Department of Environmental Sciences

Seminar Schedule Fall 2020


September 11, 2020
Speaker: Xin Sun, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Title: New Processes and Microbes in the Marine Nitrogen Cycle
Host: Kat Dawson, Rutgers University
Abstract

September 25, 2020
Speaker: Julie Klinger, Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences, University of Delaware
Title: Satellites, Subsoils, and Shamanism: Indigenous Survival Strategies in the Northern Amazon
Host: Mary Whelan, Rutgers University
Abstract

Centennial Symposium
Environmental Research: The Next 100 Years
Friday, October 2, 2020, 2:30 pm
Speaker: Jennifer Biddle, University of Delaware, School of Marine Science and Policy
Title: 20,000 MICROBES UNDER THE SEA
Topic: functional diversity of marine microbial communities
Host: John Reinfelder, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Abstract and Recording Link

Centennial Symposium
Environmental Research: The Next 100 Years
Friday, October 9, 2020, 2:30 pm
Speaker: Alissa Park, Columbia University
Title: TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT: CARBON CAPTURE, UTILIZATION AND STORAGE
Topic: sustainable energy systems, resource recovery and carbon capture
Host: John Reinfelder, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Abstract and Recording Link

Centennial Symposium
Environmental Research: The Next 100 Years
Friday, October 23, 2020, 2:30 pm
Speaker: Christine Chiu, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
Title: Exploring cloud-aerosol-precipitation interactions through a journey of photons
Topic: radiative properties of clouds and aerosols
Host: John Reinfelder, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Abstract and Recording Link

Centennial Symposium
Environmental Research: The Next 100 Years
Friday, October 30, 2020, 2:30 pm
Speaker: Kevin Finneran, Clemson University, Department of Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, Department of Microbiology
Title: Novel Electron Donors and New Uses for "Old" Activated Carbon: the changing face of in situ (bio)remediation
Topic: metal reducing microbes in the environment
Host: John Reinfelder, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Abstract and Recording Link

Centennial Symposium
Environmental Research: The Next 100 Years
Friday, November 6, 2020, 2:30 pm
Speaker: Lutgarde Raskin, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
Title: Researcher-Utility Partnerships for Advancing Microbial Drinking Water Quality
Topic: microbiology of water and wastewater
Host: John Reinfelder, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Abstract and Recording Link

Centennial Symposium
Environmental Research: The Next 100 Years
Friday, November 13, 2020, 2:30 pm
Speaker: Mark Jury, University of Puerto Rico
Title: Two examples of multi-disciplinary environmental research using global datasets in application to the Caribbean and Africa
Topic: tropical meteorology and coastal processes
Host: John Reinfelder, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Abstract and Recording Link

Centennial Symposium
Environmental Research: The Next 100 Years
Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 7:00 pm
Centennial Symposium: Panel Discussion
Virtual Panel Discussion. Past, Present and Future Trends in Environmental Issues
Host: John Reinfelder, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Panel Discussion Recording Video