Southern University Institute for Air, Nutrients, Soil, Water, Ecosystem, and Remote Sensing

The Southern University Institute for Air, Nutrients, Soil, Water, Ecosystem, and Remote Sensing will utilize results from cutting edge research to provide answers and technical assistance to our clientele in environmental areas ranging from water quality, soil quality, air quality, environmental contamination, to disaster mitigation, land use planning, urban forest/forest management, and natural resource management.

The mission of the ANSWERS Institute is to promote natural and biological resources conservation through research, education, and service to communities both in urban and rural settings.

To achieve the mission/goal, the objectives of The ANSWERS Institute are to:

 1.  Conduct cutting edge research focusing on natural and biological resources such as water, air, soil, wetlands, forests,           land, bioenergy, and ecosystems,

2.   Provide hands-on research training and experiential learning to next generation of leaders in natural resources,

3.   Utilize research results and analytical laboratories to provide technical services to the communities, and

4.   Promote scientific collaboration and partnership building at state, regional, national, and international levels.

The ANSWERS Institute is composed of four centers. Each center has its unique research foci targeting particular natural and biological resources. Each center is designed to implement the research, education and service that address the needs of the particular foci. The research foci of each center complement each other and are cohesively linked among centers which will carry out the Institutes’ implementation strategies. The four centers are:

1.   Center for Air Quality and Bioenergy

2.   Center for Nutrient, Soil, and Land Management

3.   Center for Water and Ecosystem

4.   Center for Remote Sensing

Request for Research Project Applications (RFA)

Zhu Ning, Ph.D.

Director of the Southern University Institute for Air, Nutrients, Soil, Water, Ecosystem, and Remote Sensing

Ph: 225-771-6292

Email: zhu_ning@subr.edu