Department of Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Seminar Series
EVSC 4002 Tuesdays, 4pm , 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
Thomas Smith (tms9a@virginia.edu) 924-3107
EVSC 4002 UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR SERIES Fall 2019
August 27
Organizational Day
September 3
The Role of Science in the High Seas Treaty Negotiations at the United Nations
Kristine Dalaker Kraabel, PhD Research Fellow, The Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea, UiT
The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
September 10
Undergraduate Research Opportunities at UVa’s Blandy Experimental Farm
Dr. David Carr, Director, Blandy Experimental Farm
Dept. Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
September 17
Geology, Virginia and the Civil War
Dr. Aaron Cross
Department Mines, Minerals and Energy, Retired
September 24
Altered States: Challenge and a Chance for Recovery for the Anacostia River, Washington DC
Dr. Stephen MacAvoy, Professor and Chairman
Dept. of Environmental Sciences, American University, Washington, DC
October 1
Insights into the Water Resources of East Africa
Dr. Robert Sobeck, PE/PH, Senior Engineer and Hydrologist
AECOM, Arlington, VA
October 8
Reading Day
October 15
Antarctica: A Trip Around the Bottom of the World
Dr. Erwin Bohmfalk, Chair Emeritus, The Wildlife Center
Waynesboro, Virginia
October 22
The Relationship Between Simulated and Remotely Sensed Forest Parameters
Dr. Amanda Armstrong, Research Associate
Department of Environmental Science, UVA
October 29
Applying Forensic Chemistry to Homeland and National Security
Dr. Sara Szmania, Director
Signature Science, Charlottesville, VA
November 5
Back to the Future: Rail Transportation and the Environment
Dr. Meredith Richards, Former Mayor, Charlottesville
President, Virginia Rail Policy Institute
November 12
The Current Status of Shellfish and Finfish Aquaculture
Dr. J. Sook Chung, Professor, Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
November 19
Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island
Mr. Earl Swift, Author and Accidental Environmentalist
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, Charlottesville, VA
November 26
Thanksgiving Recess
December 3
Advancing our Understanding of the Environment through Graduate Study and Public Service
Graduate Students
Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
Department of Environmental Sciences Seminar Series
Thursdays, 3:30 p.m., 108 Clark Hall
Refreshments in the foyer at 3:15 p.m.
Spring 2020
January 16
Jonathan Walter, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
Hosted by Mike Pace
January 23
Jessica Gurevitch, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University (Moore Lecture)
Hosted by Manuel Lerdau
January 30
Lauren Hallett, Department of Biology, University of Oregon
Hosted by Max Castorani
February 6
Naomi Tague, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, UC Santa Barbara (Moore Lecture)
Hosted by Larry Band
March 19
Heather Throop, School of Earth & Space Exploration and School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
Hosted by Manuel Lerdau
March 26
Daniel Schmidt, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia (Ph.D. seminar)
Hosted by Kevin Grise
April 2
Drew Lohrer, National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd (NIWA), New Zealand
Hosted by Peter Berg
April 9
Melissa Hey, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia (Ph.D. seminar)
Hosted by Kyle Haynes
April 16
Victoria Long, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia (Ph.D. seminar)
Hosted by Linda Blum
April 23
Nate McDowell, Pacific Northwest National Lab
Hosted by Xi Yang