Program for Fall 2022
Livestream available for ESE students, faculty, and staff at https://unc.zoom.us/s/7046117908. Others need to reach out to the moderator (howard_weinberg @ unc.edu) at least 5 days in advance to obtain permission to join.
Abstracts will usually be available a week before the seminar (click on title if in blue to access).
Seminar streams and feedback will now only be available via Sakai (see how to gain access).
- September 7, 2022 - Dr. Rachel Noble, Joint Professor, ESE; Institute of Marine Sciences; Institute for the Environment.
Wastewater Surveillance: Putting #2 and #2 together
Topic: Environmental Monitoring
Introduction: Dr. Jill Stewart, Professor, ESE; Deputy Director, Center for Galapagos Studies. - September 14, 2022 - Sara Farrell, Doctoral Candidate, ESE
Heterogeneous Sulfur Aerosol Formation - a Key to Navigating the Maze of Arctic Haze in Fairbanks, Alaska
Topic: Air Quality Modeling
Introduction: Dr. Will Vizuete, Professor, ESE. - September 21, 2022 - Gouthami Rao, Doctoral Candidate, ESE
Wastewater surveillance: gotta catch 'em (microbes) all!
Topic: Environmental Microbiology
Introduction: Dr. Joe Brown, Associate Professor, ESE. - September 28, 2022 - Felix Dodds, Adjunct Faculty, ESE
Saving the planet one bracket at a time
Topic: Sustainable Development Goals
Introduction: Dr. Aaron Salzberg; Director, Water Institute; Don & Jennifer Holzworth Distinguished Professor, ESE. - October 5, 2022 - Yun-Chung Hsiao, Doctoral Candidate, ESE
Listening to the Metabolic Symphony in Our Gut: How Mass Spectrometry Can Help
Topic: Environmental Toxicology
Introduction: Dr. Kun Lu, Associate Professor, ESE. - October 12, 2022 - Alexandra Ng, Doctoral Candidate, ESE
We Live in a Simulation (of Atmospheric Chemistry): The Importance of Updating Kinetics in Air Quality Modeling Systems
Topic: Air Quality Modeling
Introduction: Dr. Will Vizuete, Professor, ESE. - October 26, 2022 - Catherine McManus, Doctoral Candidate, ESE
Deficiency vs. Sufficiency: Water Infrastructure Implementation on US Tribal Lands
Topic: Water Supply
Introduction: Dr. Dale Whittington, Professor, ESE. - November 2, 2022 - Dr. Havala Pye, Adjunct Faculty, ESE
Release the CRACMM! Chemical mechanism development to understand the role of air pollution in human health
Topic: Atmospheric Science
Introduction: Dr. Jason Surratt, Professor, Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies, ESE.
*Sakai access
Contact Howard Weinberg TA if you cannot access with either:
- ONYEN (UNC students, staff, faculty, etc.)
- email address (non-UNC affiliates)