Urban Heterogeneity Measurements, Forecasts, and Uses Speaker: Dr. Christa Brelsford, Research Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory Hosted by: Dr. Mollie Gaines, Postdoctoral Research Scholar, FER Summary: How do we measure connectivity in urban environments? How much heterogeneity in urban environments is to be expected? To what extent is the built environment shaped by socioeconomic processes,…
Speaker - Sarah George, UNC-Chapel Hill, Geology (host - M. Curry) Seminar Title - Subduction of thick oceanic crust: a key player in Earth surface processes along Cordilleran margins Zoom Asbtract - Subduction of thick oceanic crust is an important process that occurs along ~10% of Cordilleran margins, modifying the geometry of the subduction zone. This talk…
Speaker - Sara Cornejo Zepeda, Marine Science (advisor - Chris Osburn) Seminar Title - Improved Quantification of Stormwater Dilution in Wastewater Treatment Plant Influent using Organic Matter Fluorescence
Speaker - Steph Bachman, Atmospheric Science (advisor - Nicholas Meskhidze) Title of Thesis: Source Identification of Sub-10 nm Particles through Air Dispersion Modeling
Speaker - Rhiannon Moore, Marine Science (advisor - Catherine Davis) Title of Thesis - Distribution of Planktonic Foraminifera Along the Northwest Atlantic Margin
Speaker - Peter J. Haproff, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Wilmington (host - A. Nixon) ZoomSeminar Title - Structural framework of the Eoarchean Isua and Tussaap supracrustal belts, southwestern Greenland: Implications for early Earth tectonics Abstract - The Isua and Tussaap supracrustal belts of the Itsaq gneiss complex, southwestern Greenland, form the largest and best-preserved…
Speaker - Vashan Wright, Assistant Professor, Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (co-hosted by MEAS and the Physics department) Title - Searching for Evidence of Water in the Martian Crust Abstract - Liquid water existed on Mars in rivers, lakes, and as groundwater. The water is hypothesized to have subsequently been buried as ice or liquid…
Leveraging Geospatial Analytics for Watershed-Scale Surveillance of Antibiotic Resistance and Pesticides Speaker: Dr. Jacelyn Rice-Boayue, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, and CGA Faculty Fellow Introduction by: Dr. Georgina Sanchez, CGA’s Director of Research Engagement Summary: Municipal wastewater discharges are an increasingly important resource amid climate-driven water stress, but also a significant…
Defense Presentation Title: Dancing with Data: Geospatial Analytics for Tracing Innovation in Urban Dance Culture Advisors: Dr. Aaron Hipp, faculty fellow and professor in the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management and Dr. Laura Tateosian, faculty fellow and associate teaching professor in the Center for Geospatial Analytics Abstract: Culturally innovative dance forms convey identity…
Brown Bag Seminar, 12:00 PM in 1132 Jordan HallSpeaker 1 - Susanna Thorbjørnsen, Norwegian Institute of Marine Research Seminar Title - Personality of sea trout - and why it matters Abstract - In many species, individuals behave in a consistent way through their life instead of always adapting to the environment. We are often talking about bold and shy phenotypes. What…
Presentation Title: Quantifying the Ephemeral: Tracking Wetland Inundation from Space to Understand Methane Dynamics Advisor: Dr. Josh Gray, faculty fellow and associate professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources Abstract: Small-scale, ephemeral inundation events drive substantial variability in wetland methane emissions. However, existing satellite products often lack the spatial and temporal resolution needed to…
Speaker - Heather Hanna, Earth Science, North Carolina Geological Survey (host D. Grimley) Zoom Seminar Title - Mine waste as a potential resource: a critical minerals characterization of the Tungsten Queen mine tailings, Vance County, North Carolina Abstract - Critical minerals are vital to the United States’ economy and national security, but are at high risk for supply chain…