Sustainability Events at Caltech
Fall 2010-2011
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Rainfall Patterns and Catchment Response during Extreme Flash Flood Events over the Dry Climate Regions of the Southeastern Mediterranean
Efrat Morin,
senior lecturer in geography,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Thursday, October 7th, 2010
8:30pm
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Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
From Genes to Biogeochemical Cycles: A Marine Sulfur Cycle Case Study
Naomi Marcil Levine,
postdoctoral fellow organismic and evolutionary biology,
Harvard University,
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Role of the Deep Ocean in Setting the Last Glacial Maximum Climate
Jess Adkins,
professor of geochemistry and global environmental science,
Caltech,
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
9:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Insecticide Resistance in Bed Bugs
Morgan Raven,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
8:00pm
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Resnick Institute Inaugural Lecture
Extrapolating the Past v. Inventing the Future
Vinod Khosla,
Venture Capitalist,
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Gases and Their Masses: Using Dissolved O2 Isotopes and O2/Ar Ratios to Qualify the Pacific Ocean Biological Carbon Pump
Laurie Juranek,
research scientist,
Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (UW) and Pacific Marine Environmental Labo,
University of Washington and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminsitration,
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
9:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Evaluation of the Importance of In-could SOA Formation
Xuan Zhang,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Reaching the Wind and Invading New Territories: The Strategies of Stationary and Symbiotic Organisms
Anne Pringle,
associate professor of organismic and evolutionary biology,
Harvard University,
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
9:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Topic to be announced.
Anne Laraia,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Changing Nutrient Biogeochemistry in a Warmer, More Acidic Future Ocean
David Hutchins,
professor of marine environment biology,
USC,
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
9:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
The Sustainability of Worldwide Population Growth
Ramla Gabriel,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
Wednesday, November 17th, 2010
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Ecoclimate Teleconnections: Remote Effects of the Interactions between Ecosystems and Climate
Abigail Swann,
postdoctoral fellow in sustainability science,
Harvard University,
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
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Generational Changes in Environmental Consciousness and Attitudes
Wilton Mui,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Mutualistic Interactions between Free-living Marine Phytoplankton and Heterotrophic Bacteria
Erik Zinser,
assistant professor of microbiology,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Characteristics of Urban Nonpoin Source Pollution: A Case Study in Korea
Kangwoo Cho,
graduate student,
Caltech,