Biological and Environmental Sciences Colloquium Series

University of Rhode Island

Previous Colloquium Schedule for Spring 2025

Current Schedule is here

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Date Specialization Speaker Speaker’s Affiliation Talk Title Host
Jan 31 All URI BES Grad Reps URI Spring 2025 Welcome Event! N/A
Feb 7 EMB/EES Dr. Johanna Harvey URI Tending the flock: avian disease ecology and conservation Dr. Johanna Harvey
Feb 14 EVES Dr. Patrick Sorensen URI Connecting microbial ecology to soil biogeochemistry using multi-omic approaches Dr. Patrick Sorensen
Feb 21 EES Dr. Diann Prosser USGS-EESC On the wing: The changing dynamics of avian influenza (bird flu) Dr. Johanna Harvey
Feb 28 EES Dr. Sarah Kienle URI Examining the adaptive capacity of apex predators in a rapidly changing world Dr. Sarah Kienle
Mar 7 EVES Dr. Margaret Capooci NSF Patterns and Processes Governing CO2 and CH4 Emissions from Tidal Salt Marshes Michael Norton
Mar 21 EMB Dr. Lisa Komoroske UMass Amherst Integrating across biological levels to understand risk and resilience to environmental change in marine species of conservation concern Jon Puritz
Mar 28 CMB Dr. Ahmed Abdelfattah Brown University Lighting up the brain: Genetically encoded sensors for voltage imaging Kate Remy
Apr 4 EVES Dr. Dhiman R. Mondal MIT Improved Space and Polar Geodesy through Advanced Technology and Techniques Md Al Amin
Apr 11 EMB Dr. Jennifer Pollack HRI TAMUCC Oyster research, restoration, and support for resource management in Texas Olivia Nieves
Apr 18 SAFS Dr. Gustavo Oliveira Clark University Spaces of Contestation over Water Resources in an Irrigation Frontier in Brazil Deniz Camli
Apr 25 EMB Dr. Joan Bernhard WHOI The Chloroplast Conundrum: Role of sequestered plastids in benthic foraminifera living far below the photic zone Madison Geraci