Diversity, Inclusion and Equity in Academia Panel Bethany Cutts, Mickey Fearn, Jennifer Richmond-Bryant Moderator Stacy Nelson, Interim Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, College of Natural Resources; Faculty Fellow, Center for Geospatial Analytics; Professor, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources The Race and Place seminar series is intended to highlight research that contextualizes race by…
FRIDAY, Feb. 18, there is a Special Virtual Seminar from 12-1PM. The speaker is Arianna Soldati, MEAS - NCState, and she will be discussing Volcanoes in the Media, in cooperation with the NC Museum of Natural Sciences. This presentation will be VIRTUAL ONLY and broadcast online at the NCMNS YouTube channel.
Our MEAS Graduation Ceremony will be Saturday, May 6 at 1:30 p.m. in the James B. Hunt Jr. Library, Room 1103.
Speaker - Greg Tierney, EPA Seminar Title - A Flexible Framework for Quantifying the Human Health Risk of Extreme Temperature Events Date/Time - October 30, 3:30PM, 1108 Jordan Hall and via Zoom Bio - Greg Tierney joined EPA as an ORISE fellow in April 2021 and currently studies the human and environmental impact of extreme…
Speaker - Dr. Ivan Mitevski, Princeton University, (website) in 1108 Jordan Hall and via Zoom (hosted by W. Robinson) Title - Asymmetric and Non-monotonic Response of the Climate System to Idealized CO2 Forcing Abstract - Many studies commonly assume linearity when investigating the climate system's response to CO2 perturbations in Earth System Models. The primary objective of this…
Speaker - Matthew McLean, Assistant Professor, UNC-Wilmington (hosted by L. Hughes) via Zoom only. Seminar title - Unbalanced trait Selectivity in coral reef fisheries
Speaker - Dennis McGillicuddy, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (hosted by Roy He), 1108 Jordan Hall and via Zoom. Seminar title - Nutrient and arsenic biogeochemistry of Sargassum in the western Atlantic Abstract - The oceanographic ecology of pelagic Sargassum, and the means by which these floating macroalgae thrive in the nutrient-poor waters of the open…
Speaker - Adrian Marchetti, UNC-Chapel Hill (hosted by A. Schnetzer) Seminar title - Exploring the many facets of marine phytoplankton: from proton-pumping rhodopsins to community dynamics in response to upwelling Abstract - Phytoplankton are responsible for roughly half of global primary productivity and are at the base of most marine food webs. Learning the strategies phytoplankton invoke to cope…
Speaker - Joshua Cossuth, Program Officer, Ocean, Atmosphere, and Space Research Division, Office of Naval Research, (hosted by S. Yuter) Seminar Title - Interests and Opportunities through ONR Marine Meteorology. Join us in person or online. The Office of Naval Research Marine Meteorology and Space program sponsors innovative Basic and Applied Research to eligible institutions globally, including academia, government, and industry. While we…
Our MEAS Department Seminar on Monday, Feb.19, at 3:00PM in 1216 Jordan Addition. Join us in person or online. Speaker - Atul Jain, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), hosted by the MEAS Seminar Committee Seminar Title - Water, Energy, and Carbon Footprint from Bioethanol Production Abstract - Bioethanol crops have the potential to meet future energy demands and mitigate climate change…