
Elizabeth Guthrie Nichols
I am a Professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources and associate faculty with the NC State Toxicology Program. I collaborate with diverse academic researchers, municipalities, state agencies, federal agencies, landowners, and NGOs on problems and challenges in the realms of water resources and forestry. Current water research projects interface across aspects of water quality, water quantity, wastewater reuse, nutrients, emerging chemicals of concern, and community engagement. I also support research and extension to use short-rotation forest systems to mitigate excess water and contamination and to develop sustainable wood products and bioeonomies.
Recent and current projects address community and stakeholder engagement for municipal wastewater reuse, HRMS as a diagnostic tool to assist groundwater managers and private well users in testing well water, assessing the vulnerability of North Carolina’s aquifers to new water intrusion from extreme storms, and optimizing poplar for sustainable bio-products in western North Carolina.
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Facebook: E Nichols Research
Instagram: @nicholsresearchgroup
Youtube: Elizabeth Nichols
Opportunities
If you are interested in opportunities for undergraduate or graduate research, please check out prior graduate students and undergraduate researchers on this website as well as our research facebook and Instagram.
Contact me at egnichol@ncsu.edu.
Check out the 2021 Short Rotation Forestry Handbook by Ghezehei, Hazel, Bowen, and Nichols