LRES Seminar Series

 Former seminar schedules and recordings
available in the  LRES Archives

February 2nd

Dr. William Kleindl, Post-doc, Systems Ecology, University of Montana
"Assessing ecological condition of large landscapes with limited human impacts"
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February 9th

Dr. Ankur Desai, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Surface heterogeneity in the land-atmosphere system"
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February 16th

President's Day; no seminar

February 23rd

Dr. Selena Ahmed, Assistant Professor, SFBS, MSU
"Tea and the taste of climate change: A socio-ecological model to examine specialty crop quality"
 Video not available

March 2nd

Jason Wood, Graduate Student and IGERT Intern, LRES, MSU
"Ecotype simulation: Demarcation of bacterial species from DNA sequences using ecological theory"
 Video not available

March 9th

Spring Break; no seminar

March 16th

Dr. Michelle Flenniken, Assistant Professor, PSPP, MSU
"Honey bee pathogen and immune pathway discovery"
 Video not available

March 23rd

Dr. Michael Dietze, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Earth and Environment, Boston University
"The PEcAn Project: A community platform for ecological synthesis and forecasting"
 Video not available

March 30th

Alexander Gaffke, Graduate Student, LRES, MSU
"Adding precision to biological control of weeds: The next step"
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April 6th

Jeff Patriarche, Graduate Student, LRES, MSU
"Phytoplankton dynamics of the Taylor Valley, Antarctica"
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April 13th

Abdullah Alowaifeer, Graduate Student, LRES, MSU
"Bioaccumulation of arsenic and mercury"
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April 20th

Keenan Brame, Graduate Student, LRES, MSU
"Water quality on the Little Bighorn River: Microbial diversity and pathogen association with sediments, transport, and impacts from climate change"
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April 27th

Emily Pierson, Graduate Student, LRES, MSU
"Facilitating sagebrush and perennial grass establishment on disturbed steppe"
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