Hixon Fellows
The Hixon Center for Urban Sustainability engages and supports Yale students who are interested in conducting urban sustainability research that bridges science to practice. Every year, Hixon Fellows are chosen from a pool of competitive applicants based on the relevance of the research proposal to the Center's mission.
Urban Agriculture
Latino perceptions: A Portland, Oregon study on how Latina women conceptualize alternative foods
![Headshot of Yesenia Gallardo.](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_400x530/public/images/fellow/yesenia_gallardo.jpg?h=d07fc274&itok=rhXIs3ET)
Water Resources
Social Dynamics of Stormwater Management: Private Lands in the Alley Creek Watershed
![Dawn Henning sitting in a green park.](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_400x530/public/images/fellow/henning_dawn_2014_photo.jpg?h=c7a97218&itok=kWaD4l84)
Water Resource Management & Drought: What can LA learn from Australia's Millenium Drought?
![Photo of David Jaeckel outside of a water recycling facility.](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_400x530/public/images/fellow/david_jaeckel.jpg?h=3dc11cbf&itok=YIRLnC1V)
Influence of Plant Community and Media Composition on the Water Budgets of Coastal Rain Gardens
![Photo of Selena Pang working on a laptop, in black and white.](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_400x530/public/images/fellow/selena_2.jpg?h=825fea6d&itok=p-FwyxV0)
Water Recycling in Urban Southern California: Politics, Practices, and Pragmatics
![Gray silhouette of human upper body](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_400x530/public/2024-04/no_photo_0.png?h=fec564f0&itok=8pKHrJQI)
Water Quality and Hydrology
A Century of Salt Marsh Migration in Long Island Sound: Understanding Migration into Upland Habitats
![Photo of Jamie O'Connell standing on a salt marsh.](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_400x530/public/images/fellow/oconnell_jamie_2014_photo_1_hr.jpg?h=4d9316c3&itok=ejn-vVEB)
Factors Controlling Biogeochemical Removal of Nitrogen in Constructed Wetlands
![Zulimar Lucena along a wetland.](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_400x530/public/images/fellow/photo_1.jpg?h=89665211&itok=oGDj2CXA)
Effects of Urbanization on Wildlife
Human-Wildlife Cohabitation in an Urban Context: Managing Urban Spaces to Increase Habitat Connectivity and Decrease Wildlife Vehicle Collisions in Calgary, AB
![Gray silhouette of human upper body](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_400x530/public/2024-04/no_photo_0.png?h=fec564f0&itok=8pKHrJQI)
Urbanization and Land Use Change
Spatial Linkages between the Growth of Urban Centers and Major Global Cropping Areas: Historical Relationships and Contemporary Conditions
![Photo of Meredith Azevedo tending to crops in a green field.](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_400x530/public/images/fellow/482416_4507821813390_1553154969_n.jpg?h=9d5f9245&itok=TJodh5hr)
Land Use Planning and Management
A Survey of Green Infrastructure Maintenance Programs in the United States
![Photo of Caitlin Feehan and the rest of the research team.](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_400x530/public/images/fellow/dsc-4046-web-browser.jpg?h=4b47b129&itok=yXtn6bv_)
Climate Change and Air Pollution
Coastal Adaptation to Climate Change: Rebuilding a Living Coastline
![Gray silhouette of human upper body](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_400x530/public/2024-04/no_photo_0.png?h=fec564f0&itok=8pKHrJQI)
Global vs. Local Net Climate Impacts of 10 Top Megacities
![Headshot of Esther Rojas-Garcia against the backdrop of a lush green field.](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_400x530/public/images/fellow/esther_rojas_garcia.jpg?h=c4b4ef8b&itok=c3IlkbDm)