Water, Wetlands & Watersheds Seminar
fall 2025 SCHEDULE
Wednesdays, 11:45 – 12:35 PM, EST
Webinar format for the public, Zoom links will be provided to distance students.
***The public can view livestreams and recordings on our YouTube channel.***
Students may register for 1 credit: ENV 6935, SWS 4932, or SWS 6932, contact mjsisk@ufl.edu for SWS section #.
august
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Mark Clark, Associate Professor, Soil & Water Sciences |
Introduction to the seminar series, academic programs, research centers |
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september
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3 |
Rafael Munoz-Carpena, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UF |
Complex fate of pesticides in dense vegetation buffers for mitigation of surface runoff pollution: Trapping, multi-compound biochemical degradation, and remobilization |
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| 10 | Komalpreet Singh, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, UF |
From reactive to proactive public health: Mapping coastal vibriosis risk with satellite data using GeoAI and machine learning |
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Joey Smith, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Ohio State University |
Quantifying the hydrology and water quality efficacy of large-scale wetland and green infrastructure projects in Ohio |
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| 24 | Holden Harris, Ph.D., Researcher, UF IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station |
A journey down the watershed-to-estuary continuum: Modeling the impacts of land use and climate change to coastal food webs and fisheries |
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october
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Kotryna Klizentyte, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Forest, Fisheries and Geomatics Sciences, UF |
Framing the springs: Exploring public preferences for ecosystem services of the Upper Floridan Aquifer |
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Seonkyoo Yoon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, UF |
Hydrogeology: A multi-scale, multi-physics science |
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| 15 | Nicolas Fernandez, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, UF Water Institute |
Water quality: From scarcity to richness of data |
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| 22 | Julie Meyer, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Soil, Water and Ecosystem Sciences, UF | Managing microbiomes for coral conservation: Lessons learned from the development of probiotic treatments for coral disease |
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| 29 | Mark Masters, Executive Director, Georgia Water Planning and Policy Center, Albany State University | The Georgia Flow Incentive Trust (GA-FIT): Securing Southwest Georgia’s water future |
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november
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Jules Bruck, Ph.D., Director, School of Landscape Architecture and Planning; Chair and Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, UF |
Coastal resilience by design: Nature-based solutions across scales |
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Renee Price, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, UF |
Bridging monitoring design and ecological theory: Lessons from two decades of wetland data |
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| 19 | Eric Stein, Ph.D., Department Head, Biology Department, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project | Balancing environmental flows with consumptive uses in a water scarce environment: Ecohydrology tools from California |
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