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 #
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august
27

Mark ClarkAssociate Professor, Soil & Water Sciences
David Kaplan, Professor, Env. Eng. Sciences

Introduction to the seminar series, academic programs, research centers
 

 

september

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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17

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
1

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
5

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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