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The University of Minnesota Water Resources Center (WRC) administers the WRS Graduate Program. The Water Resources Center is affiliated with the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences and University of Minnesota Extension.
Seminar Series
Twin Cities
Where:
University of Minnesota - St. Paul Campus
375 Borlaug Hall (unless otherwise noted)
They are also webcast live.
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When:
Fridays, 3:00-3:50 pm.
Spring Semester 2013
WRS Spring 2013 Seminar Series
Deborah Swackhamer
Professor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, Public Health, and Co-Director Water Resources Center, University of Minnesota
“EPA’s Science Advisory Board – Rubber Stamp, Ignored, or Constructive? Notes from my four years as Chair”
FEBRUARY 8
William Hobbs
Associate Scientist, St. Croix Watershed Research Station
“Water quality, trophic cascades and stable states of a bio-manipulated lake over the last 200 years”
FEBRUARY 15
Dani Or
Professor, Soil and Terrestrial Environmental Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology-Zurich
“How do porous terrestrial surfaces control evaporation into the atmosphere?”
FEBRUARY 22
Kyle Zimmer
Professor, Department of Biology, University of St. Thomas
“Balancing the budget: first crack at a carbon budget for Minnesota shallow lakes”
MARCH 1
Mae Davenport
Professor, Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota
“Conservation Practice Adoption: Rational Choice or Moral Obligation?”
MARCH 8
Tim LaPara
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota
“Municipal wastewater treatment and antibiotic resistance: The problem AND the solution”
MARCH 15
Raymond Newman
Professor, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota
“The milfoil weevil: a candidate for biological control of Eurasian watermilfoil in South Africa and factors influencing success in the United States”
MARCH 29
Volkan Isler
Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Minnesota
“Robotic Sensor Networks for Environmental Monitoring”
APRIL 5
Seth Thompson
Masters Student, Water Resource Sciences, University of Minnesota
“The Priming Effect as a Framework for Integrating Aquatic and Terrestrial Carbon Cycles”
APRIL 12
Karlyn Eckman
Adjunct Professor Department of Forrest Resources, University of Minnesota
"Forests, Water and Food Insecurity in Mizoram India"
APRIL 19
CANCELLED
APRIL 26
Mark Ferrey
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
"Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Minnesota's Surface Water"
MAY 3
John Nieber
Department of Biosystems and Bioproducts Engineering, University of Minnesota
“Regional Assessment of Sediment Loads Entering Lake Superior’s North Shore”