{"id":42,"date":"2022-02-03T18:11:35","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T18:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2023-06-25T15:28:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T15:28:12","slug":"welcome-check-out-undergraduate-and-graduate-scholars-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Guthrie Nichols"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-305 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/2021-me-small-770x1024-1-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"Elizabeth Guthrie Nichols Portrait - College of Natural Resources at NC State University\" width=\"102\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/2021-me-small-770x1024-1-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/2021-me-small-770x1024-1-768x1021.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/2021-me-small-770x1024-1.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 102px) 100vw, 102px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I am a Professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources and associate faculty with the NC State Toxicology Program.\u00a0 I collaborate with diverse academic researchers, municipalities, state agencies, federal agencies, landowners, and NGOs on problems and challenges in the realms of water resources, renewable energy, and forestry. Current water research projects interface across aspects of water quality, water quantity, wastewater reuse, nutrients, emerging chemicals of concern, and community engagement.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 I have coordinated development and management of the online Renewable Energy Assessment Certificate and Minor since 2014.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s aquifers to new water intrusion from extreme storms, building workforce needs for sustainability, and optimizing hybrid poplar for sustainable bio-products in western North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-130\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/15-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"82\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/15-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/15.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 82px) 100vw, 82px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-225\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/114-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Active Phytoremediation sign - College of Natural Resources at NC State University\" width=\"143\" height=\"107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/114-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/114-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/114.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/32.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-147\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/32.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"82\" height=\"110\" \/>\u00a0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/30.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-145\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/30-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/30-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/30-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/30.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-200\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/86-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"Elizabeth Guthrie Nichols - College of Natural Resources at NC State University\" width=\"77\" height=\"106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/86-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/86.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 77px) 100vw, 77px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/34.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-149\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/34-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/34-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/34.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-206\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/92-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Student working near a body of water - Current Research - College of Natural Resources at NC State University\" width=\"81\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/92-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/92.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 81px) 100vw, 81px\" \/>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-205\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/91-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A sprinkler watering trees - Current Research - College of Natural Resources at NC State University\" width=\"143\" height=\"107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/91-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/91-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/91.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/> \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-194\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/80-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Forestry Materials - College of Natural Resources at NC State University\" width=\"152\" height=\"114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/80-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/80.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-195\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/81-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Working in the Forest - College of Natural Resources at NC State University\" width=\"84\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/81-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/81.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 84px) 100vw, 84px\" \/>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-160\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/46-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Growing trees - College of Natural Resources at NC State University\" width=\"181\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/46-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/46.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-337\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/07\/IMG_8481-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"86\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/07\/IMG_8481-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/07\/IMG_8481-rotated.jpg 481w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 86px) 100vw, 86px\" \/>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-339\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/07\/IMG_6388-300x284.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"118\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/07\/IMG_6388-300x284.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/07\/IMG_6388.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 118px) 100vw, 118px\" \/>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-199\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/85-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Elizabeth Guthrie Nichols on a Boat - College of Natural Resources at NC State University\" width=\"149\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/85-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/85-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/85.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 149px) 100vw, 149px\" \/>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-198\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/84-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Classroom and presentation - College of Natural Resources at NC State University\" width=\"151\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/84-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/84-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/02\/84.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 151px) 100vw, 151px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Connect<\/h2>\n<p><em>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/E-Nichols-Research-348312032552834\">E Nichols Research<\/a><br \/>\nInstagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nicholsresearchgroup\/\">@nicholsresearchgroup<\/a><br \/>\nYoutube: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCJ937xekUOF9pT-t5u9aQXw\">Elizabeth Nichols<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Opportunities<\/h2>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Contact me at <a href=\"mailto:egnichol@ncsu.edu\">egnichol@ncsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/shortrotationforestry\/home\/guide-to-s-r-forestry\">2021 Short Rotation Forestry Handbook by Ghezehei, Hazel, Bowen, and Nichols<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a Professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources and associate faculty with the NC State Toxicology Program.\u00a0 I collaborate with diverse&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":303,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-landing.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-42","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":359,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions\/359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/elizabethnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}