Sustainability Events at Caltech
Spring 2007-2008
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Christopher Higgins,
postdoctoral fellow,
Johns Hopkins University,
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Sensitivity of Low Clouds to Aspects of Climate Change
Robert Wood,
assistant professor of atmospheric sciences,
University of Washington,
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
9:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Environmental Impacts of Coffee Agriculture
Gretchen Keppel Aleks,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Roles of Redox-Active "Antibiotics" in Iron Acquisition and Microbial Physiology
Yun Wang,
postdoctoral scholar in biology,
MIT,
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
9:00am
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One Fish Two Red Fish No Fish: A Discussion on Fishing Around the World
Zachary Lebo,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Adventures in Snow Photochemistry: From PAH Photodegradation to Light Absorption by Unknown Chromophores
Cort Anastasio,
associate professor of tropospheric chemistry and assistant tropospheric chemist,
UC Davis,
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Frontiers of Aerosol Chemistry: Fundamental Studies of Chemical Reactions at Gas-Liquid Interfaces using Field Induced Droplet Ionization
Jesse L. Beauchamp,
Charles and Mary Ferkel Professor of Chemistry,
Caltech,
Thursday, May 1st, 2008
9:00am
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Hawaii: The Endangered Species Capital of the World
Colette Salyk,
graduate student in Geology and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
New Insights into the Oceanic N-cycle
Marcel Kuypers,
scientist,
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology,
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
9:00am
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Energy, Climate Change and Sustainability: Financial Choices for a Research University
Dean Currie,
vice president,
Business and Finance,
Caltech,
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Known and Unexplored Organic Constituents in the Earth's Atmosphere
Allen Goldstein,
professor of biogeochemistry,
UC Berkeley,
Thursday, May 15th, 2008
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The "*" in IPCC Predictions of Ice Sheet Contributions to Sea-Level Change
Ian Joughin,
applied physics laboratory, Polar Science Center,
University of Washington,
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
9:00am
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The Civil War Ends in Yosemite: Nature and Politics in 19th-Century America
Bill Deverell,
director,
Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West,
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Studies of Organic Aerosol Sources and Evolution with Aerosol Mass Spectrometry
Jose-Luis Jimenez,
assistant professor of chemistry and fellow,
the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences (CIRES),
University of Colorado,
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
9:00am
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The Challenge of Converting Lignocellulose into Anything, Much Less Biofuel
Jared Leadbetter,
associate professor of environmental microbiology,
Caltech,
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
3:40pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Biomineralization Mechanisms in Corals and Forminifera in View of Ocean Acidification
Erez Jonathan,
professor of earth science ,
the Hebrew University of Jerusalem,