Discovery

The Purdue Interdisciplinary Center for Ecological Sustainability (PICES)

The Purdue Interdisciplinary Center for Ecological Sustainability was created in September 2004. Research by PICES faculty emphasizes interdisciplinary studies of how human activities (i.e., resource use and population growth) affect the genetic, physiological and behavioral attributes of species, communities and ecosystems, as well as their viability. PICES focuses on the conservation, management, and sustainability of natural resources. With its current membership of 28 faculty, the PICES mission is to serve as the premier center of excellence, dealing with issues of ecological sustainability in human-dominated landscapes by integrating the processes of discovery, learning and engagement across disciplinary boundaries. The center now represents a focal point for interdisciplinary discovery and learning activities among ecologists on the Purdue campus and facilitates linkages between these ecologists to the broader environmental community at Purdue and to other institutions world-wide.