{"id":21978,"date":"2019-05-17T09:51:04","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T13:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/currents\/?p=11542"},"modified":"2024-05-21T15:54:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T19:54:06","slug":"hounshell-wins-impact-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/hounshell-wins-impact-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Hounshell Wins Impact Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/currents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/05\/Hounshell-by-Kerry-Irish-IMS-31241scr_cc2953b6c915d2a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11545 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/currents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/05\/Hounshell-by-Kerry-Irish-IMS-31241scr_cc2953b6c915d2a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"353\" \/><\/a>The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u2019s Graduate School has awarded Alexandria Hounshell the 2019 Impact Award for her research on organic nitrogen in the Neuse River Estuary.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, the university honors students for powerful discoveries that contribute to a better future for people and communities in North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Hounshell (left) received the award for her \u201cTracking Elusive Nutrient Sources for Algal Growth in the Neuse River Estuary\u201d project. North Carolina Sea Grant and the Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI) have supported her work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Impact Award is a great honor \u2013 and one of many we anticipate throughout her career,\u201d says Katie Mosher, the communications director for North Carolina Sea Grant.<\/p>\n<p>Hounshell studies in UNC Chapel Hill\u2019s department of marine sciences. Her research involves analyzing increases in organic nitrogen in the Neuse River Estuary, as well as applying innovative measurement techniques.<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina\u2019s lakes, rivers and estuaries often experience negative impacts of nutrient over-enrichment, which can include fish kills and harmful algal blooms. While sources of inorganic nitrogen have decreased in recent decades, the problem still persists in the Neuse River Estuary.<\/p>\n<p>Hounshell tested watershed sources of organic nitrogen and found that chicken litter waste may contribute to the excess algae growth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlex\u2019s dissertation work has highly significant applications and implications for how we manage land-based nitrogen in the future, including in North Carolina,\u201d says Hans Paerl, her advisor and a scientist at UNC Chapel Hill.<\/p>\n<p>The results of Hounshell\u2019s research have been shared with the UNC system and state-wide organizations, and her findings also have informed lesson plans for K-12 students.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/funding-opps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\">North Carolina Sea Grant funding opportunities<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wrri.ncsu.edu\/research\/funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WRRI funding opportunities<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>photo by Kerry Irish, IMS<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UNC-CH award recognizes Hounshell&#8217;s research on nitrogen in the Neuse River Estuary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[761],"tags":[],"_ncst_magazine_issue":[],"class_list":["post-21978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-currents"],"displayCategory":null,"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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