LRES Seminar Series
Spring 2020 Schedule
1:10 - 2:00 p.m.
346 Leon Johnson Hall (Annex)
January 27th
Stephanie Ewing, Ph.D.
Montana State University- Land Resources & Environmental Sciences
"Buried evidence: Soil water, ground ice, and river geochemistry in a changing world"
February 3rd
Bob Peterson, Ph.D.
Montana State University- Land Resources & Environmental Sciences
"Tigers in Yellowstone: Adaptations of insects to extreme environments"
February 10th
Nick Fox, M.S.
Montana State University- Land Resources & Environmental Sciences
"LRES Service Learning"
February 24th
Jeff Littlefield, Ph.D.
Montana State University- Land Resources & Environmental Sciences
"To know a snail- The potential invasiveness of the eastern heath snail in Montana"
March 2nd
Jed Eberly, Ph.D.
Montana State University- Central Agricultural Research Station
"Evaluating microbial response to sustainable agricultural practices"
March 9th
Richard Engel, Ph.D.
Montana State University- Land Resources & Environmental Sciences
"Soil acidification in Montana: An emerging problem or pHake news?"
April 6th
Mary Farina, Ph.D. student
Advisor: Scott Powell, Ph.D. LRES
"Spatio-temporal scaling of carbon fluxes in Artic and Boreal regions"
April 13th
Willa Fouts, M.S. student
Advisor: Cathy Zabinski, Ph.D. LRES
"Effects of crop rotations and nitrogen fetilizer on soil quality indicators"
Kendall Wojcik, M.S. student
Advisor: Stephanie Ewing, Ph.D. -LRES
"Changing soil carbon cycles in semiarid landscapes"
April 29th
Caydee Savinelli, Ph.D.
Syngenta- Pollinator and IPM Stewardship Lead
"10th Annual LRES Research Colloquium Keynote Presentation"
Postponed: Fall 2020
Michelle Flenniken, Ph.D.
Montana State University- Plant Sciences & Plant Pathology
"Honey bee viruses, colony health, and antiviral defense"
Roland Hatzenpichler, Ph.D.
Montana State University- Chemistry & Biochemistry
"Studying the activity of uncultured microbes in their native habitat through substrate analog probing"
Ben Colman, Ph.D.
University of Montana- Ecosystems Lab
"Natural and manufactured nanoparticles serve as both subsidies and stressors in ecosystems"