2024 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. The 2024 series was co-hosted by Professor Li Li at Penn State University and Rebecca Barnes at Belmont Foundation and NSF.
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THE 2024 LECTURE SERIES:
January 18, 2024
State of the Art and New Developments in Drought Research
Speakers:
Lena M. Tallaksen, University of Oslo
Anne van Loon, VU Amsterdam
February 15, 2024
Fire and Water
Speakers:
Sheila Murphy, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Gabrielle Boisrame, Desert Research Institute
March 21, 2024
Integrating Hydrologic Modeling and Field Data with Local Knowledge Holders
Speakers:
Kendra Kaiser, Boise State University
Gene-Hua Crystal Ng, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
April 18, 2024
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Inland Waters: Reach Through Global Scale
Speakers:
Amanda G. DelVecchia, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Taylor Maavara, University of Leeds
May 16, 2024
Catalyzing Change in the Geosciences
Speakers:
Rebecca Barnes, Belmont Forum
Rocío Paola Caballero-Gill, George Mason University
June 20, 2024
Unravelling Water Pathways and their Impact on Water Quality Dynamics
Speakers:
Julia L. A. Knapp, Durham University
Catalina Segura, Oregon State University
July 18, 2024
Landscape Disturbance and River Water Quality: Long- and Short-Term Impacts
Speakers:
Christa Kelleher, Lafayette College
Heather Golden, Environmental Protection Agency
August 15, 2024
Salty Waters: Understanding De-icer Dynamics and Impacts from Source to Stream
Speakers:
Lauren McPhillips, Pennsylvania State University
Claire Oswald, Toronto Metropolitan University
September 19, 2024
Braided and Meandering: Making a Career in Water and Rivers Outside Academia
Speakers:
Kate Brauman, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Robin Abell, The Nature Conservatory
Michele Thieme, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Ingrid Timboe, Alliance for Global Water Adaptation
October 17, 2024
Non-Perennial Streams Over Space and Time
Speakers:
Julianne Scamardo, University of Vermont
Sarah Godsey, Idaho State University
November 21, 2024
Energy Fluxes in Streams and Rivers
Speakers:
Joanna Blaszczak, University of Nevada, Reno
Erin Hotchkiss, Virginia Tech