ENVS Colloquium
The Environmental Science department invites experts from around the world to speak on a variety of topics related to environmental science every semester for our Colloquium Series!
All are welcome to attend, and details about past and future speakers can be found below
- September 11: "A Path Forward: How the Indigenous and conservation fields are working to protect the land, together and independent, and why it matters"
- Daniel Cordalis, Colorado River Sustainability Campaign - Tribal Partnership Manager
- October 2: Dr. Abe Springer, NAU School of Earth and Sustainability - Professor
- October 9: Dr. Philip Stoker, UA College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture - Assistant Professor
- October 16: Dr. Jorge Gonzalez-Estrella, OK State University - Professor
- October 23: "Risk factors for Helicobacter pylori among underserved communities in southern Arizona"
- Dr. Marc Verhougstraete, UA College of Public Health - Associate Professor
- October 30: Dr. Dave White, ASU Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation - Director
- November 6: Dr. Kerry Cooper, UA School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences - Professor
- November 13: Dr. Tim Bayley, Montogomery and Associates - Principal Hydrogeologist and Dynamic Simulation Modeling Team Lead
- November 20: Undergraduate Presentations
- November 27: Alumni Panel
- January 30: "Disentagling organisms' metabolic responses and acclimation to environmental gradients through ecometabolomics"
- Dr. Malak Tfaily, Associate Professor, ENVS (UA)
- February 6: "Is Land Application of Biosolids a Significant Source of Human PFAS Exposure vis Groundwater Contamination?"
- Dr. Ian Pepper and Dr. Mark Brusseau, Professors, ENVS (UA)
- February 13: "10 Things I was Never Taught at UA that I Learned Doing Corporate Microbiology"
- Dr. Benjamin Tanner, President and CEO, Microchem Laboratory (Round Rock, TX)
- February 20: "On a Journey to Build Healthy Soils: The Perspectives and Opportunities"
- Dr. Debankur Sanyal, Assistant Professor, MAC/ENVS (UA)
- February 27: Presentation title TBA
- Dr. Dan Ferguson, Assistant Professor, AIRES/ENVS (UA)
- March 13: "Inspired by Mrs. Frizzle: How a Curious Kid became a Water Quality Scientist!"
- Natalie Brassill, M.S., Assistant in Extension, Water Quality MAC/ENVS (UA)
- March 20: Center for Environmentally Sustainable Mining (CESM, UA), Faculty and Graduate Student Presentations
- March 27: "Environmental Impacts at a Binational Border: Rio Grande Waters, Agriculture and Antimicrobial Contamination"
- Dr. Monica Mendez, Associate Professor, Texas A&M International University
- April 3: Presentation title TBA
- Dr. Boyoung Song, Postdoctoral Research Associate, ENVS (UA)
- April 10: Presentation title TBA
- Dr. Aminata Kilungo, Assistant Professor, College of Public Health (UA)
- April 17: ENVS Undergraduate Student Presentations
- April 24: ENVS Undergraduate Student Presentations
- May 1: Presentation title TBA
- Dr. Kerry Hamilton, Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
- August 22: "Making a Name for Themselves: Research into Aerosal Particles"
- Dr. Armin Sorooshian, Chemical & Environmental Engineering - University of Arizona
- August 29: "The Graduate Center: Your Hub for Professional Development Resources and Opportunities"
- Dr. Meg Lota Brown, Graduate Center - University of Arizona
- September 7: "Nanophase transfers in biofilms, watersheds, and volcanoes”
- Dr. Marc Benedetti, Chemistry - Université Paris Diderot
- September 12: ENVS Faculty & Staff
- September 19: "Expedited Site Characterization and Remediation of PFAS near Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson"
- Dr. Matthew Narter, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
- September 26: ”Human-Landscape Interactions in Changing Urban Environments"
- Dr. Adriana Zuniga, Geography & Development - University of Arizona
- October 3: "Indigenous nature-based climate solutions on agricultural lands"
- Dr. Melissa Arcand, University of Saskatchewan
- October 10: Dr. Gabriele Schiro, Environmental Science Post-Doctoral Fellow - University of Arizona
- October 17: "Common Career Threads: National and LGU Leadership in Research, Science Policy, and Graduate Education"
- Dr. Jeanette Thurston, Food Science - Kansas State University
- October 24: "From Managed Aquifer Recharge in Mexico to the Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program, opportunities and challenges for cooperation."
- Dr. Mary Belle Ayala, Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) Post-Doctoral Fellow - University of Arizona
- October 31: "A Research and Experiential Learning Program at the Nexus of Geoscience Disciplines"
- Dr. Candice Duncan, University of Maryland
- November 7: Dr. Andrew Curley, Geography & Environment - University of Arizona
- November 14: "Microbial risks in the built environment: estimating risk and exploring risk-risk tradeoffs"
- Dr. Amanda Wilson, Public Health - University of Arizona
- November 21: Undergraduate Presentations
- November 28: Dr. Rivka Fidel, Environmental Science Associate Professor of Practice - University of Arizona
- December 5: “Unraveling biological complexity through multi-omics”
- Dr. Malak Tfaily, Environmental Science Associate Professor - University of Arizona
Presentations:
- January 24: Microbial systems ecology to understand desiccation tolerance in soil microbes and microbial modulation of arsenic toxicity in mice (Carini Laboratory, University of Arizona)
- January 31: TBD (Dr. Bradley Schmitz, Loudoun Water)
- February 7: TBD (Tfaily Laboratory, University of Arizona)
- February 14: TBD (Barberan Laboratory, University of Arizona)
- February 21: TBD (Babst-Kosteka Laboratory, University of Arizona)
- February 28: TBD (Ramirez-Andreotta Laboratory, University of Arizona)
- March 7: Spring Break - no classes
- March 14: TBD (Rassmussen Laboratory, University of Arizona)
- March 21: ENViSion Presentations
- March 28: TBD (Chief Laboratory, University of Arizona)
- April 4: TBD (Brusseau Laboratory, University of Arizona)
- April 11: TBD (Maier Laboratory, University of Arizona)
- April 18: ENVS Undergraduate Presentations
- April 25: TBD (Chorover Laboratory, University of Arizona)
- May 2: TBD
Presentations:
- August 23: Welcome Back & Introductions (Marcel Schaap, PhD, & Kathleen Landeen, University of Arizona)
- August 30: All ENVS Graduate Meeting (Paul Carini, PhD, Marcel Schaap, PhD, & Kathleen Landeen, University of Arizona)
- September 6: Labor Day - no classes
- September 13: ENVS + NVIS present, Native Science: Natural Laws of Interdependence (Gregory Cajete (Tewa), PhD, University of New Mexico)
- September 20: Environmental Protection, Mitigation, Experiences, and Job Opportunities from U of A Alumnus (Barney Popkin, Tucson, Arizona)
- September 27: Introduction to Data Visualization (Devin Bayly & Jeff Oliver, PhD, University of Arizona)
- October 4: Microbes, memory, and moisture: microbial response to climate change and its effect on ecosystem function (Sarah Evans, PhD, Michigan State University)
- October 11: Effects of Environmental Stressors on Soil Microbial Communities (Priyanka Kushwaha, PhD, University of Arizona)
- October 18: ENVS + NVIS present, Kanawayihetaytan Askiy Indigenous Land Management Program (Melissa Arcand, PhD, University of Saskatchewan)
- October 25: Microbial syntrophy in the subsurface (Jennifer Biddle, PhD, University of Delaware)
- November 1: Sensitivity of soil microbial volatile organic compound metabolism to drought and rewet (Laura Meredith, PhD, University of Arizona)
- November 8: Microbial ecology of wildfire and consequences for carbon cycling (Thea Whitman, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- November 15: NVS + NVIS present, Amplifying Indigenous Voices in Invasive Species and Forest Adaptation Management (Danielle Ignace (Coeur d'Alene), PhD, Harvard University)
- November 22: ENVS Undergraduate Presentations
- November 29: Managing microbial communities at the interface of infrastructure, environment, and public health (Ameet Pinto, PhD, Georgia Tech)
- December 6: CANCELLED ENVS + NVIS present, Indigenous Peoplehood Model for UArizona Cooperative Extension (Joshua Moore, University of Arizona)