WILD/Ecology Center 2019-2020 Seminar Schedule
September 2019
| Wednesday, Sep 4 | 4:00pm LSB 144 |
Dean Sponsored Seminar - Doug Hunter, CEO - Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) | "Small modular nuclear power for Utah?" |
| Wednesday, Thursday, Sep 11/12 |
Wednesday, 4:00 pm Thursday, 4:00 pm |
Ecology Center Seminar - Dr. Kaveh Madani, Henry Hart Rice Senior Fellow & Visiting Professor Yale Macmillan Center & Imperial College London. | TBA |
| Wednesday, Sep 18 | 4:00pm LSB 133 |
Susan Durham | "What is the value of the 16th letter of the alphabet? Moving beyond 'statistical significance'" |
| Wednesday, Sep 25 | 4:00pm LSB 133 |
Dr. Robert Holt - University of Florida | "Niche conservatism, evolution, and applied ecology: Challenges and opportunities" |
October 2019
| Wednesday, Oct 2 | 4:00 pm, LSB 133 | Wayne Freimund | "You can be seated Now: Popularity and the Future of Access to our Public Spaces" |
| Tuesday/Wednesday, Oct 8/9 |
Restoring the West Conference | https://restoringthewest.org/ | |
| Wednesday, Thursday, Oct 16/17 | Wednesday, 4:00pm Thursday, 4:00 pm |
Ecology Center Seminar - Dr. Rob Jackson, Douglas Provostial Professor, Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CO. | TBA |
| Wednesday, Oct 23 | 4:00pm LSB 133 |
Dean Sponsored Seminar - Robin Kimmerer, Distinguished Teaching Professor and Director, Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry - https://www.esf.edu/faculty/kimmerer/ |
TBA |
| Wednesday, Oct 30 | 4:00 pm, LSB 133 | WATS Sponsored Seminar - Dr. Danya Rumore, Director and Research Associate Professor, Environmental Dispute Resolution Program, Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources & Environment, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah. |
"GNARly challenges: Planning in Western Gateway and Natural Amenity Regions" |
November 2019
| Wednesday, Thursday, Nov 6/7 | Wednesday, 4:00 pm Thursday, 4:00 pm |
Ecology Center Seminar - Dr. Danica Lombardozzi, Project Scientist I, Climate & Global Dynamics Laboratory National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO. | TBA |
| Wednesday, Nov 13 | 4:00 pm, LSB 133 | TBA | |
| Wednesday, Nov 20 | 4:00 pm, LSB 133 | TBA | |
| Wednesday, Nov 27 | Thanksgiving Break | No Seminar | TBA |
December 2019
| Wednesday, Thursday, Dec 4/5 | Wednesday, 4:00 pm Thursday, 4:00 pm |
Ecology Center Seminar- Dr. Nyeema Harris, Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN | TBA |
January 2020
| Wednesday, Jan 8 | No Departmental Seminar | ||
| Wednesday, Thursday, Jan 15/16 | Wednesday, 4:00pm Thursday, 4:00 pm |
Ecology Center Seminar - Dr. John Fieberg, Associate Professor, Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. | TBA |
| Wednesday, Jan. 22 | 4pm, LSB 133 | Darren McAvoy, Extension Assistant Professor, Department of Wildland Resources | "Biochar from the forest for fuel reduction and carbon sequestration" |
| Wednesday, Jan 29 | 4pm, LSB 133 | Jody Reimer, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Utah | TBA |
February 2020
| Wednesday, Feb. 5 | 4pm, LSB 133 | Johan du Toit, Professor, Department of Wildland Resources | TBA |
| Wednesday, Thursday, Feb 12/13 | Wednesday, 4:00 pm Thursday, 4:00 pm |
Ecology Center Seminar - Dr. Clare Aslan, Associate Director, Landscape Conservation Initiative & Assistant Professor, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ | TBA |
| Wednesday, Feb. 19 | 4pm, LSB 133 | Jessica Tegt, Jack H. Berryman Institute, Department of Wildland Resources | TBA |
| Wednesday, Feb. 26 | 4pm, LSB 133 | John Tomecek, Assistant Professor & Extension Wildlife Specialist, Texas A&M | TBA |
March 2020
| Wednesday, March 4 | Spring Break | No Seminar | |
| Wednesday, Thursday, March 11/12 | Wednesday, 4:00 pm Thursday, 4:00 pm |
Ecology Center Seminar - Dr. Chelsea Wood, Assistant Professor, School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. | TBA |
| Wednesday, March 18 | 4pm, LSB 133 | Kari Veblen, Associate Professor, Department of Wildland Resources | "Brumbies, goats and my time on the open road" |
| Wednesday, March 25 | 4pm, LSB 133 | Sara Freeman, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology | "The neurobiological basis of social bonding in mammals" |
April 2020
| Wednesday, April 1 | 4pm, LSB 133 | Joanna Lambert, Professor, University of Colorado | TBA |
| Wednesday, Thursday, April 8/9 | Wednesday, 4:00 pm Thursday, 4:00 pm |
Ecology Center Seminar - Dr. Ivette Perfecto, George Willis Pack Professor, Environment & Sustainability, Unviersity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. | TBA |
| Wednesday, April 15 | 4pm, LSB 133 | Emma Marris | TBA |
| Wednesday, April 22 | 4pm, LSB 133 | Lea Condon, Research Ecologist, USGS - Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center | "Biological soil crusts: A Great Basin perspective" |
