Lecture Series Spring 2008

Location: Math and Science Center, Room N306
Time: 4PM on Dates Listed Below

January 24th – Uriel Kitron, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Studies, Emory University. Environment, Change and Disease: Vector-borne Zoonoses in the Americas

January 31st – Jaehong-Kim, Assistant Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Fate and Transformation of Carbon Nanomaterials in Natural and EngineeredAqueous Environments

February 7th – Paul Hirsch, Georgia Tech Ph.D. Candidate. Dealing with Complexity in Environmental Problem Solving: Water Planning in Georgia

February 21st – Matthew Valente, Ph.D. Student, Department of Geography, University of Tennessee. Evolutionary History and Conservation Genetics of the Rare Basal Angiosperm Schisandra glabra

February 28th – Dr. Kyle Van Houton, Department of Environmental Studies, Emory University. Four continents, four conservation problems: South Africa, Brazil, Hawaii, and the Caribbean

March 6th – Ching-Hua Huang, Associate Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
http://www.ce.gatech.edu/~chuang/
Endocrine Disruption and Environmental Fate of Emerging Contaminants

March 20th – Dr. Anna George, Tennessee Aquarium
From Genes to Ecosystems: Conservation of Endangered Aquatic Species at the Tennessee Aquarium

March 27th – Frank and Audrey Peterman, The Wilderness Society.  Protecting Wilderness in The Southeast U.S.

April 3rd – Dr. Sarah Schweitzer, Warnell School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia.
Topic TBA

April 10th – Alex Size, Trust for Public Land.  TPL and the Atlanta Belt Line Project

April 17th – Jenny Hoffner, Director, Water Efficiency Initiative American Rivers; (Emory H&E Alum).  Topic TBA

Special thanks to Dr. Jessica Seares, instructor, ENVS 390, for arranging this speaker series.
For further infomation: jseares@emory.edu