Mara Freilich

Institute at Brown for Environment and Society

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Mara Freilich

IBES Affiliate Faculty, Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics and Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

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Research Interests Environmental science, Oceans Ice and Atmospheres

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News from IBES

IBES announces 2025 Catalyst Research Awardees

October 2, 2025

IBES awarded grants to six core and affiliate faculty members, allowing them to conduct research that crosses boundaries and benefits communities, both at Brown and around the world.

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Nature

How your research can survive a US federal grant termination

July 20, 2025

This article describes the cancellation of IBES faculty affiliate Mara Freilich's NASA grant, which engaged citizens in studying the air quality around California's Salton Sea.

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News from IBES

Summer reads from IBES scholars

July 15, 2025

Recent titles that inform and inspire fresh ways of thinking about people and the planet.

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News from Brown

Air-quality monitoring underestimates toxic emissions to Salton Sea communities, study finds

June 2, 2025

Researchers showed that hydrogen sulfide, which is associated with numerous health conditions, is emitted from California’s largest lake at levels far higher and more frequently than previously reported.

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SciTechDaily

Secret Superhighways: How Microscopic Life Transforms the Deep Ocean

October 22, 2024

IBES Affiliate and Assistant DEEPS Professor Mara Freilich offered commentary on her recent research findings, which challenge traditional views on carbon transport in the ocean.

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News from Brown

For microscopic organisms, ocean currents act as 'expressway' to deeper depths, study finds

May 2, 2024

New research shows how tiny plant-like organisms hitch a ride on ocean currents to reach darker and deeper depths, where they impact carbon cycling and microbial dynamics in the subtropical oceans.

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