2022 Women Advancing River Research Lecture Series

Women Advancing River Research started in February 2021. It is a monthly webinar series with female guest speakers from around the world. It was originally co-hosted and co-organized by Professor Li Li at Penn State University and Professor Ellen Wohl at Colorado State University.

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The 2022 Lecture Series:

February 17, 2022

From Soils to Streams: The Structure and Function of the Critical Zone in the Anthropocene

Speakers:
Pamela Sullivan, Oregon State University
Li Li, Penn State University

March 17, 2022

The Hard Science of “Soft” Geomorphology: Flow Vegetation Organic Carbon Feedback in Rivers & Floodplains

Speakers:
Katherine Lininger, University of Colorado
Laurel Larsen, University of California

April 14, 2022

From Mountains to Deserts: Changes in Snow and Flood Intensity and Intermittence

Speakers:
Adrienne Marshall, Colorado School of Mines
Efrat Morin, Hebrew University

May 19, 2022

Connectivity Between Landscapes & Riverscapes and Management

Speakers:
Josie Geris, University of Aberdeen
Dörthe Tetzlaff, IGB Leibniz Institute and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin


June 2, 2022

River Sediments, Nutrients and Microbe Interactions in Flat Landscapes

Speakers:
Judy Yang, University of Minnesota
Genevieve Ali, University of Guelph

July 21, 2022

Exploring River ‘Memory’ Under a Changing Hydrological Regime

Speakers:
Annie Ockelford, Environment Agency
Kristin Jaeger, U.S. Geological Survey


August 25, 2022

Recharge and Water Management: A Case Study of Riobamba Aquifer in the Tropical Andes

Speakers:
Carla Manciati, Escuela Politécnica Nacional (Ecuador)
Xiaofan Yang, Beijing Normal University


September 22, 2022

The Origin and Fate of Volcanic Sediments in Fluvial Systems

Speakers:
llison Pfeiffer, Western Washington University
Karen Gran, University of Minnesota Duluth


October 13, 2022

Understanding a River’s Legacy for Restoration

Speakers:
Virginia Ruiz-Villanueva, University of Lausanne
Lina Polvi Sjöberg, Umeå University


November 10, 2022

Groundwater and Surface Water Chemistry Across Multiple Scales

Speakers:
Anna Lintern, Monash University
Ilja van Meerveld, University of Zurich


December 8, 2022

Channel-Bed Erosion in River Systems and Mitigation Measures

Speakers:
Elli Papangelakis, McMaster University
Astrid Blom, Delft University of Technology