From the Division of Research
Announcing the 2026 Internal Funding Awardees
Awards include the 2026 Division of Research Seed Program and the Richard B. Salomon Faculty Research Awards.
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Institute at Brown for Environment and Society
Mara Freilich
IBES Affiliate Faculty, Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics and Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Research Interests
Environmental science, Oceans Ice and Atmospheres
Recent News
During the spring semester, prestigious national and international organizations recognized Brown University faculty for their leadership, service, research and scholarship.
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Through collaborations with faculty affiliate Mara Freilich (DEEPS) and the IBES-based Breathe Providence project, local residents are working to understand how pollution is affecting their community.
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The University of Rhode Island
The Ripple Effect of Research Funding for Better Outcomes
IBES faculty affiliates Baylor Fox-Kemper, Mara Freilich, Emanuele Di Lorenzo, and Karianne Bergen are collaborators on SIMCoast, a $7 million grant building Rhode Island’s research capabilities to measure and study the impacts of nano- and microplastics.
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The Brown Daily Herald
Brown begins work on $7 million microplastics research initiative
IBES Fellow Baylor Fox Kemper and Affiliate Mara Freilich, both faculty members in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, are among the Brown researchers involved in the new SIMCoast initiative.
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News from IBES
IBES Voss Fellows bring climate research to the community
Members of the 2025-2026 Voss Undergraduate Fellowship cohort have shared their research with local audiences through the Conversations in Science series at Providence’s Hamilton House.
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