Watershed Sciences Department and Ecology Center Seminars
January
| Wednesday, January 9 | 12:30 pm, NR 105 |   Dr. Peter Wilcock and Master Brian Bailey
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Graduate Student Question and Answer Session |
| Wednesday, Thursday, Jan 16/17 | Wednesday, 4:00 pm, Thursday, 4:00 pm, |  Ecology Center Seminar - Dr. Johanna Varner, Assistant Professor, Biology, Colorado Mesa University, Fort Collins, CO
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Wednesday: "Engaging Citizens in Place-Based Climate Change Research" Thursday: "Pikas Under Fire: American Pika Ecology and Behavior in a Time of Global Change" |
| Wednesday, January 23 | 12:30 pm, NR 105 |  Chris Kelleher, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
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"Sensitive Species Conservation in Utah: There is No Finish Line" |
| Wednesday, January 30 | 12:30 pm, NR 105 |  Dr. Roxane Maranger, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Montreal
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"Coupled biogeochemical cycles through the freshwater pipe: landscape, limnoscape, and legacies" |
February
| Wednesday, February 6 | 12:30 pm, NR 105 |  Dr. Stephen Nelson, Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University
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"Quantifying the processes and rates of the weathering of Ocean Islands: What we learn from geochemistry and geophysics or From island to atoll: Processes and rates of denudation of tropical ocean islands" |
| Wednesday, February 13 | 12:30 pm, NR 105 |  Dr. Annika Walters, Applied Aquatic Ecologist, Assistant Unit Leader, University of Wyoming Cooperative Unit
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"Life history diversity and behavioral flexibility as strategies to promote population resiliency" |
| Wednesday, Thursday, Feb 20/21 | Wednesday, 4:00 pm, Thursday, 4:00 pm, LSB 133 |  Ecology Center Seminar - Dr. Elizabeth Borer, Professor, University of Minnesota
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Wednesday: "Kangaroos, Kudu, and Caribou: mammalian herbivores, nutrients, and future grasslands on Earth" Thursday: "Effects of environmental nutrient enrichment on pathogens: from individual to biogeographic scales" |
| Wednesday, February 27 | 12:30 pm, NR 105 |  Dr. Sapana Lohani, Post-doctoral Researcher, Biology Department, University of Nevada, Reno and Watershed Sciences Department, Utah State University
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"Modeling trade-offs between hydropower production, land cover change, and aquatic/riparian ecosystems in the Lower Mekong Basin" |
March
| Wednesday, March 6 | 12:30 pm, NR 105 |  Dr. Jonathan Czuba, Assistant Professor, Watershed Engineering, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
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"When a meandering river does not have a defined bankfull flow: interactions between hydrodynamics, morphodynamics, and humans in shaping floodplain form" |
| Wednesday, March 13 | Spring Break | ||
| Wednesday, March 20 | 12:30 pm, NR 105 |  Dr. Jereme Gaeta, Assistant Professor, Watershed Sciences Department
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"From invasive predators to prolonged droughts: evaluating and mitigating the vulnerability of lakes and reservoirs to disturbance" |
| Tuesday, March 26 | Eccles Conference Center | Spring Runoff Conference - http://water.usu.edu/conference/2019/index | "Water Challenges in the West" |
| Wednesday, Thursday, March 27/28 | Both Seminars will be held at 4:00 pm in LSB 133 |  Ecology Center Seminar - Dr. Tim Essington, Professor & Associate Director, SAFS, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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TBA |
April
| Wednesday, April 3 | 12:30 pm, NR 105 |  Dr. Zeb Hogan, University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Biology
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TBA |
| Wednesday, April 17 | 12:30 pm, NR 105 | Dr.  Sudeep Chandra, Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Biology
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TBA |
| Wednesday, April 17/18 | Both Seminars will be held at 4:00 pm in LSB 133 |  Dr. Jesse Morris, Research Assistant Professor, Geography, University of Utah
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TBA |
| Wednesday, April 24 | No Seminar | USU Interim Day | |
