SEMINARS
The Soil and Water Sciences Department will hold a weekly seminar series on Friday's at 3 pm for Spring of 2020. As part of this series, MS and PhD 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.
Spring 2020 Seminars
Time and Location: 3 pm, McCarty Hall A, G186 unless otherwise noted.
January 10 - Dr. Kathe Todd-Brown (UF Invited Speakers Seminar)
Mathematics of Soil Biogeochemistry: Targeted Modeling for Research and Beyond
January 17 - Florence Nantaba (UF Invited Speaker Seminar)
Occurrence, Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment, Sorption Kinetics, and Degradation of Selected Emerging Organic Chemical Pollutants in The Aquatic Ecosystem of Lake Victoria, Uganda
January 24 - Dr. Matt Whiles (UF Invited Speaker Seminar)
The SWSD in 2020: Where We're At, and Where We're Headed
January 31 - Mark Albrecht (UF Invited Speaker Seminar)
EHS809 Training: Hazardous Waste Management in UF Research Laboratories
February 7 - Tracey Schafer (Ph.D. Research Seminar)
Hurricane Impacts on Water Quality and Dissolved Organic Matter Cycling Along an Aquatic Continuum
February 14 - Dr. Andrew Zimmerman (UF Invited Speaker Seminar)
Biochar Stability in Soil and Aquatic Environments
February 21 - Dr. James Jawitz (UF Invited Speaker Seminar)
Human Settlements on Fractal Landscapes
February 28 - Dr. Chris Wilson – Agronomy Department (UF Invited Speaker Seminar)
Do Higher-Quality Plant Tissue Inputs Promote Organic Matter Accumulation More Efficiently Than Lower-Quality Inputs? Insights from A Dual-Isotope Pulse-Chase Experiment in Subtropical Pasture
March 6 - No Seminar - UF Spring Break
March 13 - Sara Phelps (Ph.D. Research Seminar)
Sediment Fingerprinting for Nonpoint Nutrient Source Allocation in Urbanized Watersheds
Wednesday, March 18 - Dr. Davie Kadyampakeni (Water Institute Faculty Fellow Seminar)
Enhancing Water and Nutrient Use Efficiency on Citrus Production Landscapes in Florida
March 20 - Dr. Walter Dodds (Distinguished Speaker Seminar)
Nutrient Pollution in Streams
Wednesday, March 25 - Taciara Zborowski Horst Heinen (UF Invited Speaker Seminar)
Soil Spectral Modeling in Southern Brazil: Opportunities and Limitations
March 27 - Ibukun “Timothy” Ayankojo (Ph.D. Research Seminar)
Towards Best Management Practices in Florida Tomato Production: Irrigation, Nutrition and Modeling
April 3 - John Allar (M.S. Thesis Research Seminar)
Determining how cover crop diversity and composition affect nitrogen cycling in organic bell pepper production
April 3 - Susan Lamb (M.S. Thesis Research Seminar)
Irrigation Decision-Making and Groundwater Use Outcomes
Wednesday, April 8 - Rachelle Berger (M.S. Thesis Research Seminar) – Zoom from EREC - Belle Glade
Soil Microbial Community Composition and Nutrient Availability Following Flooded Rice Production in South Florida
Wednesday, April 8 - Qianyao Si (M.S. Thesis Research Seminar) – Zoom from Gulf Coast REC - Wimauma
The N Treatment in Different Hydrologic Conditions along the Sediment Gradient of Stormwater Infiltration Basins
April 10 - Kay Wilcox (PhD. Research Seminar)
Meta-Soil Model
April 17 - Yuting Fu (M.S. Thesis Research Seminar)
Investigating the Potential of Allelochemicals in Aquatic Weeds in Agricultural Sciences
April 17 - Kalani Henshaw (M.S. Thesis Research Seminar)
Subsurface Dissolved and Colloidal Phosphorus Flux in Well-drained Soils
Archived Seminar Recordings
Water, Wetlands, and Watersheds Seminar Series
Offered during the fall and spring semesters, Wednesdays 11:45am-12:35pm, at the Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands, Conference Room, Phelps Lab 101. Seminars are open to the public.
See the Spring 2020 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 Soil & Water Sciences Department.
Invited Speaker Seminars
The SWSD 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 SWSD 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 SWSD students and faculty, and the general public, are encouraged to attend these presentations. See archived recordings.
Student Seminars
Student Seminars are open to the public. All SWSD 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.
Spring 2020 Exams:
Tracey Schafer; Ph.D. Dissertation Defense; Friday, February 7th; 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm; McCarty Hall A, G186 & 2175 McCarty Hall A
John Allar; M.S. Thesis Defense; Tuesday, March 3rd; 2:45 pm - 5:30 pm; 2175 McCarty Hall A
Yuting Fu; M.S. Thesis Defense; Friday, March 6th; 9:00 am - 12:00 pm; Everglades Research and Education Center - Conference Room 133 - Belle Glade, FL
Steve Hohman; M.S. Thesis Defense; Friday, June 5th; 11:00 am - 2:00 pm; 2175 McCarty Hall A
