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 #
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january
14

Mark Clark, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Soil & Water Sciences
David Kaplan, Ph.D., Professor, Env. Eng. Sciences

Introduction to the seminar series, academic programs, research centers

 

 

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

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
1

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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