Water, Wetlands & Watersheds Seminar
fall 2024 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 #.
| Date | Presenter | Title | Details | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 28 | Christine Angelini, Professor, Env. Eng. Sciences Mark Clark, Associate Professor, Soil & Water Sciences David Kaplan, Professor, Env. Eng. Sciences | Introduction to the seminar series, academic programs, research centers | ||
| Sept. 4 | Emma MacKie, Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, UF | Geophysical exploration of the subglacial environment | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Sept. 11 | Mark Rains, Chief Science Officer, State of Florida; Professor, School of Geosciences, University of South Florida | Landscape support for salmonids: Transforming science into outcomes in Alaska | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Sept. 18 | Alberto Canestrelli, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, UF | Boat wakes dictate bank erosion and the loss of oyster filtration services in a small fetch estuary | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Sept. 25 | Zhe Jiang, Associate Professor, Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, UF | Deep learning for spatiotemporal data in scientific applications | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Oct. 2 | Royal C. Gardner, Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy, Stetson University College of Law | Unnavigable waters: SCOTUS scuttles WOTUS | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Oct. 9 | Vivek Sharma, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UF | POSTPONED: Nitrogen and water transport in a rotational production system: Monitoring and modeling for water quality management | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Oct. 16 | Kimberli Ponzio, Senior Professional Wetland Scientist, St. Johns River Water Management District | A whirlwind tour of wetland work in water management | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Oct. 23 | Kelly Kibler, Associate Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida | Applying ecohydraulics research to the robust design of natural infrastructure: Sediment transport and retention in complex biological canopies | MORE INFO | LINK |
| Oct. 30 | Elliott White Jr., Assistant Professor, Earth System Science Department, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability | Leveraging machine learning for coastal freshwater floodplain wetland identification and habitat suitability | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Nov. 6 | Rachel Rotz, Assistant Professor, Department of Marine and Earth Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University | Interdisciplinary approaches to water studies across deserts and coasts for environmental and planetary science insights | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Nov. 13 | Aavudai Anandhi Swamy, Associate Professor, Biological Systems Engineering, Florida A&M University | Development and application of flexible modeling approaches for aquatic ecosystems in a changing environment | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Nov. 20 | Ming Ye, Professor, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Department of Scientific Computing, Florida State University | Numerical estimation of nitrogen loading from septic systems to surface waterbodies | MORE INFO | WATCH |