BRIT Research

The BRIT Research staff strive to incorporate the "three D's" in each of their projects: discovery, documentation, and dissemination.

Each of the current research projects occur within one of the following themes: Biodiversity Exploration, Botany Science Core, or Sustainability.

Biodiversity Exploration

BRIT researchers are currently involved in the following projects: the Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program in Peru, Myristicaceae of the Neotropics, LBJ National Grasslands, Cider apple agrobiodiversity, Texas research projects, and Biodiversity Informatics.

Read more about these highlighted projects by clicking on of the links above.

Capacity Building

BRIT researchers' strive to include capacity building in each of the research projects that they conduct.  This is an essential component to disseminating the data that they collect to the public and science community.  Many of the BRIT staff reserachers have been involved in the the creation of Field Schools or new programs within schools to help educate students.

The Open Science Network in Ethnobiology (OSN) is a National Science Foundation funded project being coordinated by BRIT.  OSN is helping to create a network of interested scientists and students.  Click here to read more about the OSN!

Sustainability

Sustainability in simple terms is the capacity to endure.  BRIT has created a new building whose main goal is to be more sustainable with the environment surrounding it.  The new BRIT facility will allow the research team to conduct on-going studies of how humans and the environment can coexist.

There are several sustainability projects being presently conducted.  These include: BRIT Facility, Orchard/Vineyard Climate Change, and Organic Agriculture.

Click here to learn more about sustainability at the BRIT facility.

Science Saturdays

Join us for Science Saturdays at BRIT. Science Saturdays are held on the first weekend of every month.  You can find out more information about these days by clicking this link: BRIT Saturdays. 

Living Roof

BRIT's  Botanist, Dr. Brooke Byerley, has been working with Tony Burgess, TCU graduate students, the Landscape architects and the Beck Construction team to create the living roof that you see today.  Currently, the research team  only conducts observational studies.  However, in the near future we will be partnering with local universities and citizen scientists to conduct more in-depth data collection and research of the BRIT facility. Check out more photos at BRIT's Smugmug.

Sustainable Agriculture

BRIT Researchers are working in the US and Peru on various projects regarding sustainable agriculture.  We will be posting further information about these projects in the coming weeks.
 

Contact Us

For more information about the BRIT Research and for ways to contact us, please visit us here.