Fall 2018
September 4
Welcome Party
September 11th
Response of the Deep to Shallow Crust to Eocene Ridge-Trench Interaction in the Pacific Northwest
Robert Miller
Geology Department, San Jose State University
September 18th
Enigmatic Neoproterozoic Iron Formations: Snowballs or Rifts?
Russell Shapiro
Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, California State University, Chico
September 25th
Geomorphology, Science, and Engineering: Perspectives from a Consultant
Anthony Falzone
FlowWest
October 2nd
How topography creates strong monsoons
Bill Boos
Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley
October 9th
Where less is more: Limited subsurface water storage capacity can shield forests from drought
David Dralle
Eel River Critical Zone Observatory, University of California, Berkeley
October 16th
Carbon Services of California Coastal Habitats: Restoration as a tool in Ocean Acidification and Climate Change Management?
Melissa Ward
University of California, Davis
October 23rd
In the future, will it rain more on tropical land or tropical ocean?
Hugo Lambert
University of Exeter
October 30th
Hydrologic exchange and heat exchange in a regulated gravel bed river: Why the bed matters and implications for salmon habitat
Erin Bray
California State University, Northridge
November 6th
Linking shelf processes to coastal hypoxia in the central California Current System
Kate Hewett
University of California Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory
November 13th
Master of Science Thesis Defense
Suzanne Goldstein
Modeling Climate Change Impacts On Flooding And Community Vulnerability, Novato, CA
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Molly Mclaughlin
How Small Bugs Tie Down Big Rocks: Measuring and Modeling the Forces Acting Between Nets Spun by Caddisfly Larvae (Hydropsychidae) and Gravel Particles at the Onset of Motion
November 27th
Master of Science Thesis Defense
Lauren Finkelstein
Implications of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus on coastal groundwater management, Pajaro Valley, CA
December 4th
Bachelor and Master of Science Thesis Defenses
Oceanographic Conditions in the Bay of Bengal from ~0.8 - 1.3Ma
Alexandria Lagos
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WRF Simulation of the Severe Downslope Windstorm Associated with the Tubbs Fire, Santa Rosa, CA, October 8-9, 2017
Natalie Corkhill
December 11th
Master of Science Thesis Defense
Geothermal Energy Prospectivity Mapping in Nevada, Refining Methodology and Predicting Favorability Using Smoothed Weight Functions and Standardized Geographic Processing Approaches
Jacob DeAngelo
Spring 2019
February 5th
Candidate for Environmental Hydrology Position
Dr. Erin Bray
CSU-Northridge
Rivers for humans and fish: How hydrologic and geomorphic processes sustain salmon habitat in regulated rivers at different scales
February 12th
Candidate for Environmental Hydrology Position
Dr. Ali Ebrahimian
Villanova University
Urban Sustainability and Resilience through Green Stormwater Infrastructure
February 19th
Earth & Climate Sciences, SF State
Tuesday Feb 26
Candidate for Environmental Hydrology Position
Dr. Jordyn Wolfand
Colorado School of Mines
Improving the Quality of Urban Stormwater with Innovative Treatment Technologies from the Lab to Watershed Scale
March 5th
Earth & Climate Sciences, SF State
March 12th
Ron Hipschman
Science Education & Outreach at the Exploratorium
April 9th
Dr. Peter Roopnarine
California Academy of Sciences
The more things change: Understanding persistence and stability in the fossil record
April 16th
Mae Marcaida, Stanford University (alumna talk)
Dating young volcanic eruptions using U-series disequilibira on accersory minerals
April 23rd
Dr. Jose Rosario, CSU East Bay
What Ancient Soils Can Tell Us about Paleoclimate
April 30th
Carla Rosa, California Geological Survey
Navigating a Career in Geology: Perspective from the Public Sector
May 7th
MS thesis defenses
Water resource responses to climae in the water-energy-food nexus of the Pajaro Valley Watershed, CA
Deandra Alvear
Groundwater Recharge Sensitivigy to Low Impact Developmen tDesign and Future Climate Variability
Jessica Rodriguez
May 14th
BS thesis defenses
Effects of Model Spin-Up on Simulated Recharge using the HYDRUS-1D Vadose Zone Model
Mie Vogel
Geologic and Hydrologic Considerations for Selection of Green Infrastructure/Low Impact Development: Best Management Practices in Small, Semi-rural Systems
Jilly Amaya
Spatial Variability of Coastal Upwelling Along the Gulf of the Farallones
Behlie Lengel
May 21st
MS thesis proposals
Quantifying Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Groundwater Recharte in Tulelake, CA
Hannah Dailey
Paleooceanographic reconstruction of sea surface conditions in the Bay of Bengal over the last 6 Ma
Drew Lowdermilk
Paleoceanographic Reconstruction in the Bay of Bengal during the Pliocene-Pleistocene transitions
Kara Cowan
Testing the climate signal in the tree ring color across the Sierra
Natasha Fazelli