NREL/ESS Spring 2022 Events
This webpage will be updated weekly with information about the Spring 2022 Events. Latest update: April 4, 2022
We have a great lineup of seminars this semester including graduate students, research scientists, invited speakers, and interactive workshops. This semester’s events are in conjunction with the Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability and the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology.
Scroll to the bottom for full schedule. Each past seminar will have a link to the recording as they become available.
Full Schedule
| Date | Presenter(s) | Affiliation | Topic/Title | Location | Links |
| January 19 – May 4 | Dr. Kristina Quynn and Dr. Julie Heinrichs | CSU Writes, NREL | NREL Writes | Email julie.heinrichs@colostate.edu for the Team calendar invite |
| January 27 4:00 – 5:30 pm | Cody Sanford, Kaydee Barker, Jacob Genuise, Matthew Twyman | Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability | CSU Students as Agents of Change: Perspectives on COP26, Climate Change, and the Future | Avogadro’s Number, 605 S. Mason Street |
| February 9 4:00 – 5:00 pm | Dr. Scott Denning | Professor, Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University | Net Zero Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means | LSC Ballroom – North |
| February 16 Time TBA | Bill Hammond | Plant Ecophysiologist, Department of Agronomy, University of Florida | TBA | TBA |
| February 23-24 | Front Range Student Ecology Symposium | Graduate Degree Program in Ecology | Changing Landscapes: Understanding Ecosystems of the Future | Learn More |
| March 2 4:00 pm | Fayola Jacobs | Assistant Professor, Urban and Regional Planning, Center for Science, Technology and Environmental Policy, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota | Black Feminisms and Black Geographies: The Possibilities for Climate Justice Research | 345 Natural Resources Bldg. |
| March 9 4:00 pm | Christian Giardina | Research Ecologist, US Forest Service | Engaging History and Embracing Sacredness: A Path to Cultivating Biocultural Stewardship | 345 Natural Resources Bldg. |
| March 23 4:00 pm | Andrea Grover | Associate Professor of Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis, College of Information Science and Technology, University of Nebraska at Omaha | Cultivating Climate Resilience with Citizen Science | Lory Student Center Cherokee Ballroom |
| March 30 9:00 am | Rachael Garrett | Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities, Social, and Political Sciences & Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich | Effectiveness-equity tensions in efforts to achieve zero-deforestation in the tropics through corporate supply chain policies | Zoom only |
| April 20 4:00 pm | Elise Gornish | Cooperative Extension Specialist in Ecological Restoration, University of Arizona | TBA | 345 Natural Resources Bldg. |
| April 27 4:00 pm | Peter Reich | Regents Professor, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, and F.B. Hubachek, Sr. Chair in Forest Ecology and Tree Physiology, University of Minnesota | TBA | Lory Student Center Cherokee Ballroom |
