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.
Climate Change and Air Pollution
Coastal Adaptation to Climate Change: Rebuilding a Living Coastline

Global vs. Local Net Climate Impacts of 10 Top Megacities

Understanding Exposure to Traffic Related Air Pollution in Kathmandu, Nepal

Water Quality and Hydrology
Factors Controlling Biogeochemical Removal of Nitrogen in Constructed Wetlands

Examining the Efficacy of Connecticut Constructed Wetlands as an Urban Stormwater Best Management Practice

Trace metal fluxes between an urban salt marsh and Long Island Sound

Water Resources
Water Recycling in Urban Southern California: Politics, Practices, and Pragmatics

Design and the Built Environment
A Mountain by the Sea: Waste-scapes, Life-scapes and the Reinvention of Fresh Kills

Effects of Urbanization on Wildlife
Neighborhoods as Urban Socio-ecological Patches:Building A Community Forestry Typology

Socio-cultural and Ecological Interactions
Neighborhoods as Urban Socio-ecological Patches:Building A Community Forestry Typology

Urbanization and Land Use Change
A Model of Nonlinear Urbanization and Information Flows Across India

Urban Agriculture
Cultivating Community: Building Cohesion and Forging Identities in New Haven's Community Gardens
