Welcome to the webpage for the Loik Laboratory in the Environmental Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Our research focuses on the following:
1. Mitigation technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Our work focuses on: (1) development of new solar thermal storage technologies, (2) making greenhouses more energy, water, and fertilizer efficient, and (3) power harvesting from "Living Solar Panels".
2. Adaptation: Using results to help prepare for ongoing climate change. We are interested in informing adaptation for drought and fire risk in particular.
3. Impacts: Understanding how short-term weather patterns, altered atmospheric composition, and climate change affect plant physiology, the structure of biological communities, and ecosystem processes.
4. Education, Outreach & Communication: Training a diverse workforce and engaging communities.
The link boxes at the top will take you to pages with more details.
We utilize a variety of approaches, and specialize in the following:
Keywords: Environmental Engineering, AgTech, Climate-Smart Plant Physiological Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Biometeorology, Climatology, Ecohydrology, Restoration Ecology.
Our research focuses on the following:
1. Mitigation technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Our work focuses on: (1) development of new solar thermal storage technologies, (2) making greenhouses more energy, water, and fertilizer efficient, and (3) power harvesting from "Living Solar Panels".
2. Adaptation: Using results to help prepare for ongoing climate change. We are interested in informing adaptation for drought and fire risk in particular.
3. Impacts: Understanding how short-term weather patterns, altered atmospheric composition, and climate change affect plant physiology, the structure of biological communities, and ecosystem processes.
4. Education, Outreach & Communication: Training a diverse workforce and engaging communities.
The link boxes at the top will take you to pages with more details.
We utilize a variety of approaches, and specialize in the following:
- Microcontrollers, Dataloggers, Environmental Sensors
- Sustainable Solar and Thermal Energy Development
- Embedded Systems, Sensor Networks, Internet of Things
- Robotics, Remote Airborne/Underwater Vehicles
- Soil - Plant -Atmosphere Water Relations
- Surface-Atmosphere Energy Budgets
- Leaf - Canopy - Landscape Carbon Fluxes
Keywords: Environmental Engineering, AgTech, Climate-Smart Plant Physiological Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Biometeorology, Climatology, Ecohydrology, Restoration Ecology.
