In mid-October, Yujie and Mostafa participated in the NEON Convergence Summit 2025: Advancing Continental-Scale Biology, hosted by the NSF-funded National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) in Boulder, CO.
The in-person facilitated summit brought together NEON staff, NEON Ambassadors (including Yujie), and researchers from across the country. Participants gathered to explore innovative and interdisciplinary ways to use NEON data, samples, and infrastructure to advance continental-scale biology.
A key outcome of the summit was the formation of enthusiastic and motivated working groups, who will collaborate on impactful outputs including writing proposals and white papers, and developing new resources for the community.
The photo shows Yujie on a pre-workshop field trip to the Central Plains Experimental Range (CPER) NEON site, 75 km to the northeast of Boulder.
