Current Bass Environmental Scholars

Thomas Bianchi Research Description: Many of the central issues in research concerning global climate change involve understanding the exchange and transport of organic and inorganic pools of carbon— in the context of the global carbon budget. If we are to successfully balance and model global carbon fluxes, it is important to understand the dynamics of carbon cycling in the most productive environments. In general, the most productive environments are located in land margin ecosystems such as watershed soils, freshwater, and marine coastal systems. Dr. Bianchi’s research has centered on organic carbon cycling from source-to-sink with work focused on the transport of soils in watersheds of large river systems to coastal environments. Dr. Bianchi has used state-of-the-art chemical techniques to determine the role of terrestrial versus aquatic carbon sources in the overall carbon cycles of these ecosystems. Appointment Date: Fall 2023

Carlos Navas Research Description: Carlos Navas is a Physiological Ecologist based at the Physiology Department of the Biosciences Institute at the University of São Paulo. He is originally from Colombia and started his career investigating adaptation of amphibians to extreme tropical elevations. Later he addressed other extreme environments and worked with different animal lineages. Currently he maintains this original interest, but focuses also on the interdisciplinary convergences of biology, interacting with researchers from diverse areas. Appointment Date: Fall 2023

Past Bass Environmental Scholars

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About Edward P. Bass

Mr. Bass, ’67 (’68 BS), is active in business, conservation, and ranching and is a committed environmentalist. He co-founded Biosphere 2, an environmental research and conservation project near Tucson, Arizona. He is chairman of the Executive Committee of the World Wildlife Fund and founding trustee of the Philecology Trust. He serves on the executive committees of the New York Botanical Garden and the Botanical Research Institute of Texas and has been a leader in the decade-long redevelopment of downtown Fort Worth. In addition to graduating from Yale College, Mr. Bass studied at Yale’s School of Architecture from 1968-70. His service to Yale includes co-chair of the Leadership Council of the Yale School of the Environment, member and former founding chair of the YIBS External Advisory Board, and former member of the University Council and former chair of the Council Committee on the Peabody Museum. He was named Successor Trustee in 2001.