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Seminars

AY 2023-24

Seminars are held 3-4:20 p.m. every other Monday in COB1 110 unless otherwise noted.

In case of questions, please contact the ES Seminar Leads.


Spring 2024

January 22

"The Practice of Ecological Engineering with Water in Two Case Studies"

Paul Frank, Flow West

Nominator: Marc Beutel

 

February 5 

"Sensors for Detecting Biotic and Abiotic Stress in Plants"

Reza Ehsani, UC Merced 

Nominator: Gerardo Diaz

 

March 4 

Kendra Baumgartner, USDA

Nominator: Josh Viers

 

March 18

"Wildland Fuels: Questions that need answering"

Jonathan Greenberg, University of Nevada, Reno

Nominator: Erin Hestir

 

April 1 

Jose Luis Ramirez, USDA 

Nominator: Andrea Joyce

 

April 15 

Akintomide Akinsanola, University of Illinois Chicago 

Nominator: Adeyemi Adebiyi

 

April 29 

Jay Sui, University of Victoria 

Nominator: Abel Chuang

 


Fall 2023

August 28

"Introduction to DELTA Science Program"

Aaron Angel, Delta Stewardship Council

Nominator: Josue Medellin-Azuara

 

September 11

"Moving the Needle: Why do Mercury Interventions Take So Long to Reduce Mercury in Fish?"

Kahlil Abusaba, WSP USA Corp.

Nominator: Marc Beutel

 

September 25

"Progress Toward Sustainable Energy and Opportunities for You to Help"

Sarah Kurtz, UC Merced

Nominator: Gerardo Diaz

 

October 9

"The Deep History of People and Ecosystem Change in Eastern Africa: Evolutionary to Contemporary Views"

Kendra Chritz, University of British Columbia

Nominator: Emily Moran

 

October 16

"The Role of Dairy Manure Management and Land Application in Greenhouse Gas and Ammonia Emissions in California"

Michael Rodriguez

Nominator: Rebecca Ryals

 

October 23 - in ADMIN 350

"Scaling Up and Skilling Up at the ABPDU"

James Gardner, Lawrence Berkeley Lab

Nominator: Gerardo Diaz

 

November 6 (in ADMIN 350)

“Pliocene climate of the northern tropical Andes”

Lina C. Pérez-Angel, Brown University

Nominator: Sora Kim

 

November 20 -  no seminar 

 

December 4 (in ADMIN 350)

Plamen Atanassov, UC Irvine

Nominator: Abel Chuang

Updated January 2024