ORNL Biological and Environmental Sciences Directorate
Research Initiatives
Systems Biology
Nanobiotech
Ecosystem Response

BESD Seminar Series

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

Current Schedule for 2008 Season
Date, Time
Speaker
Affiliation
Abstract/Bio
Feb. 14, 2008; 10 am Elizabeth Peelle ORNL Reducing your carbon footprint: Getting serious at last
March 13, 2008; 10 am Kiona Ogle Departments of Botany & Statistics; University of Wyoming

 Data-model integration for understanding belowground ecosystem carbon dynamics
April 17, 2008 Danny Day Eprida, Inc. A Business Model that Emulates
Biology for Development of Bioenergy and Carbon Mitigation Technologies
May 6, 2008*; 2 pm Mary Wheeler University of Texas, Austin Details
May 22, 2008 Bob Costanza University of Vermont  
June 3, 2008*; 2 pm Faith Ann Heinsch University of Montana Details
June 12, 2008 David Greene ORNL  
July 24, 2008 Richard A. Jorgensen  University of Arizona  
Aug. 14, 2008 TBD    
Sept. 11, 2008 Robert Mason University of Connecticut  

* 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.