Water, Wetlands & Watersheds Seminar
spring 2022 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 5 | Christine Angelini, Associate Professor, Env. Eng. Sciences Mark Clark, Associate Professor, Soil & Water Sciences David Kaplan, Associate Professor, Env. Eng. Sciences | Introduction to the seminar series, academic programs, research centers | ||
| Jan. 12 | David Tomasko, Executive Director, Sarasota Bay Estuary Program | Developing ecosystem restoration targets and pollutant load reduction goals for coastal systems – an example from Sarasota Bay | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Jan. 19 | João Fernandes Amaral, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, UF | Carbon dynamics in Amazon floodplains: Implications for the C cycle | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Jan. 26 | Kathe Todd-Brown, Assistant Professor, Environmental Engineering Sciences, UF | The mathematics of mud | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Feb. 2 | Chris Craft, Janet Duey Professor in Rural Land Policy, Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University | Effects of sea level rise and saltwater intrusion on tidal freshwater marshes: An experimental approach | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Feb. 9 | H. Dail Laughinghouse IV, Assistant Professor & State Extension Specialist – Phycology/HABs, Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, UF / IFAS | Cyanobacteria: from blooms to management | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Feb. 16 | Pat Megonigal, Senior Scientist and Associate Director of Research, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center | Plant-microbe interactions impart homeostasis of coastal wetland greenhouse gas emissions | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Feb. 23 | No Seminar | Seminar will not be held this week due to the UF Water Institute Symposium | MORE INFO | LINK |
| Mar. 2 | Bret Webb, Professor, Civil, Coastal, and Environmental Engineering, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL | Natural and nature-based features for coastal resilience | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Mar. 16 | Joe Morton, Postdoctoral Researcher, Environmental Engineering Sciences, UF | The effects of parasites on coastal marsh ecosystem structure and functioning | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Mar. 23 | Sean Schaeffer, Associate Professor, Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, University of Tennessee | Fate and transport of biodegradable plastics in soils and the environment | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Mar. 30 | Erinn Muller, Associate Vice President for Research, Program Manager for Coral Health & Disease, Coral Restoration, and Senior Scientist, Mote Marine Laboratory | Integrating resilient reef restoration to recover Florida’s Coral Reef | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Apr. 6 | Melissa Hill, Operations Manager, Gulf Program, National Wildlife Federation | Coastal resilience planning for state owned lands along Florida’s Gulf Coast | MORE INFO | WATCH |
| Apr. 13 | Carrie Adams, Associate Professor, Restoration and Plant Ecology, Environmental Horticulture, UF | Constraint- and solution-driven approaches for wetland plant invasions | MORE INFO | WATCH |