Department of Environmental Sciences

Seminar Schedule Spring 2020


January 31, 2020
Speaker: David Lindo-Atichati, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, City University of New York
Title: What Are Eddy Fluxes? Biological and Chemical Feedbacks from (and to) the Ocean
Host: Ben Lintner/Alexandra Ramos, Director, Graduate Program in Atmospheric Science, Rutgers University
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February 07, 2020
Speaker: Kyle Mattingly, Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Rutgers University
Title: How water vapor turns ice into liquid: atmospheric river impacts on Greenland Ice Sheet surface mass balance
Host: Tony Broccoli, Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University
Abstract

Friday, February 28, 2020, 1:00 pm
ENR building, room 223
Speaker: Valentina Erastova, University of Edinburgh
Title: Modelling Dynamics in Solids: From Origin of Life to Modern Challenges
Host: Nathan Yee, Department of Earth and Planetary Scieces, Rutgers University
Abstract

March 06, 2020
Speaker: Peter Jaffé, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University
Title: Reductive Defluorination of PFAS by Acidimicrobiaceae sp. A6 while Oxidizing Ammonium or Hydrogen under Iron Reducing Conditions
Host: Lily Young, Rutgers University, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Abstract

March 27, 2020
Speaker: Marie-Claire ten Veldhuis, Delft University of Technology
Title: When comes the rain again? A story of cloud tops, plastic and mini-meters, understanding climate variability to support adaptive response
Host: Ying Reinfelder, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University
Abstract

April 03, 2020
Speaker: Andrea Ferro, Clarkson University
Title: Indoor aerosol exposure in occupied microenvironments from university classrooms to the International Space Station
Host: Gedi Mainelis, Bioaerosol Laboratory, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University

April 10, 2020
Speaker: Robert Mason, University of Connecticut
Title: TBD
Host: Xiaoshuai He, Environmental Sciences Graduate Student Association

May 01, 2020
Speaker: Wenqing Xu, Villanova University
Title: Reactivity of Pyrogenic Carbonaceous Matter in Environmental Remediation
Host: Donna Fennell, Rutgers, Department of Environmental Sciences

May 08, 2020
Speaker: Jonas Jägemeyr, NASA, Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Title: Global Food System Vulnerabilities
Host: Alan Robock, Rutgers University, Department of Environmental Sciences

May 15, 2020
Speaker: Lynn Sykes, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Title: Verifying Nuclear Test Ban Treaties and Preventing Nuclear War
Host: Alan Robock, Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University