September 13: Bart Nicolai, Professor
Biosystems Department
KU Leaven, Belgium 
Multiscale modelling of gas transport during postharvest storage of pome fruit
Sept. 13 seminar recording

September 20: Sarah Nadeau, Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
What pathogen genomes can tell us about epidemic spread
Sept. 20 seminar recording

September 27: Kevin Solomon, Assistant Professor
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Delaware
Domesticating anaerobic fungi for direct biomanufacturing from renewable plant biomass
Sept. 27 seminar recording

October 4: Grey Nearing, Assistant Professor
Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
UC Davis
Machine Learning in Hydrology Modeling
Oct. 4 seminar recording

October 18: Claudia Tebaldi, Earth Scientist
Joint Global Change Research Institute – PNNL
Frequency changes in extreme sea levels for different global warming levels
Oct. 18 seminar recording

November 1: Chen Li, Assistant Professor
John Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering
Towards understanding animal and robot locomotion in complex 3-D terrain

November 8: Hazel Barton, Professor
Akron University 
Dark Life: What’s the deal with manganese?

Fall 2022 

B15 Riley-Robb Hall, 12:45-2pm

If you cannot attend in person, the seminars will also be available on zoom

September 14: Emily H. Palmer, Ph.D. Candidate
California Institute of Technology
Lessons on flying straight from Drosophila melanogaster

Seminar Recording

October 12: Eri Hayashi, Vice President-Norm Scott Distinguished Seminar Speaker
Japan Plant Factory Association
Innovations Towards Sustainable Plant Factories

Seminar Recording

Panel Recording

October 26: Jon Lamontagne, Ph.D.
CEE, Tufts University
Evaluating the drivers and impacts of water scarcity in a changing and interconnected world

Seminar Recording

November 16: Nicole D. Jackson, Ph.D.
Sandia National Laboratories
Extreme weather drivers during power outages in the United States

Seminar Recording

November 23: Karolien De Wael, Ph.D.- ZOOM  Only 
University of Antwerp
Singlet Oxygen-Based Photoelectrochemical DNA Sensing

Seminar Recording

Fall 2024

B15 Riley-Robb Hall, 12:00-1:00pm

September 16: Dr. Kirstin Petersen, hosted by Chris Roh
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University 
Designing Robot Collectives with Embodied Intelligence

CANCELLED: September 30: Dr. Karin Jensen, will be rescheduled for a later date
Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan
Student Thriving: Integrating Wellness Education in Engineering Design Curriculum 

October 7: Dr. David Schmale, hosted by Sunny Jung
Translational Plant Sciences Center, University of Virginia
Transport of Microbes at Interfaces

October 21: Dr. Arezki Boudaoud, hosted by Mingming Wu
Mechanics and Biology, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris
Dispersal of plants and fungi by raindrops

November 4: Dr. Ana Dyreson, hosted by Vivek Srikrishnan
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Michigan Tech University 
Climate and weather considerations for energy transitions in cold climates

November 11: Dr. Veronica Morales, hosted by Todd Walter
Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Davis
Temporal Evolution of Biogeochemical Reactions in Geological Porous Media: From Dissolution to Bioclogging

November 25: Dr. Yong Wang, hosted by Dan Luo
Biomedical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University 
Nucleic Acid Aptamers in Biomaterial Engineering

December 2: Dr. Vicki Thompson, hosted by Buz Barstow
Manager and Distinguished Staff Engineer, Idaho National Laboratory
Assessment of waste materials to produce biofuels and bioproducts

CANCELLED December 9: Dr. Alison Patteson, hosted by Mingming Wu, will be rescheduled for a later date
Physics, Syracuse University
Squishy Physics of Simple Tissues 

Spring 2025

B15 Riley-Robb Hall, 12:00-1:00pm

January 27: Dr. Brett Poulin, hosted by Jacqueline Gerson
Environmental Toxicology, University of California Davis
Mercury cycling in coastal wetlands: the interface between agriculture and rising seas

February 24: Dr. Louise Horsfall, hosted by Buz Barstow
Sustainable Biotechnology, University of Edinburgh 
Engineering a bio-enabled circular economy for metals

March 3: Dr. Joe Usack, hosted by Lindsay Anderson
Food Science and Technology, University of Georgia
Small but mighty: Harnessing microbes to help decarbonize the bioeconomy

March 17: Dr. Seth Blumsack, hosted by Lindsay Anderson
Energy and Env. Economics and International Affairs, Penn State University 

April 21: Dr. Matine Benamar, hosted by Mingming Wu
Physics Statistics, Ecole Nomale Superieur 
Immunity and cancer: a physical perspective for lung cancer carcinoma