md Shahadat Hossain - An integrated second-generation biorefinery approach for forest residue biomass conversion into bio-oil and bioplastic
  5. Md Sahadat Hossain - Identification of land and potential production of willow biomass crops using a multi criteria land suitability assessment
policy & planning
  1. Asif Mehmood - The Socio-epistemic Ecology of Coal in Tharparkar (Sindh-Pakistan)
  2. Liam Grima - Norms and Climate Change Governance: What has Impeded Planetary Cooperation and How to Move Forward?
  3. Mackenzie Gregg - Understanding Barriers to Septic System Maintenance in NYS Watersheds
  4. Sarah K. Caltabiano - Revisiting nitrogen assimilation in HABs: nitrate reductase in Microcystis aeruginosa
  5. Manasi Anand - What institutional pathways emerge from Natural Climate Solutions in forest management? A systematic literature review
Politics of space
  1. Amy Bentley - State Responsibility for Climate Change: Vanuatu, the Human Right to Food, and the International Court of Justice
  2. Amy Owens, Jade Haumann, Sarah Howard - STOP STAMP: A fight for Indigenous sovereignty and land justice
  3. Andrea Cass - Disaster Recovery and Mental Health: Navigating a Flood of Emotions
  4. Ashmita Das - Board games as environmental communication: teaching about sustainable agriculture through play
  5. Elinor Hanjian - Know Your Money, Know Your Commodity: Alternative Currency Use and the Disintegration of the Commodity Fetish
  6. Geri Mae Asacta Tolentino - Beyond the Bean: Perceptions of Success and Challenges in Cacao Farming in Quezon, Philippines
  7. Kahlan Poltorak - How Urban Biodiversity Impacts Quality of Life
  8. Violet Jensen-Moulton - Energy Democracy Discourse in Puerto Rico
  9. Brenna Tellames Williams - Hula Kū‘ē: Survivance Rhetoric of Hawai’i
Poster Presentations
  1. Amina F. Mughal - Sediment and Fish Gut Microbiomes in the Great Lakes: Comparing Sites with Contrasting Contamination Conditions
  2. Karina Davis - Using Species Distribution Models to Determine Potential Reintroductio and Conservation Sites for the Puerto Rican Parrot (Amazona vittata)
  3. Sara Dreibelbis - Improving lumber grade recovery for eastern white pine - evidence from a sawmill study
  4. Taylor Peltier - Silver Spoon Effects of Corticosterone on Juvenile Survival of Red-tailed Hawks
  5. Isabelle Masina Rubbo - Polymorphism Mediated Sperm Competition in Zonotrichia albicollis (White-Throated-Sparrow)
  6. Alyssa Killingsworth - Passive Acoustic Monitoring in the High Andes
  7. Manasi Anand - What institutional pathways emerge from Natural Climate Solutions in forest management? A systematic literature review
  8. Anqi Ji - Additive manufacturing of biomass and industrial waste polymer composites
  9. Freddy Lin - Effects of biomass composition on characteristics of biochar
  10. Jiae Ryu - Evaluation of bio-based deep eutectic solvent (DES) for biomass pretreatment
  11. Kalyani Ananthakrishnan - Bioconversion of two-stage pretreated shrub willow (Salix spp.) to polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) using recombinant Escherichia coli LSBJ
  12. Mairui Zhang - High-Performance Polyurethane Foam from Bio-based Polyol
  13. Nara Han - Lignin Fractionation for Tailoring Molecular Weight of Lignin in PBAT-Lignin Composites
  14. Olayinka Olaosebikan - Determining The Stiffness of a Nail Laminated Timber Panel As a Basis For Bio-Based Timber Connection
  15. Rahul Inaganti - A Comparison of the Efficacy of Conventional vs Organic Weed Management Techniques on University Green Spaces
  16. Antonio Javier Franco Aguado - Studying interaction of proteins KCNE3 with KCNQ1 in a lipid bilayer membrane using molecular dynamics simulations
  17. Mackenzie Case - Plan Ahead and Prepare: Northeast Hikers' Understanding of Experience, Risk, and Messaging
  18. Robyn Landes - New York State Climate Smart Communities Program: Why and how did local municipalities in New York pursue certification and what are the policy outcomes?
  19. Emma Virnelli - Social Media Storytelling for Environmental Engagement
  20. Sydney Hall - Evaluation of a Planar Waveguide Biosensor for Cyanotoxin Detection in Freshwater Systems

CCESS24 Plenary Speakers

CCESS24 Conference Schedule