Water, Wetlands & Watersheds Seminar
spring 2026 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 #.
january
| 14 |
Mark Clark, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Soil & Water Sciences |
Introduction to the seminar series, academic programs, research centers |
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| 21 |
Thomas R. Biebighauser, Wildlife Biologist and Wetland Ecologist, Wetland Restoration and Training LLC |
How to build a wetland that will last forever |
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| 28 |
Natalie Nelson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University |
From orbit to outfall: Using multi-scale data to understand nutrient enrichment in surface waters |
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february
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4 |
Corene Matyas, Ph.D., Professor, Geography Department, UF |
Variations in moisture surrounding hurricanes |
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| 11 | Ray Goldsby, Founder, Wetlands Extent Landward and Just Add Wetlands |
Wetlands in the fight against PFAS pollution |
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| 18 |
J. Scott Pippin, J.D., Public Service Associate, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia |
Ecological integrity, military readiness, and resilient communities: America’s defense communities leading the way with environmental planning |
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| 25 | No Seminar |
Seminar will not be held this week due to the UF Water Institute Symposium |
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march
| 4 |
Nick Marzolf, Ph.D., Assistant Scientist, The Jones Center at Ichauway |
Historical perspectives in hydrology to understand the ecology of isolated wetlands in the Lower Flint River Basin |
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| 11 |
Changjie Chen, Ph.D., Assistant Scientist, Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience, UF |
TBA |
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| 25 | Asena Goren, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Landscape Conservation Planning, UF |
Landscape connectivity and water resources: Perspectives from the Florida Ecological Greenways Network |
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april
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Zachary Siders, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries and Geomatics Sciences |
A gilded cage: Freshwater turtles as integrators of aquatic ecosystem health |
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| 8 |
Enie Hensel, Ph.D., Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate, Nature Coast Biological Station, Department of Soil, Water and Ecosystem Sciences, UF |
How stingrays and scars shape seagrasses |
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| 15 | Jorge Lorenzo-Trueba, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, UF | A moving-boundary perspective on coastal wetlands and barrier systems |
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