Previous Environmental Science Talks
The Environmental Science Seminar Series (formally WISE Talks) is a bi-weekly talk that highlights different components of Environmental Science with specialists in the field. See below for previous talks in the series
Climate and Land Use Effects on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Aquatic Ecosystems in the Northern Great Plains
Dr. Kerri Finlay (Professor, University of Regina)
Climate and Land Use Effects on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Aquatic Ecosystems in the Northern Great Plains
Bio: Dr. Finlay is currently Professor and Co-Director of the Institute for Environmental Change and Society, and Past President of the Society of Canadian Aquatic Sciences. Her research focuses on aquatic ecology and biogeochemistry, investigating the role of Prairie lakes, wetland ponds, and reservoirs in the global carbon budget, and the effects of anthropogenic activities on water quality. She collaborates to bring social and political perspectives into research, through conflict, vulnerability, and adaptation analyses, as well as involving local communities and citizens through a Community-Based Water Quality Monitoring program
Leveraging mountain ecosystems to address biodiversity questions in the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot
Fairo Foryuy (Postdoctoral Fellow at Shelley Hoover's lab, UofL)
Leveraging mountain ecosystems to address biodiversity questions in the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot