Linyuan Shang, Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) with Vermont EPSCoR, successfully presented his PhD defense on Monday, October 29, 2018.

Shang's thesis, "Climate Change and Land Use/Cover Change Impacts on Watershed Hydrology, Carbon, Nutrient Dynamics: A Case Study in Mississquoi River Watershed," provided details about streamflow and climate change scenarios which he had researched during his time with Vermont EPSCoR. His advisors included Drs. Carol Adair and Asim Zia, members of the BREE Integrated Assessment Modeling (IAM) team.

The abstract for Linyuan's defense can be found here: https://epscor.w3.uvm.edu/bree/?node=4324.