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SUMMARY:2025 CFWE Seminar Series — Vic Adamowicz
DESCRIPTION:SPEAKER: Dr. Vic Adamowicz\, University of Alberta\, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus \nTITLE: Measuring the impact of a wildlife disease on hunting behavior through recreational lottery applications: The case of Chronic Wasting Disease in Alberta\, Canada \nABSTRACT: If an environmental quality change affects a resource allocated using a lottery-rationing system\, activity levels (e.g. trips) may remain constant while applications vary. This presentation will describe our analysis using multiple reduced-form models to examine the impact of a wildlife disease on application behavior in a lottery rationed resource. We use hunting license application data for antlered mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in Alberta\, Canada from 2001 to 2022 and examine the impact of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). CWD is a 100% fatal prion disease and has the potential to diminish cervid populations (i.e. deer\, moose\, elk\, and caribou) and affect various segments of society including recreational hunters. Our findings show that increasing CWD prevalence reduces demand for hunting applications but the pattern of impact suggests a complex behavioral response to the disease. The presentation will also include a description of complementary analyses that are components of an interdisciplinary approach to addressing CWD in Alberta. Dr. Adamowicz will also discuss contemporary academic research issues in forestry\, natural resources and the environment in Canada. \nSPEAKER BIOGRAPHY: Dr. Vic Adamowicz is a Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in the Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology at the University of Alberta where he has made significant contributions to the fields of environmental economics and natural resource management. He obtained his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the University of Alberta (1981\, 1983) and his doctorate from the University of Minnesota in 1988. Throughout his career\, Dr. Adamowicz’s research has focused on the valuation of environmental goods and services\, as well as the economic analysis of natural resource policies and choice behavior with applications to food demand\, recreation\, and environmental quality. His work has helped shape the understanding of how economic principles can be applied to sustainability and resource conservation. With numerous published studies and a long-standing commitment to academic excellence\, Dr. Adamowicz has earned recognition as a leading figure in his field. His distinguished career includes not only impactful research\, but also mentorship of graduate students and collaborative efforts with government agencies and industry partners to address pressing environmental challenges. Dr. Adamowicz is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada\, Academy II – Social Sciences (awarded in 2007). He became a Fellow of the Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics in 2025. \nEVENT DETAILS: Faculty\, students\, and the public are invited to attend this program. Advanced registration is not required. Refreshments will be available. 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\, request to join our email list at cfwecom@auburn.edu. \nContact the seminar host Yaoqi Zhang at zhangy3@auburn.edu or Robert Gitzen at rag0012@auburn.edu if you would like to request a recorded version of the seminar.
URL:https://cfwe.auburn.edu/event/vicadamowicz/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment Building\, Room 1101
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:2025 CFWE Seminar Series — Leslie Cordie
DESCRIPTION:SPEAKER: Dr. Leslie Cordie\, Auburn University\, College of Education \nTITLE: Transformative Adult Education \nABSTRACT: TBA \nSPEAKER BIOGRAPHY: TBA \nEVENT DETAILS: Faculty\, students\, and the public are invited to attend this program. Advanced registration is not required. Refreshments will be available. 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\, request to join our email list at cfwecom@auburn.edu. \nContact the seminar host John Kush at kushjoh@auburn.edu or Robert Gitzen at rag0012@auburn.edu if you would like to request a recorded version of the seminar.
URL:https://cfwe.auburn.edu/event/fall-2024-seminar-series-wenwu-tang-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, Room 2217
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250122T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250122T120000
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SUMMARY:2025 CFWE Seminar Series — Dengsheng Lu
DESCRIPTION:SPEAKER: Dr. Dengsheng Lu\, Fujian Normal University\, School of Geographical Sciences \nTITLE: Remote sensing-based forest biomass estimation in tropical and subtropical regions \nABSTRACT: Dr. Dengsheng Lu will briefly discuss the problems in forest biomass estimation with optical sensor data such as Landsat. He will then focus on the biomass estimation research with Lidar data from different platforms such as handheld\, airborne\, and spaceborne platforms. \nSPEAKER BIOGRAPHY: Dengsheng Lu is currently a professor at School of Geographical Sciences\, Fujian Normal University\, China. He earned his Ph.D. from Indiana State University in 2001 and has held academic positions at Indiana University at Bloomington (2001–2006; 2008–2012)\, Auburn University (2007–2008)\, and Michigan State University (2012–2018). His research interests center on remote sensing technologies and applications in tropical and subtropical forest ecosystems. He has published 160+ articles with H-index of 69 and Google Scholar Citations of 30100+. He was the ELSEVIER “Most Cited Chinese Researchers” for the years 2019–2023. In the World’s Top 2% Scientists\, he was also within the “career-long citation impact” list in 2020–2024 and “citation impact during the single calendar year” list in 2019–2023. He is an editorial board member in the journals such as International Journal of Digital Earth\, Geo-Spatial Information Science\, International Journal of Image and Data Fusion\, and Remote Sensing. \nEVENT DETAILS: Faculty\, students\, and the public are invited to attend this program. Advanced registration is not required. Refreshments will be available. 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\, request to join our email list at cfwecom@auburn.edu. \nContact the seminar host Zutao Yang at zzy0066@auburn.edu or Robert Gitzen at rag0012@auburn.edu if you would like to request a recorded version of the seminar.
URL:https://cfwe.auburn.edu/event/fall-2024-seminar-series-wenwu-tang-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, Room 2217
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:2024 Fall Seminar Series — Mark Smith
DESCRIPTION:SPEAKER: Mark Smith\, Professor and Extension Specialist\, Alabama Cooperative Extension System \nTITLE: Role of Extension in the Land Grant University Mission \nABSTRACT: TBA \nSPEAKER BIOGRAPHY: TBA \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-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, Room 1223
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:2024 Fall Seminar Series — Donald Rockwood
DESCRIPTION:SPEAKER: Dr. Donald L. Rockwood\, Florida FGT LLC\, Gainesville\, and School of Forest\, Fisheries\, and Geomatics Sciences\, University of Florida \nTITLE: Eucalyptus for the Southeast \nABSTRACT: Dr. Rockwood’s seminar will review the potential of Eucalyptus grandis and E. amplifolia for the southeastern United States\, with emphasis on genetic improvement\, short rotation woody cropping systems\, and prospective products. He will also assess potential collaborative research opportunities. \nSPEAKER BIOGRAPHY: Dr. Donald L. Rockwood\, President of Florida FGT and professor emeritus at the University of Florida School of Forest\, Fisheries\, and Geomatics Sciences\, has over 40 years of experience with the development and use of Eucalyptus amplifolia\, E. grandis\, and four other species in Florida and elsewhere. He is actively involved with the genetic improvement of several Short Rotation Woody Crop (SRWC) species\, including the commercial release of five E. grandis cultivars\, and with the development and utilization of SRWC systems using these species. He was assistant professor\, associate professor\, and professor\, from 1972 until retiring at the end of February 2009\, teaching forest mensuration and related subjects to two generations of forestry majors\, advising undergraduates in forestry and natural resources\, mentoring over 50 graduate students and post-doctoral researchers in forest tree improvement\, SRWCs\, and dendroremediation\, and conducting research in the same fields. These activities were supported by over $3 million of extramural funding and have resulted in over 320 publications. \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-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, Room 1223
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:2024 Fall Seminar Series — Gary Machlis
DESCRIPTION:SPEAKER: Gary Machlis\, College of Behavioral\, Social\, and Health Sciences\, Clemson University \nTITLE: Sustainability and social justice \nABSTRACT: Sustainability for the Forgotten is an incendiary book that confronts the history\, policies\, and practices of sustainability. With examples that range from the coffee lands of El Salvador to the coal country of American Appalachia\, from the streets of Detroit to refugee camps in Greece and the upscale metro centers of the affluent\, sustainability is examined with a critical eye and an emphasis on ensuring that the forgotten are heard. \nSPEAKER BIOGRAPHY: Gary E. Machlis is University Professor of Environmental Sustainability at Clemson University. He is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, and member of the National Academies of Sciences\, Engineering\, and Medicine’s Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability and its Board on Environmental Change and Society. He has written widely on issues of conservation\, science policy\, and sustainability. \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-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, Room 1101
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SUMMARY:2024 Fall Seminar Series — Esteban Galeano
DESCRIPTION:SPEAKER: Esteban Galeano\, Department of Forestry\, Mississippi State University \nTITLE: Future breeding of Populus deltoides clones: use of existing information of genetic parameters and diversity in the southern USA \nABSTRACT: TBA \nSPEAKER BIOGRAPHY: TBA \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-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, Room 1223
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241030T110000
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DTSTAMP:20260523T071608
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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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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 — 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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241009T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241009T120000
DTSTAMP:20260523T071608
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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:20241002T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241002T120000
DTSTAMP:20260523T071608
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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
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240925T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240925T120000
DTSTAMP:20260523T071608
CREATED:20240828T184758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240930T154525Z
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SUMMARY:2024 Fall Seminar Series — Patricia Hartman
DESCRIPTION:SPEAKER: Patricia Hartman\, Biology\, Forestry and Wildlife Sciences\, and Math Librarian\, Auburn University Libraries \nTITLE: Open access and data archiving mandates \nABSTRACT: Open access publications give scholars worldwide an opportunity to access cutting-edge research\, while also benefiting the authors by making their work read more widely and cited more often. However\, these benefits often come at a high price\, with article processing charges regularly in excess of $2000. New policy mandates requiring all federally funded research be freely\, immediately available to the public further complicate matters\, and the logistics of how these policies will be implemented are still unclear. This presentation will focus on current models of open access publishing in the academic journal world\, along with copyright options\, open access policies for journals in relevant fields\, and publisher agreements the Libraries has in place to support AU researchers. \nSPEAKER BIOGRAPHY: Patricia Hartman is an Associate Professor at Auburn University Libraries\, where she has served as the Subject Librarian for the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment as well as the Departments of Biological Sciences and Mathematics since 2013. Additionally\, she specializes in scholarly communications issues related to open access\, scholarly identity and federal funding mandates. Patricia received master’s degrees in Forestry and Wildlife and in Library and Information Science from the University of Kentucky.  \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/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, Room 1223
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240918T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240918T120000
DTSTAMP:20260523T071608
CREATED:20240828T184502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240916T190422Z
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SUMMARY:2024 Fall Seminar Series — Brad Collett
DESCRIPTION:SPEAKER: Brad Collett\, Director\, Tennessee RiverLine\, University of Tennessee \nTITLE: The Tennessee RiverLine Recreation System \nABSTRACT: Born as a UT Landscape Architecture student’s concept in 2016\, the Tennessee RiverLine initiative today serves 56 cities and counties in three states in the shared pursuit of transforming how we as individuals\, communities\, and a region experience and steward our treasured Tennessee River.  During this talk\, Brad will share insight to the initiative’s origins and the collaborative progress made to date toward realizing this transformational vision. \nSPEAKER BIOGRAPHY: Brad Collett is Director of Tennessee RiverLine. Under Brad’s leadership\, a team of UT Extension professionals collaborates with a consortium of partners across the region to realize the vision for North America’s next great regional trail system and the economic development\, public health\, resource stewardship\, and equitable access benefits it promises future generations. As a faculty member in the UT School of Landscape Architecture\, his teaching\, research and creative activity centered on regional water resource stewardship through landscape planning and high-performance landscape design. While on faculty\, he published two books: Low Impact Development: Opportunities for the PlanET Region\, and HydroLIT: Southeast Tennessee Water Quality Playbook. Brad is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and The Ohio State University\, was a 2016 U.S. Fulbright Scholar to Slovenia\, and is a licensed landscape architect in the state of Tennessee. He and his wife and two children live in Knoxville. \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/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, Room 1223
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240911T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240911T120000
DTSTAMP:20260523T071608
CREATED:20240828T183008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240905T134907Z
UID:22351-1726052400-1726056000@cfwe.auburn.edu
SUMMARY:2024 Fall Seminar Series — Wenwu Tang
DESCRIPTION:SPEAKER: Dr. Wenwu Tang\, Executive Director\, Center for Applied Geographic Information Sciences\, and Professor\, Department of Earth\, Environmental\, and Geographic Sciences\, University of North Carolina at Charlotte \nTITLE: Agent-based land change modeling: Considering the impact of landscape visibility \nABSTRACT: This study investigates the role of landscape visibility in agent-based modeling of land use and land cover change. The utility of cyberinfrastructure-enabled high-performance computing in addressing the big data-driven computational challenge is demonstrated. \nSPEAKER BIOGRAPHY: Wenwu Tang is the Executive Director of the Center for Applied Geographic Information Science (gis.charlotte.edu) and Professor at the Department of Earth\, Environmental\, and Geographical Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He holds a doctorate degree from the University of Iowa and was a post-doc and research scientist at the U.S. National Center for Supercomputing Applications and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Tang’s research interests include cyberinfrastructure and high-performance geocomputation\, agent-based modeling\, land change modeling\, Web GIS\, and their geospatial applications. He has over 100 peer-reviewed publications and three edited books. Tang’s research has been supported by federal and state funding agencies (about $6.76 million in total)\, including USDA Forest Services\, U.S. CDC\, U.S. Fish and Wildlife\, NCDOT\, NC Forest Service\, and Electric Power Research Institute. Relevant courses that Tang has taught include CyberGIS and Big Data\, Spatial Statistics\, and Web GIS. He is the editorial board member of Landscape and Urban Planning and guest editor of three special issues (Sustainability\, ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information\, Land). \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/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, Room 1223
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240904T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240904T120000
DTSTAMP:20260523T071608
CREATED:20240828T184049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240926T211158Z
UID:22358-1725447600-1725451200@cfwe.auburn.edu
SUMMARY:2024 Fall Seminar Series — Feng Zhang
DESCRIPTION:SPEAKER: Dr. Feng Zhang\, Executive Director\, College of Ecology\, Lanzhou University\, Gansu Province\, China \nTITLE: Impact of Agricultural Mulching on Crop Yields\, Soil Carbon\, and Greenhouse Gas Emission \nABSTRACT: In this presentation\, the speaker will explore how agricultural mulching influences crop yields\, soil carbon dynamics\, and greenhouse gas emissions\, drawing on findings from both field experiments and modeling studies. The insights will span from farmland-level analyses to regional assessments. \nSPEAKER BIOGRAPHY: Dr. Zhang Feng specializes in monitoring and modeling greenhouse gas emissions and ecosystem dynamics. His research utilizes eddy covariance and chamber approaches to measure atmospheric constituents like carbon dioxide methane nitrous oxide and water and he integrates these observations into ecosystem models. Dr. Zhang developed the Paralleled DeNitrification-DeComposition (PDNDC) model which simulates biogeochemical processes in agro-ecosystems focusing on greenhouse gas emissions and sequestration. His work also involves quantifying ecosystem services such as soil organic carbon yield and nitrogen leaching to improve field management practices across diverse climates and soils. By integrating remote sensing data meta-analyses and artificial intelligence Dr. Zhang’s research aims to understand the impacts of climate change and human activities on agricultural ecosystems. \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/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment\, Room 1223
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240424T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240424T123000
DTSTAMP:20260523T071608
CREATED:20240108T182854Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240417T191349Z
UID:11049-1713956400-1713961800@cfwe.auburn.edu
SUMMARY:2024 Spring Seminar Series - Matthew Capps
DESCRIPTION:The 2024 Spring Seminar Series will feature Matthew Capps\, deputy director of Alabama State Parks. Capps will give a presentation titled “Alabama State Parks: 2023 A Year At A Glance” on Wednesday\, April 24\, at 11 a.m. in Room 2217 of the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment Building located at 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL. \nCapps is an Auburn University alumnus and hosted by Dr. Wayde Morse\, professor of conservation social sciences in the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment. He will provide his snapshot of the status of Alabama State Parks and the successes and challenges it faced in 2023. His presentation will also provide state park attendance data\, information about new park reservation systems\, and other capital improvement projects across the state. \nCapps has more than twelve years of park operations and grounds maintenance which includes nonprofit\, municipal\, and private sectors. His current role has allowed him to spearhead the development of a complete capital improvement plan which aims to optimize operations for long-term financial stability of Alabama State Parks. \nFaculty\, 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 Spring 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/2024-spring-seminar-series-matthew-capps/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment Building\, Room 2217\, 3301 SFWS BUILDING\, Auburn University\, AL\, 36849-0001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240417T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240417T123000
DTSTAMP:20260523T071608
CREATED:20240103T200524Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240412T200035Z
UID:11033-1713351600-1713357000@cfwe.auburn.edu
SUMMARY:2024 Spring Seminar Series - Nana Tian
DESCRIPTION:The 2024 Spring Seminar Series will feature Nana Tian\, associate professor in the College of Forestry\, Agriculture\, and Natural Resources at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. Dr. Tian will give a presentation titled “Developing and harnessing climate-smart commodities from hardwood restoration for small and underserved landowners in the Southern Bottomland Region” on Wednesday\, April 17\, at 11 a.m. in Room 2217 of the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment Building located at 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL. \nDr. Tian is hosted by Dr. Daowei Zhang\, associate dean of research and the Alumni and George W. Peake Professor of forest economics in the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment. Tian will explain her project supporting the practices of climate-smart processes and available incentives. She will focus on how producers\, underserved landowners\, and early adopters implement climate-smart practices — measuring and monitoring carbon and greenhouse gas (GHG) benefits. \nDr. Tian’s research focuses on human dimension and economic issues within natural resource management. Her current projects include econometric models of private landowners\, invasive species\, forest certification\, ecosystem valuation\, and sustainable economic development. She has served as the principal investigator (PI) on multiple grant-funded projects\, securing more than $4 million in extramural funding. Tian has also produced more than 40 peer-reviewed journal articles. \nFaculty\, 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 Spring 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/2024-spring-seminar-series-nana-tian/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment Building\, Room 2217\, 3301 SFWS BUILDING\, Auburn University\, AL\, 36849-0001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240410T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240410T123000
DTSTAMP:20260523T071608
CREATED:20240103T200450Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240404T132904Z
UID:11032-1712746800-1712752200@cfwe.auburn.edu
SUMMARY:2024 Spring Seminar Series - Ginger Deason
DESCRIPTION:The 2024 Spring Seminar Series will feature Ginger Deason\, program officer at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) Division of International Conservation. Dr. Deason will give a presentation titled “The path of the jaguar: Conservation in Central America in Three Acts” on Wednesday\, April 10\, at 11 a.m. in Room 2217 of the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment Building located at 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL. \nDr. Deason is hosted by Dr. Allie McCreary\, assistant professor of parks and recreation management in the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment. Deason will provide an overview of the FWS Division of International Conservation\, discuss her studies in wildlife conservation in Central America\, and her career track from Auburn University to Washington D.C. \nDr. Deason has worked with indigenous groups in southern Mexico while researching community-based adaptation planning. She also gathered data on tourists’ perceptions of climate change impacts and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guatemala. \nFaculty\, 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 Spring Seminar Calendar or request to join our email list at cfwecom@auburn.edu. 
URL:https://cfwe.auburn.edu/event/2024-spring-seminar-series-ginger-deason/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment Building\, Room 2217\, 3301 SFWS BUILDING\, Auburn University\, AL\, 36849-0001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240403T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240403T123000
DTSTAMP:20260523T071608
CREATED:20240103T200408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T214931Z
UID:11031-1712142000-1712147400@cfwe.auburn.edu
SUMMARY:2024 Spring Seminar Series - Gabriel de Oliveira
DESCRIPTION:The 2024 Spring Seminar Series will feature Gabriel de Oliveira\, assistant professor at the University of South Alabama Department of Earth Sciences. Dr. Oliveira will give a presentation titled “Deforestation\, fire\, and land cover changes in tropical/subtropical regions” on Wednesday\, April 3\, at 11 a.m. in Room 2217 of the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment Building located at 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL. \nDr. Oliveira is hosted by Dr. Latif Kalin\, Clinton-McClure Professor in the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment. Oliveira will discuss biosphere-atmosphere interactions using remote sensing and field observations in Amazonia\, the world’s largest tropical rainforest and river basin. \nDr. Oliveira is a Fellow of the United States National Academy of Sciences and has researched the Amazon Rainforest for approximately 15 years. He focuses on orbital remote sensing and ground observation which reveal how deforestation\, fire\, and drought affect climate and plant processes. His research has been published in notable journals including Science and Nature. \nFaculty\, 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 Spring 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/2024-spring-seminar-series-gabrielle-de-oliveira/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment Building\, Room 2217\, 3301 SFWS BUILDING\, Auburn University\, AL\, 36849-0001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240327T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240327T123000
DTSTAMP:20260523T071608
CREATED:20240321T060342Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240321T184722Z
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SUMMARY:2024 Spring Seminar Series - Conghe Song
DESCRIPTION:The 2024 Spring Seminar Series will feature Conghe Song\, professor and chair of the University of North Carolina Department of Geography and Environment. Dr. Song will give a presentation titled “Implications of Vegetation and Climate Interactions on Carbon Sequestration and Freshwater Supply” on Wednesday\, March 27\, at 11 a.m. in Room 2217 of the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment Building located at 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL. \nDr. Song is hosted by Dr. Li An\, Solon & Martha Dixon Endowed Professor in the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment. Song will provide his evidence showing that the Earth is greening in the twenty-first century. His presentation will explain how croplands are greening while forests are browning and how this process relates to deforestation. Additionally\, Dr. Song will address vegetation breeding and its effect on freshwater supply. \nDr. Song has studied geography for more than 25 years\, and his research spans across remote sensing\, ecosystem modeling as it relates to climate change\, and rural land-use changes through surveying. He regularly publishes in a wide variety of journals and serves as a principal investigator (PI) on several federally and privately funded projects. \nFaculty\, 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 Spring 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/2024-spring-seminar-series-conghe-song/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment Building\, Room 2217\, 3301 SFWS BUILDING\, Auburn University\, AL\, 36849-0001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240320T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240320T123000
DTSTAMP:20260523T071608
CREATED:20240311T180012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240314T142008Z
UID:11029-1710932400-1710937800@cfwe.auburn.edu
SUMMARY:2024 Spring Seminar Series - David MacFarlane
DESCRIPTION:The 2024 Spring Seminar Series will feature David MacFarlane\, director of the Institute for Ecology and Human Well-Being and professor of forest measurements and modeling at Michigan State University. Dr. MacFarlane will give a presentation titled “Beyond the bounding box of the bole: building better biometrics by bringing in branches and bark” on Wednesday\, March 20\, at 11 a.m. in Room 2217 of the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment Building located at 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL. \nDr. MacFarlane is hosted by Dr. Georgios Arseniou\, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment. MacFarlane will provide a fundamental comprehension of the roles branches and bark serve in whole-tree structure and function. His presentation aims to enlighten attendees about tree growth\, survival\, and value as it relates to the quantification of wood in the merchantable bole. \nDr. MacFarlane represents more than two decades of experience researching forest measurements in local and regional scales. He focuses on the development of tree measurement methods and new approaches to modeling forests. Some of MacFarlane’s recent work includes the improvement of national forest carbon inventories in the United States and Brazil as they influence climate change. Also\, he concentrates on human well-being and how forests provide ecological services while developing biologically motivated models of tree structure and function. \nFaculty\, 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 Spring 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/2024-spring-seminar-series-dr-david-macfarlane/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment Building\, Room 2217\, 3301 SFWS BUILDING\, Auburn University\, AL\, 36849-0001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240313T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240313T123000
DTSTAMP:20260523T071608
CREATED:20240307T160239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240308T140906Z
UID:11028-1710327600-1710333000@cfwe.auburn.edu
SUMMARY:2024 Spring Seminar Series - Sahas Barve
DESCRIPTION:The Spring 2024 Seminar Series will feature Sahas Barve\, Director of Avian Ecology at Archbold Biological Station. Dr. Barve’s current research revolves around a 56-year-long study of an endangered bird species at his field station in Florida. He will deliver a talk titled “Getting into fights for your children: Parental facilitation in a time of global change” on Wednesday\, March 13\, at 11 a.m. in Room 2217 of the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment Building located at 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL. \n\n\nDr. Barve is hosted by Dr. Kelsey McCune\, a Research Assistant Professor in the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment. Barve’s lecture will explore how wild birds behave while facilitating the dispersal and establishment of their offspring. The lecture will focus on two species\, the Acorn Woodpecker and Florida Scrub-Jay\, using long-term datasets to understand their behavioral responses in a changing world. \n\n\nFaculty\, 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 Spring Seminar Calendar or request to join our email list at cfwecom@auburn.edu. \n\n\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/2024-spring-seminar-series-sahas-barve/
LOCATION:College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment Building\, Room 2217\, 3301 SFWS BUILDING\, Auburn University\, AL\, 36849-0001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240221T123000
DTSTAMP:20260523T071608
CREATED:20240103T200134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240215T151448Z
UID:11027-1708513200-1708518600@cfwe.auburn.edu
SUMMARY:2024 Spring Seminar Series - Monika Rawat
DESCRIPTION:The 2024 Spring Seminar Series will feature Monika Rawat\, postdoctoral researcher at the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment at Auburn University. Dr. Rawat will give a presentation titled “An introduction to plant functional traits in the temperate forest of the Himalayas” on Wednesday\, Feb 21\, at 11 a.m. in Room 2217 of the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment Building located at 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL.   \nDr. Rawat is hosted by Dr. Heather Alexander\, Associate Professor in the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment. Dr. Rawat will provide an introductory exploration of plant functional traits within the temperate forests of the Himalayas\, shedding light on the diverse characteristics of the tree species of the Himalayan region and offering insights into their ecological roles and responses to environmental changes. Attendees will gain a foundational understanding of how plant traits influence ecosystem dynamics and resilience in the context of the temperate forest.  \nDr. Rawat is a forest ecologist specializing in the study of functional traits within the Himalayan region. She has conducted extensive fieldwork and analysis to unravel the intricate relationships between plant traits and ecosystem processes and functioning\, i.e.\, aboveground biomass carbon\, soil organic carbon\, soil respiration and soil microbial biomass carbon in temperate forest ecosystem. Her expertise lies in studying ecosystem functioning\, carbon and nutrient cycling\, and the effects of global change on forest dynamics in Himalayan temperate forests.  \nFaculty\, 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/2024-spring-seminar-series-monika-rawat/
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240214T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240214T123000
DTSTAMP:20260523T071608
CREATED:20240103T200016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240213T171212Z
UID:11026-1707908400-1707913800@cfwe.auburn.edu
SUMMARY:2024 Spring Seminar Series - Katie Lawson
DESCRIPTION:The 2024 Spring Seminar Series will feature Katie Lawson\, GIS Analyst with the Alabama Natural Heritage Program. Dr. Lawson will give a presentation on the Alabama Natural Heritage Program (ALNHP) at Auburn University on Wednesday\, Feb 14\, at 11 a.m. in Room 2217 of the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment Building located at 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL. \nDr. Lawson is hosted by Dr. Jonathon Valente\, Assistant Professor in the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment and Assistant Unit Leader of the Alabama Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. Dr. Lawson will discuss the purpose and functions of the ALNHP\, shedding light on current projects and partnerships. As an integral part of the NatureServe Natural Heritage Network\, the ALNHP’s staff gather important data pertaining to the rare species and communities found in Alabama and other regions of the Southeast. \nDr. Katie Lawson has been with the Alabama Natural Heritage Program since February 2019. In her current role\, she manages the program’s natural heritage inventory database\, Biotics\, provides GIS support\, teaches a graduate-level GIS course in the Department of Biological Sciences\, and conducts research in geospatial and aquatic sciences. Katie received her Ph.D. in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences from the University of Florida\, her M.S. in Fisheries from Auburn University\, and her B.S. in Zoology from Auburn. Her previous work experiences include researching Asian Carp control techniques with the USGS\, researching non-native fish invasion success in Florida\, and studying native fish assemblage change and the effects of agriculture on aquatic systems in Alabama. \nFaculty\, 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 Spring Seminar Calendar or request to join our email list at cfwecom@auburn.edu. 
URL:https://cfwe.auburn.edu/event/2024-spring-seminar-series-katie-lawson/
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240207T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240207T123000
DTSTAMP:20260523T071608
CREATED:20240103T195941Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240213T171229Z
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SUMMARY:2024 Spring Seminar Series - Adnan Rajib
DESCRIPTION:The 2024 Spring Seminar Series will feature Adnan Rajib\, Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington. Rajib will give a talk titled “Wetlands as nature-based climate solutions” on Wednesday\, Feb 7\, at 11 a.m. in Room 2217 of the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment Building located at 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL.   \nDr. Rajib is hosted by Dr. Latif Kalin\, Professor in the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment. Rajib’s presentation will elaborate on how wetlands and depressional storage systems are some of the most productive yet vulnerable ecosystems of the world. He will discuss the recent data\, geospatial analytics\, and model developments being used to map wetlands\, estimate wetland loss\, and harness wetlands as nature-based solutions to floods and droughts.  \nDr. Rajib is a tenure-track Assistant Professor and the Director of the Hydrology & Hydroinformatics Innovation (H2I) Lab in the Department of Civil Engineering\, University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Rajib’s research focuses primarily on sustainability with emphasis on climate risks and big data informatics. His work has been published in reputable journals including Nature. His most recent works on global water quality and human floodplain alterations have been featured in NASA Discovery and Nature Outlook. Dr. Rajib received a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Purdue University in Spring 2017 and worked as a Postdoctoral fellow at the US EPA Office of Research and Development until 2019.  \nFaculty\, 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 Spring 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/2024-spring-seminar-series-adnan-rajib/
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SUMMARY:2024 Spring Seminar Series - John Tracy
DESCRIPTION:The 2024 Spring Seminar Series will feature John Tracy\, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Florida\, West Florida Research and Education Center. Tracy will give a talk titled “An investigation of shifting forest species composition in the Apalachicola River Floodplain of Florida” on Wednesday\, Jan. 31\, at 11 a.m. in Room 2217 of the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment Building located at 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL.   \nTracy is hosted by Dr. Ajay Sharma\, Assistant Professor in the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment. Tracy’s presentation will detail how anthropogenic and climatic forces have combined to alter flow regimes throughout the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin with significant biological responses observed in the Apalachicola River floodplain and bay. Drier floodplain conditions are believed to be responsible for observed reductions in density of lower elevation swamp species such as Nyssa spp. and Fraxinus spp. This talk will discuss drivers behind these forest species responses\, the ecological significance\, and how restoration efforts can use these observations to set achievable goals.  \nTracy’s background is in management of bottomland hardwood and pine forests of south Louisiana with 10 years of industrial forestry experience. He studies forest ecology of river floodplain systems and his research informs slough-flow restoration efforts in the Apalachicola River of Florida.  \nFaculty\, 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 Spring 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/2024-spring-seminar-series-john-tracy/
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:2024 Spring Seminar Series - Jeff Youngblood
DESCRIPTION:The 2024 Spring Seminar Series will feature Dr. Jeffrey Youngblood\, Professor of Materials Engineering at Purdue University’s School of Materials Engineering in West Lafayette\, Indiana. Dr. Youngblood will give a talk titled “Nano/Bio is not an either/or choice for composites” on Wednesday\, Jan. 24\, at 11 a.m. in Room 2217 of the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment Building located at 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL. \nDr. Youngblood is hosted by Dr. Soledad Peresin\, Associate Professor and leader of the Sustainable Bio-based Materials Lab in the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment. Dr. Youngblood’s presentation will detail how the wonder materials called “cellulose nanomaterials” can be utilized in a variety of applications including composites\, food packaging\, and construction to improve properties and sustainability. \nDr. Youngblood received a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Physics at Louisiana State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts\, Amherst in Polymer Science and Engineering working on synthetic polymer chemistry and surface science. After becoming a Postdoc at Cornell University\, he joined Purdue University and is currently a Professor of Materials Engineering. His recent focus is on sustainable materials and production methods (including cellulose nanomaterials)\, ceramics processing\, infrastructure materials\, additive manufacturing\, and PFAS mitigation. \nFaculty\, 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 Spring 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/2024-spring-seminar-series-jeff-youngblood/
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SUMMARY:2023 CFWE Fall Seminar Series - Peter Larsen
DESCRIPTION:The 2023 Fall Seminar Series will feature Peter Larsen\, Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences and Co-Director of the Minnesota Center for Prion Research and Outreach (MNPRO). Dr. Larsen will give a talk titled “Next generation solutions for the surveillance and management of CWD” on Tuesday\, Nov. 14\, at 3:30 p.m. in Room 2217 of the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment Building located at 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL.    \nDr. Larsen is hosted by Dr. Aniruddha Belsare\, Assistant Professor of Disease Ecology in the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment. Dr. Larsen will deliver a presentation on Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)\, a prion disease affecting cervids\, which continues to spread within deer and elk populations across North America. Concern is growing of the extent of CWD prion contamination in the environment and that specific CWD strains might negatively impact the health of livestock and humans. Dr. Larsen will present exciting new technologies developed at the University of Minnesota that can be leveraged for real-time surveillance of CWD\, ultimately providing new management strategies for the disease.  \nDr. Peter Larsen is an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences and is Co-Director of the Minnesota Center for Prion Research and Outreach (MNPRO). He is Co-Founder and CEO of Priogen Corp.\, a University of Minnesota spin-off company specializing in next-generation CWD diagnostic services and technologies. Peter has over 18 years of experience in molecular biology\, mammalogy and genomics and he leads a diverse research team whose collective mission is to advance our understanding of Chronic Wasting Disease biology and ecology. For the past four years\, Dr. Larsen has led an effort to develop advanced diagnostic tools for rapid real-time detection of CWD and other prion diseases. Peter and the MNPRO team work closely with state\, tribal\, federal\, industry and academic partners to conduct innovative research aimed at fighting CWD in new ways.     \nFaculty\, students\, and the public are invited to attend this program. Advanced registration is not required.  Refreshments will be available after the seminar\, and CFEs are available upon request. 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 2023 Fall Seminar Calendar or request to join our email list at cfwecom@auburn.edu. 
URL:https://cfwe.auburn.edu/event/2023-cfwe-fall-seminar-series-larsen/
CATEGORIES:Seminar Series
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SUMMARY:2023 CFWE Fall Seminar Series - Tham Hoang
DESCRIPTION:The 2023 Fall Seminar Series will feature Tham Hoang\, Associate Professor of Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment Laboratory in the School of Fisheries\, Aquaculture\, and Aquatic Sciences at Auburn University. Dr. Hoang will give a talk titled “Environmental toxicology-from fundamentals to applied science: case studies with heavy metals and insecticides” on Tuesday\, Nov. 7\, at 3:30 p.m. in Room 2217 of the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment Building located at 602 Duncan Drive\, Auburn\, AL. \nDr. Hoang is hosted by Dr. Latif Kalin\, a Professor in the College of Forestry\, Wildlife and Environment. Dr. Hoang will discuss the breadth of the interdisciplinary science of environmental toxicology in the context of two subjects. One will focus on the bioavailability and toxicity of heavy metals and insecticides in the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems\, including the toxicity of mosquito control insecticides to larvae (caterpillar) and adult butterflies via different exposure routes in the South Florida ecosystem. The second subject will include the application of environmental toxicology data to ecological risk assessment in support of development of environmental quality guidelines and management. \nDr. Tham Hoang is an Associate Professor in the School of Fisheries\, Aquaculture\, and Aquatic Sciences at Auburn University. He received his doctoral degree in Environmental Toxicology with a minor in Environmental Statistics from Clemson University. He has over 20 years of research experience in environmental toxicology and risk assessment. His research on the toxicity of contaminants\, especially for metals\, is related to ecological risk assessment and environmental quality criteria and guidelines for aquatic organisms. Over the past 20 years\, he has collaborated with colleagues in academic\, private\, and governmental sectors worldwide for research and education to understand environmental impacts of contaminants and to support environmental protection and sustainability. \nFaculty\, students\, and the public are invited to attend this program. Advanced registration is not required.  Refreshments will be available after the seminar\, and CFEs are available upon request. 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 2023 Fall Seminar Calendar or request to join our email list at cfwecom@auburn.edu. 
URL:https://cfwe.auburn.edu/event/2023-cfwe-fall-seminar-series-haong/
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