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SUMMARY:2024 Fall Seminar Series — Carlos Silva
DESCRIPTION:SPEAKER: Carlos Silva\, School of Forest\, Fisheries\, and Geomatic Sciences\, University of Florida \nTITLE: AI and RS applications in forest disturbances and recovery \nABSTRACT: This talk will provide an overview of LiDAR technology in forestry applications\, highlighting use of LiDAR and AI to monitor forest structure\, disturbances\, and recovery. \nSPEAKER BIOGRAPHY: Carlos Alberto Silva is an Assistant Professor of Quantitative Forest Science in the School of Forest\, Fisheries\, and Geomatics Sciences at the University of Florida\, where he directs the Forest Biometrics and Remote Sensing Lab (SilvaLab). His research focuses on understanding how forest ecosystems change over time due to natural and anthropogenic disturbances. Previously\, Dr. Silva worked as a research scientist at the University of Maryland\, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory\, and the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. His core research involves developing statistical frameworks and cutting-edge open-source tools\, such as rGEDI\, TreeTop\, rLiDAR\, ForestGapR\, and ICESat2VegR\, for remote sensing data processing and forest resource monitoring. He is particularly interested in utilizing LiDAR data from airborne (ALS)\, terrestrial (TLS)\, and satellite platforms (e.g.\, GEDI\, ICESat-2)\, in combination with optical and SAR imagery\, and AI\, to address ecological questions related to forest ecosystem structure\, function\, and composition dynamics at various spatial scales.  \nEVENT DETAILS: Faculty\, students\, and the public are invited to attend this program. Advanced registration is not required. Refreshments will be available after the seminar. Parking is available on the third and fourth floors in the South Quad Parking Deck across from the CFWE Building on Duncan Drive. To receive announcements about future seminars\, download the 2024 Fall Seminar Calendar or request to join our email list at cfwecom@auburn.edu. \nContact the seminar host or Robert Gitzen at rag0012@auburn.edu if you would like to attend via Zoom or access a recorded version of the seminar.
URL:https://cfwe.auburn.edu/event/fall-2024-seminar-series-wenwu-tang-2-2-2-2/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, Room 1223
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SUMMARY:2024 Fall Seminar Series — Susan Loeb
DESCRIPTION:SPEAKER: Susan Loeb\, Southern Research Station\, U.S. Forest Service\, Clemson \nTITLE: Challenges in Managing a Wide-Ranging “Endangered” Species in the Southeast  \nABSTRACT: Tricolored bat populations in eastern North America have been greatly impacted by white-nose syndrome (WNS)\, a deadly fungal disease that infects bats when they are in their cold winter hibernacula. Consequently\, this species is likely to be listed as threatened or endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. However\, many parts of the Southeast are WNS-free. This talk will discuss research conducted by the Clemson Bat Lab to understand tricolored bats’ responses and potential responses to this disease throughout the Southeast and discuss possible management strategies. \nSPEAKER BIOGRAPHY: Susan Loeb has been a Research Ecologist with the US Forest Service\, Southern Research Station and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation at Clemson University since 1988.  She received her B.A. in Human Biology from Stanford University and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Ecology at University of California\, Davis. For the past 25 years she has been studying the ecology of Southeastern bats\, focusing on TES species\, effects of forest management and other disturbances on bats\, responses of bats to white-nose syndrome\, and developing and testing monitoring programs for bats\, including the development of the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat). \nEVENT DETAILS: Faculty\, students\, and the public are invited to attend this program. Advanced registration is not required. Refreshments will be available after the seminar. Parking is available on the third and fourth floors in the South Quad Parking Deck across from the CFWE Building on Duncan Drive. To receive announcements about future seminars\, download the 2024 Fall Seminar Calendar or request to join our email list at cfwecom@auburn.edu. \nContact the seminar host or Robert Gitzen at rag0012@auburn.edu if you would like to attend via Zoom or access a recorded version of the seminar.
URL:https://cfwe.auburn.edu/event/fall-2024-seminar-series-wenwu-tang-2-2-2-2-2/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, Room 1223
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241016T110000
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SUMMARY:2024 Fall Seminar Series — Chandra Wright and Susan Johnson
DESCRIPTION:SPEAKER: Chandra Wright and Susan Johnson\, Gulf State Park\, Gulf Shores\, Alabama \nTITLE: Weathering Disaster: The Sustainability and Resilience of Gulf State Park \nABSTRACT: Gulf State Park is one of Alabama’s most popular state parks\, drawing more than 2 million annual visitors\, and encompassing 6\,150 acres of coastal ecosystems. This talk will cover diverse topics including the Gulf State Park Enhancement Project funded by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill\, which resulted in the restoration of the dunes\, expansion of the trail system\, rebuilding of the Lodge\, and building a new Interpretive Center and Learning Campus. The speakers will discuss how the park is serving as an international benchmark for environmental and economic sustainability and introduce the audience to current and future programs at the Learning Campus. \nSPEAKER BIOGRAPHY: Chandra Wright is the Director of Environmental & Educational Outreach for Gulf State Park. In this role\, she serves as an advisor internally for the environmental and educational initiatives at the Lodge\, Learning Campus and Interpretive Center. She also shares the unique stories of sustainable design and operations within Gulf State Park with a variety of audiences. Susan Johnson is the Meeting Manager for the Learning Campus. Susan serves as the first point of contact in assisting clients with the venue’s bookings and reservations\, working to define clients’ needs for meeting spaces\, programs\, and lodging to create a natural immersive Learning Campus and Gulf State Park experience.  \nEVENT DETAILS: Faculty\, students\, and the public are invited to attend this program. Advanced registration is not required. Refreshments will be available after the seminar. Parking is available on the third and fourth floors in the South Quad Parking Deck across from the CFWE Building on Duncan Drive. To receive announcements about future seminars\, download the 2024 Fall Seminar Calendar or request to join our email list at cfwecom@auburn.edu. \nContact the seminar host or Robert Gitzen at rag0012@auburn.edu if you would like to attend via Zoom or access a recorded version of the seminar.
URL:https://cfwe.auburn.edu/event/fall-2024-seminar-series-wenwu-tang-2-2-2-2-2-2/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, Room 1223
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:2024 Fall Seminar Series — Heidi Renninger
DESCRIPTION:SPEAKER: Heidi Renninger\, College of Forest Resources\, Mississippi State University \nTITLE: Selecting Populus short rotation woody crops for future climates and ecosystem service provision  \nABSTRACT: Populus species\, specifically eastern cottonwood and its hybrids\, are grown for a variety of products but most recently as feedstocks for bioenergy (including sustainable aviation fuels) and bioproducts. Dr. Renninger will discuss her research on the physiological functioning of selected Populus genotypes specifically as it relates to choosing genotypes with greater water stress and heat tolerance as well as measuring the ecosystem services provided by Populus plantations. \nSPEAKER BIOGRAPHY: Dr. Renninger grew up in Pennsylvania and did her undergraduate studies at Millersville University majoring in Biology. She then went to Oregon State University for her masters in the Wood Science and Engineering Department with a dual degree in Wood Science and Forest Science. She studied the hydraulic conductivity of Douglas-fir and western hemlock and factors that relate to conductivity. She then pursued a PhD at Boston University in the Geography Department. Her dissertation research used palm trees as a model organism to test the hydraulic limitation hypothesis\, which is the idea that maximum tree height for a given species is limited by the increasing path length for water transport as trees get taller. She then did a post-doc at Rutgers University working in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey and studying forest responses to disturbance. Dr. Renninger started at Mississippi State University in 2014\, where she does a variety of tree physiological research. \nEVENT DETAILS: Faculty\, students\, and the public are invited to attend this program. Advanced registration is not required. Refreshments will be available after the seminar. Parking is available on the third and fourth floors in the South Quad Parking Deck across from the CFWE Building on Duncan Drive. To receive announcements about future seminars\, download the 2024 Fall Seminar Calendar or request to join our email list at cfwecom@auburn.edu. \nContact the seminar host or Robert Gitzen at rag0012@auburn.edu if you would like to attend via Zoom or access a recorded version of the seminar.
URL:https://cfwe.auburn.edu/event/fall-2024-seminar-series-wenwu-tang-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, Room 1223
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:2024 Fall Seminar Series — Avni Malhotra
DESCRIPTION:SPEAKER: Avni Malhotra\, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory \nTITLE: Getting to the Root of Climate Change in Wetlands \nABSTRACT: Wetlands play a central role in the global carbon cycle through soil carbon storage and greenhouse gas emissions. Wetland response to environmental change is expected to influence the global climate-carbon cycle feedback\, but the magnitude and direction of this influence are unclear. One uncertainty lies at the plant-soil interface. The role of plants in mediating wetland carbon cycling is well understood aboveground\, but belowground plant dynamics remain a black box. In this talk\, I will focus on two broad research questions: how do wetland roots respond to environmental change and what are the implications of this change for soil carbon and ecosystem carbon fluxes? I will provide examples from field and lab research from a variety of wetland settings (peatlands\, and experimental and coastal wetlands) and conclude with a forward-looking section on our predictive understanding of wetlands in a changing world. \nSPEAKER BIOGRAPHY: Avni Malhotra is an earth scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory focused on above- and below-ground carbon cycle responses of ecosystems to global change\, with the overarching goal of improving predictive understanding of ecosystems. Avni specializes in carbon-rich ecosystems such as peatlands and wetlands\, which are a globally significant but vulnerable sink of carbon\, and key players in global greenhouse gas budgets. She employs a multi-scale approach where fine-scale process investigations in the lab and field are placed in a broader context using global data syntheses and model-data integration. \nEVENT DETAILS: Faculty\, students\, and the public are invited to attend this program. Advanced registration is not required. Refreshments will be available after the seminar. Parking is available on the third and fourth floors in the South Quad Parking Deck across from the CFWE Building on Duncan Drive. To receive announcements about future seminars\, download the 2024 Fall Seminar Calendar or request to join our email list at cfwecom@auburn.edu. \nContact the seminar host or Robert Gitzen at rag0012@auburn.edu if you would like to attend via Zoom or access a recorded version of the seminar.
URL:https://cfwe.auburn.edu/event/fall-2024-seminar-series-wenwu-tang-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, Room 1223
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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