Department of Environmental Sciences Seminar Series
Spring 2013
Thursdays, 3:30 p.m., 108 Clark Hall
Refreshments in the foyer at 3:00 p.m.
Seminar Schedule:
January 17th
David Hondula, Graduate Student
Title: “Geographic Dimensions of Heat-Related Mortality in Seven U.S. Cities”
Host: Davis
January 24th
Alex Guenther, Senior Scientist, Atmospheric Chemistry Division, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Title: “Air Quality, Climate Change, and Biogenic Organics in the Atmosphere”
Host: Lerdau
January 31st
David Seekell, Graduate Student
Title: “Early Warnings of Ecosystem Tipping Points”
Host: Pace
February 7th
Roseanna M Neupauer, Dept of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado
Title: “Numerical Investigation of the Effects of Hydraulic Properties on Stream Depletion using an Ad joint Approach”
Host: Herman, Co-sponsored by Civil and Environmental Engineering UVA
February 14th
Dr. Compton Tucker, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Title: “Recent Higher Northern Latitude Growing Season Shifts with Three Decades of Satellite Data”
Host: Epstein/Frost
February 21st
Abinash Bhattachan, Graduate Student
Title: “Dust Emissions from Southern Africa”
Host: D’Odorico
February 28th
Yo Matsubara, Graduate Student
Title: “Highly Sinuous Terrestrial Mud Meanders as Martian Analogs”
Host: Howard
March 7th
Dana Gulbransen, Graduate Student
Title: “Gracilaria Vermiculophylla in the Virginia Coastal Bays: Documenting the Distribution and Effects of Non-native Species”
Host: Howard
March 14th
No Seminar, Spring Break
March 21st
Matt Long, Graduate Student
Title: “Ecosystem Metabolism Dynamics in Coral Reefs, Seagrass Meadows, and Ice Sheets: Examining the Roles of Hydrodynamics, Irradiance, and Surface Area Utilizing the Eddy Correlation Technique”
Host: Zieman/Berg
March 28th
Dirk Koopmans, Graduate Student
Title: “Complementary Techniques for Determining Aquatic Ecosystem Metabolism: A Novel Approach Applied to a Coastal Stream”
Host: Berg
April 4th
Christiane Runyan, Graduate Student
Title: “Positive Feedbacks, Bistability and Nonlinearities Following Deforestation”
Host: D’Odorico
April 11th
Yufei He, Graduate Student
Title: “Feedback between Shrub Encroachment and Nighttime Temperatures in the Southern U.S.”
Host: De Wekker/ D’Odorico
(Note special date) April 17th
Debra German, Graduate Student
Title:
Host: Shugart
April 18th
Dr. Jose Fabrega, Technical University of Panama
Host: Janet Herman
April 25th
Brain McGlynn, Professor of Watershed Hydrology and Bio geosciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
Title: “Moving from Field Observations of Catchment Storage and Hydrologic Connectivity to New Modeling Conceptualizations”
Host: Epstein/Atkins