Water, Wetlands & Watersheds Seminars
Spring 2026 Schedule
Since 1973, the Center for Wetlands has hosted a weekly seminar every Wednesday from 11:45 AM – 12:35 PM (EST), bringing together research and practice in wetlands, water and watersheds.
The series is open to the public and in person in Phelps Lab and via livestream/recording on YouTube.
Students may enroll for one credit (ENV 6935, SWS 4932 or SWS 6932).
| Date | Presenter | Title | Details | Video Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 14 | Mark Clark, Associate Professor, Soil & Water Sciences David Kaplan, Professor, Env. Eng. Sciences | Introduction to the seminar series, academic programs, research centers | ||
| Jan. 21 | Thomas R. Biebighauser, Wildlife Biologist and Wetland Ecologist, Wetland Restoration and Training LLC | How to build a wetland that will last forever | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Jan. 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 | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Feb. 4 | Corene Matyas, Ph.D., Professor, Geography Department, UF | Variations in moisture surrounding hurricanes | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Feb. 11 | Ray Goldsby, Founder, Wetlands Extent Landward and Just Add Wetlands | Wetlands in the fight against PFAS pollution | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Feb. 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 | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Feb. 25 | No Seminar | Seminar will not be held this week due to the UF Water Institute Symposium | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Mar. 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 | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Mar. 11 | Changjie Chen, Ph.D., Assistant Scientist, Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience, UF | Urban digital twins: An emerging computational framework for making sense of cities | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Mar. 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 | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Apr. 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 | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Apr. 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 | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Apr. 15 | Jorge Lorenzo-Trueba, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, UF | A moving-boundary perspective on coastal wetlands and barrier systems | MORE INFO | WATCH |