JANUARY
January 18
Dr. Ian Bricknell, School of Marine Sciences
Finding Sea Lice in the Sea
11:00am, 354 Aubert Hall
Sponsored by the School of Marine Sciences Seminar Series
For information: 581-4381
January 23
Susan Elston, University of Maine
Event Exploration and Characterization using Data from the Gulf of Maine Observing Network
4:10pm, 310 Boardman Hall
Sponsored by the Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar Series.
For information: 581-2137
January 25
Dr. Laurie Connell, School of Marine Sciences
Microfungal diversity in Antarctica's Dry Valleys
11:00am, 354 Aubert Hall
Sponsored by the School of Marine Sciences Seminar Series
For information: 581-4381
Dr. Jasmine Saros, University of Maine
The Role of Ultraviolet Radiation in Structuring Alpine Lake Ecosystems
3:10pm, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by the School of Biology and Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-2540
January 28
Stephen Depoe, Assoc. Prof. of Communication, Univ. of Cincinnati
Talking about the earth: Environmental communication in the 21st century
1:00pm, 107 Norman Smith Hall
Sponsored by the Mitchell Center and the Dept. of Communication and Journalism
For information: Kim Raymond, 581-3244
Dr. Becky Holberton, Dept of Biological Sciences, UMaine
Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes: The Eco-physiological Underpinnings of Seasonal Interaction Effects on Population Regulation in Migratory Birds
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Wildlife Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-2862
FEBRUARY
February 1
Dan Holland, Resource Economist, Gulf of Maine Research Institute
Are Fisherman Rational? A Fishing Expedition
12:00 noon, 201 Winslow Hall
Sponsored by the School of Economics Seminar Series
For information: 581-3150
Dr. Hwan Su Yoon, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Plastid Evolution in Chlorophyll C-Containing Algae and Paulinella
11:00am, 354 Aubert Hall
Sponsored by the School of Marine Sciences Seminar Series
For information: 581-4381
Amanda Shearin, Ph.D. Program in Ecology and Environmental Sci.
Proposal Seminar: Amphibian Community Dynamics in Three Aquatic Ecosystems
9:00am, 204 Nutting Hall
For information: 581-2862
William Beardsley, President Husson College
Maine's Forests at the Tipping Point
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Forestry Noontime Seminar Series
For information: 581-2841
February 4
Peter Pekins, Dept of Natural Resources, U. of New Hampshire
Ghost Moose and Blood-sucking Ticks: As Global Warming Creeps.
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Wildlife Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-2862
February 6
Aram Calhoun and Dawn Morgan, UMaine Dept of Wildlife Ecology
Community Based Conservation: Protecting Vernal Pool Habitat in Orono, Maine.
5:15pm, 204 Nutting Hall
Society of Conservation Biology Meeting
Dominic Winski, Dartmouth College
Unroofing in Maine from 38 Ma to the Present
12 noon, 100 Bryand Global
Sponsored by the Department of Earth Sciences
For information: 581-2152
February 8
Dr. Ed Laine, Associate Prof. of Geology, Bowdoin College
Using Service Learning to Deliver Problem-based Learning in Undergraduate Oceanography Courses: Engaging Non Science Majors.
11:00am, 354 Aubert Hall
Sponsored by the School of Marine Sciences Seminar Series
For information: 581-4381
Richard C. Hill, Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering
The Energy Marketplace - a bizarre bazaar.
12:00 noon, 201 Winslow Hall
Sponsored by the School of Economics Seminar Series
For information: 581-3150
Bob Seymour, University of Maine Forestry Dept.
1990's Forestry Propoganda Videos
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Forestry Noontime Seminar Series
For information: 581-2841
Clarissa Henry, University of Maine
Zebrafish Muscle Fiber Morphogenesis
3:10pm, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by the School of Biology and Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-2540
February 11
James Gibbs, Dept of Env. and Forest Biology, SUNY ESF
Evolution and Ecology of Giant Galapagos Tortoises
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Wildlife Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-2862
David Huntress, University of Maine
Master of Science Thesis Defense
Chemical Dynamics During High Discharge Events at Three Forested Catchments in Eastern Maine, USA
2:00pm, Room 100 Bryant Global Sciences Center
Sponsored by the Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar Series. For information: 581-2137
February 12
Robert Gomez, Graduate Research Seminar
Modified Silicon Nanotubes: A Solution to the Energy Crisis?
11:00am, 428 Aubert Hall
Sponsored by the Dept. of Chemistry. For information: 581-1169
February 15
Jim Wilson and Liying Yan, School of Marine Sciences, UMaine
Modeling competition and cooperation in a complex environment.
12:00 noon, 201 Winslow Hall
Sponsored by the School of Economics Seminar Series
For information: 581-3150
Dr. Sue Elston, Nat'l Center for Geographic Information & Analysis
Event Exploration and Characterization Using Data From The Gulf of Maine Observing Network.
11:00am, 354 Aubert Hall
Sponsored by the School of Marine Sciences Seminar Series
For information: 581-4381
Michelle Baumflek, University of VT, Rubenstein School of Env.
Putting the Pieces Together: Vermont Partnership Approaches to Sustainable Forest Managment in Parcelized Landscapes.
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Forestry Noontime Seminar Series
For information: 581-2841
Emily S. Knurek, Ecology & Environmental Science, UMaine
Thesis Proposal Seminar: Taxonomic and Population Status of the Clayton's Copper Butterfly (Lycaena dorcas claytoni)
10:00am, 204 Nutting Hall
For information: 581-2862
Dr. Christopher Campbell, University of Maine
Systematics of Amelanchier (the shadbushes, serviceberries, and sugarplums)
3:10pm, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by the School of Biology and Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-2540
February 18
Paul Mayewski, Climate Change Institute, UMaine
The Ice Chronicles of Climate Change
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Wildlife Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-2862
February 21
Scott Denning, Colorado State University
Carbon on the Wind: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Analyses of Sources and Sinks
3:00pm, 100 Bryant Global Science Center
Sponsored by the Department of Earth Sciences, the Climate Change Institute and the UMaine Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi.
For Information: 581-2152
Scott Denning, Colorado State University
Carbon-Climate Interactions in the 21st Century
6:30pm Reception, D.P. Corbett Lobby
7:30pm Lecture, D.P. Corbett Auditorium
Sponsored by the UMaine Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi and UMaine Alumni Association.
For Information: 581-1142
February 22
Dr. Lew Incze, Bioscience Research Institute
Internal Waves, Euphausiid Patches and Surface Feeding Predators on Platts Bank, Gulf of Maine
11:00am, 354 Aubert Hall
Sponsored by the School of Marine Sciences Seminar Series
For information: 581-4381
Chad Oliver, Yale School of Forestry
TBA
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Forestry Noontime Seminar Series
For information: 581-2841
Dr. Breck Bowden, University of Vermont
Hyporheic processes in Arctic streams: How will climate warming affect biogeochemical dynamics in high-latitude stream ecosystems?
3:10pm, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by the School of Biology and Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-2540
February 25
Catherine Burns, Dept. of Wildlife Ecology, UMaine
Fire and Large Herbivores in South African Savanna Grasslands.
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Wildlife Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-2862
February 26
Environmental Forum with Maine Attorney General Steve Rowe
Presentation and discussion on environmental protection actions undertaken by the Office of the Maine Attorney General. This will include discussion of several actions where the state has sued the Environmental Protection Agency for failure to enforce the Clean Air Act.
1:00pm, Room 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine, Orono
For information: Kim Raymond 581-3244
Kathleen Bell, School of Economics; Aram Calhoun, Dept. of Wildlife Ecology; David Hart, Mitchell Center for Environmental & Watershed Research; Rob Lilieholm, School of Forest Resources
The Environmental Solutions Initiative: Linking Knowledge to Action for a Sustainable Maine
4:00pm, University Club, Fogler Library
Part of the Research Cafe series
co-sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research and the University Club.
For information: Lynne Whittlesey 581-3465
February 27
Adria Elskus, USGS
Initial findings on multiple stressor effects in early life stage Atlantic salmon (Samo salar): blueberry pesticides, acid, aluminum
4:10pm, 310 Boardman Hall
Sponsored by the Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar Series. For information: 581-2137
Stan Freeman, Madeleine Freeman, Marci Sorg
An Intimate Look at Rachel Carson: A Multimedia Presentation by People Who Knew Her.
12:15-1:30pm, Bangor Room, Memorial Union
Sponsored by the Woman in the Curriculum and Woman's Studies Program Spring 2008 Lunch Series
For information: 581-1228
February 29
Dr. Santosh Lall, Bio-Chemist, Nat'l Research Council in Canada
Nutrition and Reproduction in Fish
11:00am, 354 Aubert Hall
Sponsored by the School of Marine Sciences Seminar Series
For information: 581-4381
Ed Bangs, Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Gray wolf recovery in the Northern Rocky Mountains: successes and challenges.
2:00-3:00pm, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Wildlife Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-2862
MARCH
March 13
F. Sherwood Rowland, University of California, Irvine
Our Changing Atmosphere: The Ozone Hole and Carbon Dioxide
4:30pm, Buchanan Alumni House
Sponsored by
the School of Marine Sciences, Climate Change Institute, Department of Chemistry and the Maine Section of the American Chemical Society
For information: Sue Thibodeau, 581-4381
March 17
Daniel Hayes, Dept. Fisheries & Wildlife, Michigan State U.
Dammed if You Don't - Why Dam Removal is Important for Fish
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Wildlife Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-2862
Dr. Orrin Pikley, Duke University
Applied quantitative mathemcatical modeling of earth processes: A boon or a bust?
4:00 pm, Room 100 Bryand Global Sciences
For information: 581-2152
March 20
Laurie Fowler, Director of Policy, UGA River Basin Center
Piloting the Nation's First Watershed Center of Excellence
12:00 noon, 107 Norman Smith Hall.
Sponsored by the Environmental Solutions Initiative and the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research
Contact: Kim Raymond, 581-3244
March 21
Sara La Rochelle, Rob Freeman, School of Economics, UMaine
Modeling the impacts of land use change on vernal pool-breeding amphibians
12:00 noon, 201 Winslow Hall
Sponsored by the School of Economics Seminar Series
For information: 581-3150
Dr. Charlie Tilburg, University of Georgia
Larval Transport
11:00am, 354 Aubert Hall
Sponsored by the School of Marine Sciences Seminar Series
For information: 581-4381
March 24
Dr. Les Kaufmann, Boston U, Center for Energy and Env. Studies
The Emperor's New Wet Suit: Marine Science in Conservation and Ecosystem-Based Management
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Wildlife Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-2862
March 25
Qiong Wang, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Maine
Using Algae Fluorescence to Monitor Source Water Quality
11:00am, 428 Aubert Hall
For information: 581-1169
March 26
Ken Lee, University of Maine
Phase partitioning and viscosity of ethanol, isopropanol, and methanol with BTEX compounds in water
4:10pm, 310 Boardman Hall
Sponsored by the Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar Series. For information: 581-2137
Sean Birkel, University of Maine
Is the modern climate cold enough to support an ice sheet over northern Canada?
Joshua Rhoades, University of Maine
Groundwater modelling of a pumping test in Glacial Lake Agassiz Peatlands, northern Minnesota
12:00 noon, 100 Bryand Global
Sponsored by the Dept. of Earth Sciences Brown Bag Series
March 28
Jonathan Harris, Director of the Theory and Education Program, Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University
Macroeconomics and Climate Change: The Twenty-First Century Challenge.
12:00 noon, 201 Winslow Hall
Sponsored by the School of Economics Seminar Series
For information: 581-3150
Dr. Gayle Zydlewski, School of Marine Sciences
Penobscot River, Penobscot Bay: State of the Watershed
11:00am, 354 Aubert Hall
Sponsored by the School of Marine Sciences Seminar Series
For information: 581-4381
Aram Calhoun, UMaine and Gordon Moore, MFS
Conserving vernal pool habitat in working forests
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Forestry Noontime Seminar Series
For information: 581-2841
Richard "Gus" Wathen, Dept. of Wildlife Ecology
Thesis Proposal Seminar: The effects of competition from an exotic species: do invasive smallmouth bass threaten endangered Atlantic salmon?
2:00 - 3:00 pm, 204 Nutting Hall
For information: 581-2862
Dr. Vince Markowski,
U. of Southern Maine
Developmental Neurotoxicity of the
PBDE Flame Retardants
3:10PM, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by School of Biology and Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-2540
March 31
Nick Rodenhouse, Dept. of Biology, Wellesley College
Effects of Climate Change on Migratory Songbirds: Identification and Assessment of Uncertainty.
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Wildlife Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-2862
APRIL
April 1
Nilmini Gedivinne, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Maine
Extraction and Quantification of Shikimic Acid and Quinic Acid from Conifer Needles
11:00am, 428 Aubert Hall
For information: 581-1169
April 3
Tiffany Wilson, Ecology & Environmental Sciences, UMaine
Thesis Defense: A Paleolimnological Assessment of Three Oligotrophic Watersheds in Maine
2:00pm, 107 Norman Smith Hall
For infomation: 581-3244
April 4
Dr. Nancy Denslow, College of Veterinary Sci, Univ. of Florida
Changes in Gene Expression in Fathead Minnows Exposed to a Model Estrogen, Androgen or to Their Antagonists.
11:00am, 354 Aubert Hall
Sponsored by the School of Marine Sciences Seminar Series
For information: 581-4381
Aaron Weiskettle, University of Maine Forestry Dept.
Regional variation in maximum stand density index for three species with varying levels of shade tolerance.
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Forestry Noontime Seminar Series
For information: 581-2841
Sean M. Blomquist,
Ph.D. Candidate
Dissertation Defense Seminar: Relative fitness and behavioral compensation of amphibians in a managed forest
9:00am,
204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Wildlife Ecology
For information: 581-2862
Ian Lange, Research and Program Support Division, U.S. EPA Coal Contract Characteristics Impact on Prices
12:00 noon, 201 Winslow Hall
Sponsored by the School of Economics Seminar Series
For information: 581-3150
April 7
Garrett Barr, Dept. of Biology, King's College
Trout and Salamanders as Predators in Streams
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Wildlife Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-2862
April 9
Melinda Diehl, University of Maine
Design and optimization of reactive thin-film membranes for studying mercury mobility and transformation in sediment porewater
4:10pm, 310 Boardman Hall
Sponsored by the Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar Series. For information: 581-2137
Joshua L. Royte,
Conservation Planner, The Maine Chapter of The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy and the Penobscot River Restoration Project:
How TNC prioritizes actions and scientific measures that surround this world class project.
5:15pm, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Society of Conservation Biology
April 11
Dr. Oscar Schofield, Marine Biology and Ocean Optics, Rutgers U.
Climate Migration Along the Western Antarctic Peninsula and the Impacts from the Microbes to the Mammals.
11:00am, 354 Aubert Hall
Sponsored by the School of Marine Sciences Seminar Series
For information: 581-4381
Zhao Ma, UMass, Amherst Research Fellow
Integrating Cumulative Impact Assessment into State Environmental Review Programs: Policies and Practices
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Forestry Noontime Seminar Series
For information: 581-2841
Dr. Eric Gallandt, Department of Plant, Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Maine
Ecologically-Based Weed Management:Direct and Indirect Effects of Soil-Improving Farming Practices
3:10PM, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by the School of Biology and Ecology
For information: 581-2540
April 14
Peter Patron, Dept of Natural Resources, U. of Rhode Island
Assessing the Effects of Urbanization on Pond-Breeding Amphibians.
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Wildlife Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-2862
April 17
Dave Owen, University of Maine School of Law
The Most Complex and Extensive Ecosystem Restoration Project Ever Proposed: Lessons from the CALFED Program
12noon-1pm, Room 107, Norman Smith Hall
Sponsored by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center and the Environmental Solutions Initiative
For more information: 581-3244
April 18
Tim Olesniewicz, Ellie Bacani, School of Economics, UMaine
Unanticipated Consequences of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative/When Green Vehicles Turn Greener: Who Cares?
12:00 noon, 201 Winslow Hall
Sponsored by the School of Economics Seminar Series
For information: 581-3150
Dr. Dick Feeley, Earth Science Research Lab, Dept. of Commerce
Ocean Acidification: The Other CO2 Problem
11:00am, 354 Aubert Hall
Sponsored by the School of Marine Sciences Seminar Series
For information: 581-4381
Brett Vickary, James W. Sewall Co.
TBA
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Forestry Noontime Seminar Series
For information: 581-2841
April 21
Philip Nyhus, Environmental Studies Program, Colby College
Declining Forests, Expanding Farms: The Troubled State of the World's Tigers
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Wildlife Ecology Seminar Series
For information: 581-2862
Terry R Morley, University of Maine
Dissertation Defense Seminar: The Function of Forested Headwater Wetlands in a New England Landscape
11:00am,
101c Deering Hall
For information: 581-2862
April 23
David Hart
Strengthening science-engineering partnerships for increased understanding and improved management of river ecosystems
4:10pm, 310 Boardman Hall
Sponsored by the Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar Series. For information: 581-2137
April 25
Dr. Ken Dunton, Dept of Marine Sci., Univ. of Texas, Austin
The Ecology of Arctic Estuaries in a Changing Climate: the Critical Linkages to Watersheds.
3:00pm, 316 Aubert Hall
Sponsored by the School of Marine Sciences Seminar Series
For information: 581-4381
Megan Tylka, Sean Yoder - School of Economics, UMaine
Linking residential development changes to changes in water clarity.
12:00 noon, 201 Winslow Hall
Sponsored by the School of Economics Seminar Series
For information: 581-3150
Steve Sader, Maine Image Analysis Lab, UMaine
Who is harvesting what, where, and how much: Spatial trends for Maine.
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Forestry Noontime Seminar Series
For information: 581-2841
Monika Parsons, Department of Wildlife Ecology
Research Proposal Seminar - Monitoring Seabird Behavior on a Coastal Maine Island:
Developing Methods to Better Understand Potential Effects of
Marine Finfish Aquaculture on Seabird Breeding Colonies
8:30 am,
204 Nutting Hall
For information: 581-2862
April 28
Dan Viorel Popescu, Department of Wildlife Ecology
Research Proposal Seminar - Fragmentation and Amphibian Movements:
A Relationship Mediated by Forest Succession?
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
For information: 581-2862
April 29
Dr. Jacob Weiner, University of Copenhagen
Applying plant population ecology: increasin the suppression of weeds by cereal crops.
10:00 am, 17 Deering Hall
Co-sponsored by SBE, PSE, Conservation Biology and EES
April 30
Dr. Mathias Kohler
USGS Research Scientist (Menlo Park) and UMaine Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Associate Professor
U(VI) Batch and Transport Experiments with Sediments from the Uranium Mill Tailings Site at Naturita, CO
4:10 pm, 309 Boardman Hall
Sponsored by the Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar Series. For information: 581-2137
Robert S. Steneck, School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine
2008
Geddes W. Simpson Distinguished Lecture
Considering the future of our seas
through the lens of history.
3:00 pm,
McIntire Room, Buchanan Alumni House, Orono
More information
MAY
May 2
Dr. Seanna Annis, University of Maine
A year in the life of a mycologist.
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by SBE
Gayle Zydlewski, University of Maine
Penobscot River, Penobscot Bay: State of the Watershed
11:00 am, 354 Aubert Hall
Sponsored by the School of Marine Sciences Seminar Series
For information: 581-4381
