Leisha DeHart-Davis is the director of the Local Government Workplaces Initiative within the UNC School of Government. She has been contributing to research at Carolina for 11 years.

Graduate student Kimmy Hansen is analyzing the impact of future development on the tree canopy of Bald Head Island, a North Carolina barrier island that boasts the second-largest maritime forest in the state.

Savannah Ryburn studies the diet of juvenile blacktip and scalloped hammerhead sharks in the Galápagos Islands using a cutting-edge technique called metabarcoding — work that will help preserve the species.

School of Social Work faculty member and associate dean for research and faculty development Sheryl Zimmerman will lead part of an $81 million grant studying the dementia workforce.

The Data-Driven EnviroLab will track and predict extreme heat, often fatal to people in low-income urban areas.