AY 2024-25
For regularly-scheduled seminars, join us at 3:10 p.m. for coffee, snacks, and conversation prior to the presentation. Research round-tables will start at 3:30 p.m. and will have a more casual format, with snacks available during the conversation
In case of questions, please contact the ES Seminar Leads.
Spring 2025
February 3
Wendy Bohon, Branch Chief, California Geological Survey
Nominate: Asmeret Awesfaw Berhe
February 24
Research Roundtable “Agriculture for the Future 1”
Faculty panelists: Sarah Kurtz, Andrea Joyce, Reza Ehsani
March 3
Ellen Preece, Senior Environmental Scientist, California Department of Water Resources
Nominator: Marc Beutel
March 17
Xue Zhang, Research Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Nominator: Yemi Adebiyi
March 10
Research Roundtable “Agriculture for the Future 2”
Faculty panelists: Rebecca Ryals, Srabani Das, Josue Medellin-Azuara and Thomas Harmon
March 31
Greg Barron-Gafford, Professor and Associate Director of the School Garden Workshop, University of Arizona
Nominator: Sarah Kurtz
April 7
Research Roundtable “Climate Change and Society”
Faculty panelists: Paul Almeida, John Abatzoglou, and Paul Almeida
April 14
Melinda Adams, Assistant Professor, University of Kansas
Nominator: Anna Jurusik
April 21
Research Roundtable “Sustainability of Fresh and Salt-water Ecosystems”
Faculty panelists: Sora Kim, Erin Hestir, Michael Beman
April 28
Melissa Foley, Program Science Director, San Francisco Estuart Institute
Nominator: Sora Kim
May 12
Cynthia Gerlein-Safdi, Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley
Nominators: Roger Bales and Safeeq Khan
Updated January 2025
