Show-Me Natural Resources // September 2021

SEPTEMBER 2021

Message from the Director

Resilient.

More than any other word, ‘resilient’ is the one that best describes the School of Natural Resources (SNR) over the last year. The restrictions imposed by the COVID pandemic are now all too familiar, and our SNR students, staff and faculty spent the last year beset by those limitations. Even so, we adapted to Zoom sessions well enough to proceed with classes, and special events such as our 2021 Albrecht Earth Day Lecture that focused on Indigenous reciprocal relationships with the land and soil; featured speakers were Dr. Jaquetta Shade-Johnson and Ed Smith. That same resilience and technical know-how allowed our SNR alumni group to host a virtual edition of Trivia in the Wild, which continued to raise funds for SNR scholarships.

Up to the Challenge

Patrick Market named director of the School of Natural Resources Read more

Nicole Terherst Amezcua standing in a stream

CAFNR Welcomes New Faculty

Our college introduces 12 faculty members this fall - two in Natural Resources Read more

MPRA Honors Retired SNR Professors

Jerry Hitzhusen was inducted into the Hall of Fame, David Vaught honored with service award Read more

Research Achievements

Researchers at the University of Missouri and the University of Georgia recently published a paper related to an underutilized source of resistance in the soybean genotype Peking. That source is linked to two polymorphisms in serine hydroxyl-methyltransferase 8 (SHMT8). SHMT is an enzyme important for folate-mediated 1-carbon metabolism, a universal metabolic process. David Korasick, a postdoctoral fellow who was part of the John Tanner lab and mentored by Tanner, Lesa Beamer and Melissa Mitchum, produced five crystal structures of different states of the SHMT8 tetramers from the SCN-susceptible and SCN-resistant cultivar. He combined protein biochemistry, protein biophysics and X-ray crystallography approaches to tackle the problem.

Solving Problems Through Research

Chung-Ho Lin is a research associate professor in forestry and lead scientist in charge of the bioremediation and natural products research program at the Center for Agroforestry. Read more

Alumni Corner

After earning her PhD from Mizzou, Rachel Owen (center) has been named the director of the Missouri Science and Technology Policy Fellows (MOST). The goal of MOST is to place PhD candidates, who recently received their PhD in a STEM discipline, in Jefferson City. Photo courtesy of Rachel Owen.

Greg Snellen Named Alumnus of the Year by CAFNR Alumni Association

He is an environmental supervisor with Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Waste Management Program. Read more

Student Features

Senior Spotlight: Angela and Maggie McNay

Angela and Maggie McNay recently graduated with degrees in parks, recreation and sport Read more

Senior Spotlight: Kris Glover

Glover recently graduated with a degree in parks, recreation and sport Read more

Senior Spotlight: Michelle Maile

Maile recently graduated with a degree in natural resource science and management Read more

Senior Spotlight: Luke Eaton

Eaton recently graduated with a degree in environmental sciences Read more

Faculty/Staff Spotlight

Wildlife biologists have studied mammal tracking patterns for years. A national study was launched to study wildlife throughout the United States. Researchers at the University of Missouri (MU) provided data from the Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center (HARC). Photo courtesy of Summer LaRose.

A SNAPSHOT of Wildlife Patterns Nationwide

University of Missouri researchers contribute to nationwide study, by setting camera traps at the Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center (HARC) Read more

With the changing climate, researchers find an impact on lakes throughout the world. Rebecca North works with other researchers throughout the world to study lake temperatures and oxygen levels. Photo courtesy of Rebecca North.

Studying Oxygen Levels in Lakes Around the World

Researchers compile data from lakes throughout the world to look at changing oxygen levels Read more

Q&A With Cindy Greenwood

Greenwood is the executive assistant in the School of Natural Resources Read more

Q&A With Tavair Tapp

Tapp is the office support specialist in the School of Natural Resources Read more

Jenna Fusinatto Wins Individual Category in Mizzou Brand Wagon Awards Read more

Hank Stelzer Receives the SEC Visiting Faculty Travel Program Award Read more

Alba Argerich Receives 2021 Provost’s Outstanding Junior Faculty Teaching Award Read more

Clark Gantzer Receives 2021 Soil and Water Conservation Society's Associate Editor Excellence Award Read more

Cheryl Recker Earns Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Award — Technical/Paraprofessional Read more

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