Department of Environmental Sciences Seminar Series

Spring 2012
Thursdays, 3:30 p.m., 108 Clark Hall
Refreshments in the foyer at 3:00 p.m.

Seminar Schedule:
January 26
Michael Tuite
Advisor: Macko

February 2
Qin Yu
Advisor: Epstein

February 9
Jennifer Holm
Advisor: Shugart

February 16
Scott Collins
Title: “Effect of Climate Variability on Chihuahuan Desert Grassland and Shrubland Vegetation”
Host: Paolo D’Odorico

February 22
Joseph Battistelli
Title: “Spatial Organization of N Cycling Organisms Under Fluctuating Environmental Conditions”
Host: Aaron Mills

February 23
W. Berry Lyons – Moore Lecturer
School of Earth Sciences and Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University
Title:  The Hydrology and Aquatic Geochemistry of The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Host: Janet Herman

March 1
Anna Estes
Advisor: Shugart

March 15
Thure Cerling – Moore Lecture
Title: “Environments of Human Evolution – What the Isotopes Say”
Host: Steve Macko

March 22
Festival of the Book
Host: Steve Mako

March 29
Jennifer Hansen
Title: “The Interactive Effects of Seagrasses, Waves, and Turbulence on Suspended Sediment in Temperate and Tropical Coastal Bays”
Advisor: Reidenbach

April 5
Gerald Frost
Title: “Recent Shrubland Advance in the Eurasian Low Arctic: Evidence from Field Studies and Remote-Sensing Spanning the Space Age”
Advisor: Epstein

April 12
Carlos Duarte
Title: “Warming, Acidification and Hypoxia: A Dangerous Cocktail for Marine Life”
Host: Michael Pace

April 19
Thoralf Meyer
Advisor: D’Odorico

April 26
Brian Walker
Host: Hank Shugart