Spring 2021 WATS Seminar Schedule
WATS seminars will take place in NR 105 and this Zoom link.
Ecology Center seminars will take place in LSB 133.
Next up!
January
| Department | Date/Time | Speaker | Topic |
| WATS | 1/12 @ 12:30pm | Patrick Belmont Department Head, USU Department of Watershed Sciences |
Welcome and Q&A session with Department Head Seminar recording |
| WATS | 1/19 @ 12:30pm | Everyone in the department can contribute! | Now here's a good question... Seminar recording |
| Ecology Center | 1/26 @ 4pm | Moises Exposito Alonso Assistant Professor, Stanford University Principal Investigator, Carnegie Institute for Science |
Whether and how plants will evolve to keep pace with climate change EC seminar recordings |
February
| Department | Date/Time | Speaker | Topic |
| Ecology Center | 2/1 @ 4pm | Moises Exposito Alonso Assistant Professor, Stanford University Principal Investigator, Carnegie Institute for Science |
The Genomics of climate adaptation and extinction EC seminar recordings |
| WATS | 2/2 @12:30pm | Everyone in the department can contribute! | Now here's a good question... Seminar recording |
| WATS | 2/9 @ 12:30pm | Shannon Stober Founder, Jump Start Training & Development |
Designing an Alliance Seminar handout Seminar recording |
| WATS | 2/16 @ 12:30pm | Renee Lertzman Founder, Project InsideOut |
Turning science into social change: Psychology is the X factor Seminar recording |
| Ecology Center | 2/23 @ 4pm | Tyler DesRoches President, International Network for Economic Method Associate Professor of Sustainability and Human Well-Being, Arizona State University |
When Ecology Needs Economics and Economics Needs Ecology: Interdisciplinary Exchange During the Anthropocene EC seminar recordings |
| Ecology Center | 2/24 @ 4pm | Tyler DesRoches President, International Network for Economic Method Associate Professor of Sustainability and Human Well-Being, Arizona State University |
Climate Change and Civilization Collapse EC seminar recordings |
March
| Department | Date/Time | Speaker | Topic |
| WATS | 3/2 @ 12:30pm | Risa Shimoda Executive Director, River Management Society Angie Fuhrmann Training Coordinator, River Management Society |
Inviting Students to Learn and Lead with a River-Based Lens! Seminar recording |
| Ecology Center | 3/16 @ 4pm | Talia Karasov Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Utah |
To Grow or to Defend: How Plants Optimize their Fitness in the Face of Pathogenic Attack EC seminar recordings |
| Ecology Center | 3/17 @ 4pm | Talia Karasov Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Utah |
The Role of Genetic Diversity in Preventing Pathogen Outbreaks EC seminar recordings |
| WATS | 3/23 @ 12:30pm | Everyone in the department can contribute! | Now here's a good question... Seminar recording |
April
| Department | Date/Time | Speaker | Topic |
| WATS | 4/13 @ 12:30pm | Emily Fairfax Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Resource Management, California State University Channel Islands |
Smokey the Beaver: how beaver dams help keep riparian corridors green during droughts and wildfires Seminar recording |
| Ecology Center | 4/20 @ 4pm | Zakiya Leggett Assistant Professor, College of Natural Resources, North Carolina State University |
Learnings from Diversity and Inclusion Programs in Natural Resources EC seminar recordings |
| Ecology Center | 4/21 @ 4pm | Zakiya Leggett Assistant Professor, College of Natural Resources, North Carolina State University |
Evaluating Intensive Forest Management Impacts on Soil Sustainability EC seminar recordings |
