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![women with dark skin and hair in professional sweater](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-06/Shailja_Headshot-hero-opt-2.jpg?itok=RF68qYqP)
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S. Shailja PhD '24, electrical and computer engineering
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![Theo world map fading into blue water.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-06/Ocean-globe-iStock.jpg?itok=ErLcHv47)
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Philip Hoeppli via iStock
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![A river meanders through forests and fields in Columbia.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-04/Columbian-river-iStock.jpg?itok=Wh9xfAKO)
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EGT via iStock
Meandering rivers create a dynamic landscape, depositing sand bars and eroding steep banks as they undulate across their floodplains.
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![A tractor sprays a soybean field in spring.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-03/Pesticides-organic-iStock.jpg?itok=DjiG6lqG)
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Fotokostic vi iStock
Organic farming practices can increase pesticide use in neighboring, non-organic fields.
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![Maps and cityscapes on a grid.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-11/SM_GIS_layers-NSF-cropped.jpg?itok=air5fttc)
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Alice Kitterman/U.S. National Science Foundation
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![The head of a California red-legged frog peers out from lily pads](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-10/california-red-tailed-frog-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=PApF2X3g)
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Gary M. Fellers/USGS
California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii) surfaces in a pond in Point Reyes National Seashore, Calif.