Seminars

Department of Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Seminar

EVSC 4002 Tuesdays, 4 p.m. in Clark 108
Please feel free to invite other students not in the course to attend as well.
Stephen A. Macko (sam8f@virginia.edu) 924-6849, Clark Hall 396

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Fall 2025 Undergraduate Seminar Series

Date	Speaker and Topic
Aug 26	Organizational Day
Sep 2	Dr. David Carr, Professor and Director Blandy Experimental Farm “Undergraduate Research Opportunities at UVa’s Blandy Experimental Farm”
Sep 9	Mr. James Beall, PE Nuclear Engineer Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Retired “Nuclear Follies”
Sep 16	Dr. Remy Hennet, Principle S.S.Papadopulos and Associates Rockville, MD “Radioactivity all around us?”
Sep 23	Dr. Stephen MacAvoy, Professor Dept. of Environmental Sciences American University , Washington, DC "Light at the End of the Tunnel: Challenges and Success in the Anacostia River Restoration, Washington, DC"
Sep 30	Ms. Shannon Sahs Education and Outreach Specialist UVA Sustainability University of Virginia "Sustainability at the University of Virginia”
Oct 7	Professor John Porter Dept. of Environmental Sciences University of Virginia “Managing Big Data in Environmental Sciences”
Oct 14	Fall Reading Days
Oct 21	Dr. Natasha Ribeiro, Visiting Professor, UVa Professor Dept. of Forestry Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique "Socio-ecology of the Southern African Woodlands"
Oct 28	Dr. Richard Williams Senior Associate Scientist Stefansson Arctic Institute, Akureyri, Iceland “A Guide to Volcanism in Iceland”
Nov 4	Election Day, No Classes
Nov 11	Dr. Ray Dueser Visiting Professor Dept. of Environmental Sciences University of Virginia “Wildlife as Depicted in the Paleolithic Cave Art of Western Europe”
Nov 18	Ms. Tammy Rykal Energy Engineer and Sustainability Analyst Atlas Technical Consultants Charlottesville, VA “ESG, Sustainability, and Energy Audits.
Nov 25	Thanksgiving Recess
Dec 2	Mr. Matt Fass Président Maritime Products International Newport News, VA “Global Seafood Acquisition, Distribution, Economics and Tariffs”
Dec 8	Graduate Students Department of Environmental Sciences University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA "Advancing our Understanding of the Environment through Graduate Study and Public Service”

This is a one credit, pass/fail course. Grades are based on attendance. Students are expected to attend
all seminars. Students will be allowed to miss one seminar. Missing more than one seminar except in
unusual circumstances will result in no credit (NC). Attendance is determined by each student
signing their name on the attendance sheet. Please turn off computers and cell phones during the
seminars.

Department of Environmental Sciences Seminar Series

Some Wednesdays and most Thursdays, 3:30 p.m. in Clark 108

For questions and login information contact Antonios Mamalakis (npa4tg@virginia.edu )

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Spring 2026 Seminar

Date	Speaker	Affiliation
Jan 22	George Hornberger	Vanderbilt
Jan 29	Daniel Richter	Duke
Feb 5	Ben Bond-Lamberty	PNNL
Feb 12	N/a	N/a
Feb 19	N/a	N/a
Feb 26	N/a	N/a
Mar 5	N/a	N/a
Mar 12	N/a	N/a
Mar 19	John Bruno	UNC - Chapell Hill
Mar 26	Peter Groffman (Moore Lecture)	Cary
Apr 2	Kelly Weinersmith	UVA
Apr 9	Colin Orians	Tufts
Apr 16	Mirella Shaban	UVA
Apr 22	Wayne Dawson III	UVA
Apr 23	Ethan Kadiyala	UVA
Apr 30	Jemima Elsherbini	UVA