Biological and Environmental Sciences Directorate

Seminar Series

Monthly seminars are held in the D. J. Nelson Auditorium of Building 1505, on the ORNL campus.

Current Schedule for 2009 Season

Date, Time Speaker Affiliation Abstract/Presentation
January 16, 2009 Dr. Cynthia Gilmour Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Biogeochemical Controls on Mercury Methylation: An Overview Across
Ecosystems

2008 Season

Date, Time Speaker Affiliation Abstract/Presentation
Sept. 11, 2008 Robert Mason University of Connecticut  
August 15, 2008; 1 pm Dr. Robert Costanza The University of Vermont Understanding, Modeling and Valuing Ecosystem Services (ppt) - abstract
June 12, 2008; 10 am Dr. David L. Greene ORNL The Market for Fuel Economy: How Does it Work?
June 3, 2008*; 2 pm Faith Ann Heinsch University of Montana Integrating Remote Sensing, Flux Measurements and Ecosystem Models - abstract
May 6, 2008*; 2 pm Mary Wheeler University of Texas, Austin Computational Environments for Coupling Multiphase Flow, Transport, and Mechanics in Porous Media for Modeling Carbon Sequestration - abstract
April 17, 2008 Danny Day Eprida, Inc. A Business Model that Emulates Biology for Development of Bioenergy and Carbon Mitigation Technologies
March 13, 2008; 10 am Kiona Ogle Departments of Botany & Statistics; University of Wyoming Data-model integration for understanding belowground ecosystem carbon dynamics - abstract
Feb. 14, 2008; 10 am Elizabeth Peelle ORNL Reducing your carbon footprint: Getting serious at last - abstract

* organized by Computational Sciences and Mathematics Division (see details at http://www.csm.ornl.gov/csmd_seminar.html

For more information about the seminar series or to make suggestions for future talks, contact the seminar committee. Committee members are Liyuan Liang (chairperson), Thomas Boden, Mitch Doktycz, Baohua Gu, Yetta Jager, Udaya Kalluri, Miriam Land, Wilson McGinn, Patrick Mulholland, Christopher Schadt, and David Vogt.