SEMINARS
The Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences will hold a weekly seminar series for the Fall of 2024. As part of this series, MS and Ph.D. students give seminars on their research. The department also invites speakers from among current faculty, other UF departments, and other institutions, including hosting several Distinguished Speaker seminars each year.
Departmental seminars are open to the public and are streamed live and recorded for later viewing.Fall 2024 Seminars
Time and Location: 3 pm (unless noted otherwise) on the given date, now done remotely and in person.
In-Person seminars are held in McCarty Hall A, Room 3177, during the fall semester.
Friday, September 20th - Dr. Rufus Chaney, UF Invited Speaker
Food Chain Cadmium Issues Relevant to Florida Agriculture
Friday, October 4th – Laurel Kaminsky, UF Invited Speaker
UF Library Resources and Databases
Friday, October 11th – Love Kumar (Ph.D. Dissertation Research Seminar)
Hydrological connectivity and water chemistry of a river floodplain system in the Southeastern United States
Wednesday, October 16th - Hayden Shellenbarger (M.S. Thesis Research Seminar)
Nitrogen Uptake and the Effects of Planting Dates on Industrial Hemp (Cannabis sativa) under Central Florida Conditions
Friday, October 25th – Sukhdeep Singh (M.S. Thesis Research Seminar)
Evaluating smart fertilizer technologies for enhanced nutrient use efficiency in maize grown on warm sub-tropical sandy soils
Friday, October 25th – Rajkaranbir Singh (M.S. Thesis Research Seminar)
Nitrogen Management in Snap Bean in North Florida
Friday, November 1st – Simranpreet Sidhu (Ph.D. Dissertation Research Seminar)
Potassium Management in Potatoes in Florida
Friday, November 8th – Shraddha Sharma (M.S. Thesis Research Seminar)
Nitrogen Use Efficiency Using Different N Formulations In Tomatoes Grown On Raised Conventional And Compact Beds On Coastal Plain Sands
Friday, November 8th – Shahd Alrabia (M.S. Thesis Research Seminar)
Nutrient and Water Productivity of Drip-Irrigated Tomatoes Produced in Conventional and Compact Bed Geometries Supplied with Florida’s Recommended Rate of Nitrogen
Friday, November 15th – ASA-CSSA-SSSA Conference
Wednesday, November 20th, 1:30 pm - Invited Speaker Seminar: Dr. Luiz Roberto Guimarães Guilherme, Professor, Federal University of Lavras
Soil Management for Ensuring Food Security in Tropical Environments - The Cerrado Experience
Friday, November 28th – No Seminar, Thanksgiving Break
Wednesday, December 4th – Nevaeh Renwick (M.S. Thesis Research Seminar)
Laboratory Soil Column Study for Evaluating Immobilizing Phosphorus Treatment (IPT) Technologies to Reduce Phosphorus (P) Leaching from Legacy Biosolids Application Sites in the upper St. Johns River Basin
Archived Seminar Recordings
- Seminar Recordings by Date
- Research Forum Keynote Speakers
- Water, Wetlands and Watersheds Seminar Series
Water, Wetlands, and Watersheds Seminar Series
Offered during the fall and spring semesters, Wednesdays 11:45 am-12:35 pm, at the Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands, Conference Room, Phelps Lab 101. Seminars are open to the public.
See this semester's schedule and recordings of the seminars and recordings of previous semesters.
This seminar series is presented by the Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands, the Water Institute, and the Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences.
Invited Speaker Seminars
The Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences invites individual UF faculty members, alumni, and non-UF speakers the opportunity to present a seminar several times each semester. These include inaugural seminars to recognize SWES faculty contributions to the department and celebrate their promotion in their professional career, focusing on key accomplishments, vision, and future direction, and innovative ideas to move the department to the next level of excellence. All SWES students, faculty, and the general public, are encouraged to attend these presentations. See archived recordings.
Student Seminars
Student Seminars are open to the public. All SWES students and faculty are expected to attend weekly seminars. See archived recordings.
Student Examinations
Thesis/Dissertation Defenses, Qualifying Exams, and Oral Final Exams are open to interested faculty, staff, and students, and are announced at least 10 days in advance.
Fall 2024 Exams:
MD Anik Mahmud - Ph.D. Oral Qualifying Exam - Monday, November 4, 2024 - 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Eveglades REC Conference Room # 133 & Zoom (Contact Anik Directly For Zoom Link)