Conference Schedule
April 7 |
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12:30 - 1:00 pm Arrival and Registration | Gateway
1:00 - 2:00 pm Welcome Address from President GSA & Interim Director of Graduate School, Dr. Valerie Luzadis
2:00 - 3:00 pm Keynote by Dr. Paul Hirsch | Gateway
3:00 - 5:00 pm Breakout Sessions
1:00 - 2:00 pm Welcome Address from President GSA & Interim Director of Graduate School, Dr. Valerie Luzadis
2:00 - 3:00 pm Keynote by Dr. Paul Hirsch | Gateway
3:00 - 5:00 pm Breakout Sessions
- Emerging Topics in Environmental Research | Baker 145
- Complexity and Uncertainty in Socio-Ecological Systems
- Environmental Determinants and Health | Baker 146
3:00 - 5:00 pm Professional Development Workshops | Moon 110
- Designing Better Maps for Publications by Dr. Eddie Bevilacqua | Moon 110
- Writing for Scientific Publications by Dr. Ruth Yanai | Moon 110
7:00 pm onwards Welcome Reception at Salt City Bar
April 8 |
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7:30 - 8:30 am Breakfast and Arrival | Gateway
9:00 - 10:00 am Keynote by Dr. Lemir Teron | Gateway
10:00 - 12:00 pm Breakout Sessions
9:00 - 10:00 am Keynote by Dr. Lemir Teron | Gateway
10:00 - 12:00 pm Breakout Sessions
- Environmental Determinants and Health | Baker 146
- Thinking of the Future: Echoes of the Past in the Present Environment | Baker 145
10:00 - 12:00 pm Professional Development Workshops | Moon 110
- Panel Talk: Industry, Government, NGO, Regulatory Representatives | Moon 110
- Scientific Storytelling by Dr. Andrea Feldpausch-Parker | Moon 110
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch | Gateway
1:00 - 2:00 pm Elevator Pitch Competition for ESF Graduates | Moon 110
1:00 - 4:30 pm Breakout Sessions
1:00 - 2:00 pm Elevator Pitch Competition for ESF Graduates | Moon 110
1:00 - 4:30 pm Breakout Sessions
- Ecological and Sociological Implications of a Changing Climate | Baker 145
- Local Impacts of Global Challenges: Environmental Stories of Syracuse | Baker 146
- Environmental Justice and Equity | Baker 145
- Issues in Natural Resources Management | Baker 146
4:30 - 5:00 pm Closing Remarks by GSA VP of PD | Gateway
Presenters by Topics |
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Complexity and uncertainty within socio-ecological systems
Ana Valeria Medina - Mitigating Climate Change through REDD+: Importance of Accurately Estimating and Addressing Uncertainties.
Julie Capito - Who Planted the Forest? Working with a Lacandon Maya Community to Quantify the Role of Seed Dispersal Agents in Tropical Forest Succession
Liam Grima - The Influence of Norms on International Climate Governance: A Theoretical Mapping and Discourse-Based Strategy
Ryan Ruggiero - Improving Water Quality Modeling in Agricultural Watersheds
Asif Mehmood - BRI/CPEC and Environmental Politics in the Public Signage of Tharparkar (Sindh) Pakistan
Julie Capito - Who Planted the Forest? Working with a Lacandon Maya Community to Quantify the Role of Seed Dispersal Agents in Tropical Forest Succession
Liam Grima - The Influence of Norms on International Climate Governance: A Theoretical Mapping and Discourse-Based Strategy
Ryan Ruggiero - Improving Water Quality Modeling in Agricultural Watersheds
Asif Mehmood - BRI/CPEC and Environmental Politics in the Public Signage of Tharparkar (Sindh) Pakistan
Ecological and sociological implications of a changing climate
Charles Saad - City Climate Clubs: A New Approach to Deep Decarbonization
Alexandra (Sasha) Farrell - Circular Economy & Construction Ecology: Improving Green Building in the United States
Emme Christie - An Energy Centrality Theorem: The case for the reorganization of economic theory to address climate change Human Ecological Impact
Leah Prudent - Climate gradient and gap dynamics as environmental filters for functional diversity across the temperate-boreal forest ecotone
Haifa Tamiminia - Two Decades of New York State Forest Above-ground Biomass Monitoring using Remote Sensing Techniques
Alexandra (Sasha) Farrell - Circular Economy & Construction Ecology: Improving Green Building in the United States
Emme Christie - An Energy Centrality Theorem: The case for the reorganization of economic theory to address climate change Human Ecological Impact
Leah Prudent - Climate gradient and gap dynamics as environmental filters for functional diversity across the temperate-boreal forest ecotone
Haifa Tamiminia - Two Decades of New York State Forest Above-ground Biomass Monitoring using Remote Sensing Techniques
Emerging topics in environmental research
Anindita Paul - Biochemical valorization of industrial hemp waste into bioplastics for aiding Circular Bioeconomy
Chien-Yu Lin - LiDAR Operation and Digital Modeling Visualization to Communicate Stormwater Management at Green Spaces in Developing Regions
Linjing Jia - Bioconversion of acid whey into bioplastics to achieve circular bioeconomy
Jialong Lin - Understanding the Impact of Hydrogen Bond Donor Structure on the Characteristics of Lignin-derived Deep Eutectic Solvents
Molly Heit - Exploring American Chestnut Ectomycorrhizal Communities Across a Nitrogen Deposition Gradient in the Adirondacks
Sara Constantineau - Building Scientifically Informed Virtual Forests
Anqi Ji - Utilization of waste paper fibers for 3D printing applications
Chien-Yu Lin - LiDAR Operation and Digital Modeling Visualization to Communicate Stormwater Management at Green Spaces in Developing Regions
Linjing Jia - Bioconversion of acid whey into bioplastics to achieve circular bioeconomy
Jialong Lin - Understanding the Impact of Hydrogen Bond Donor Structure on the Characteristics of Lignin-derived Deep Eutectic Solvents
Molly Heit - Exploring American Chestnut Ectomycorrhizal Communities Across a Nitrogen Deposition Gradient in the Adirondacks
Sara Constantineau - Building Scientifically Informed Virtual Forests
Anqi Ji - Utilization of waste paper fibers for 3D printing applications
Environemntal Justice and Equity
Gabriella Wemple and Sarah Nahar (with LSAMP students) - Current Events: Cop City vs. Defend the Atlanta Forest
Violet Jensen-Moulton - The Potential of Housing Project Microgrids in Increasing Equitable Access to Renewable Energy: A Case Study of Manhattan’s Lower East Side During Superstorm Sandy
Sarah Nahar - Ecological Sanitation
Dominic Wilkins - De-Mystifying Religion for Environmental Science & Studies
Dhiroj Koirala - Energy poverty and Household well-being: Panel Data Evidence from Nepal.
Violet Jensen-Moulton - The Potential of Housing Project Microgrids in Increasing Equitable Access to Renewable Energy: A Case Study of Manhattan’s Lower East Side During Superstorm Sandy
Sarah Nahar - Ecological Sanitation
Dominic Wilkins - De-Mystifying Religion for Environmental Science & Studies
Dhiroj Koirala - Energy poverty and Household well-being: Panel Data Evidence from Nepal.
Environmental determinants and Health
Amina Furrkukh Mughal - Influence of Emerging Contaminants on Great Lakes Fish Gut Microbiomes
MD Shahadat Hossain - Batch adsorption study for short- and long-chain per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) removal from aqueous solution using cationic polymer and surfactant coated β-zeolite adsorbent
Hannah Allen, Adam McIntyre, Olivia Follett, & Tahlia Schreiber - Examining Fish Mercury Concentrations Following Military Occupation in Vieques
John Pezzullo - Synthesis of “Steramers” as Tethers for Intracellular Protein-Nucleic Acid Conjugates
John Pezzullo - Photocaged Hyper-nucleophilic Steroids as UV-Activated Substrates for mutant Sonic Hedgehog protein
Julia Baumann, Megan Cheshire & Ross Rubin - Mercury Accumulation in Crustaceans off the Coast of Vieques, Puerto Rico
Mohamad Javad Hashemi - Meta-analysis of the effects of emerging contaminants on the spread of antibiotic resistance via horizontal gene transfer
Sydney Burgy - Does a larger lake correlate to a greater concentration of Hg in the eggs of the Common Loon?
Sarah Crane - Aquatic photochemistry of the livestock feed additive Ractopamine
Maryam Saffari Aman - PFAS characterization in compostable food packaging and commercially available compost
MD Shahadat Hossain - Batch adsorption study for short- and long-chain per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) removal from aqueous solution using cationic polymer and surfactant coated β-zeolite adsorbent
Hannah Allen, Adam McIntyre, Olivia Follett, & Tahlia Schreiber - Examining Fish Mercury Concentrations Following Military Occupation in Vieques
John Pezzullo - Synthesis of “Steramers” as Tethers for Intracellular Protein-Nucleic Acid Conjugates
John Pezzullo - Photocaged Hyper-nucleophilic Steroids as UV-Activated Substrates for mutant Sonic Hedgehog protein
Julia Baumann, Megan Cheshire & Ross Rubin - Mercury Accumulation in Crustaceans off the Coast of Vieques, Puerto Rico
Mohamad Javad Hashemi - Meta-analysis of the effects of emerging contaminants on the spread of antibiotic resistance via horizontal gene transfer
Sydney Burgy - Does a larger lake correlate to a greater concentration of Hg in the eggs of the Common Loon?
Sarah Crane - Aquatic photochemistry of the livestock feed additive Ractopamine
Maryam Saffari Aman - PFAS characterization in compostable food packaging and commercially available compost
Issues in Natural Resources Management
Erin Cornell - Resampling the Progression of Beech Bark Disease in a Chronosequence
Erin Hassett - Changes in standing water depth affect carbon dioxide and methane fluxes in a temperate wetland
Jenna Zukswert - Differences in Foliar Traits Across Forest Stands of Varying Ages Following Experimental Nitrogen and Phosphorus Addition
Hanyue Yang - Mechanisms of Wheat Rhizosphere Responses to Biochar Soil Amendment: Applications of Metabolomics Approach for Sustainable Agriculture
Michael Malone - Habitat Survey of Arthropod-Parasitic Fungi (Laboulbeniales: Ascomycota) with a Focus on Infection Rates and Host Utilization
Kelley Gilhooly - Is leaf litter mineralization controlled by leaf chemistry or soil nutrient availability?
Erin Hassett - Changes in standing water depth affect carbon dioxide and methane fluxes in a temperate wetland
Jenna Zukswert - Differences in Foliar Traits Across Forest Stands of Varying Ages Following Experimental Nitrogen and Phosphorus Addition
Hanyue Yang - Mechanisms of Wheat Rhizosphere Responses to Biochar Soil Amendment: Applications of Metabolomics Approach for Sustainable Agriculture
Michael Malone - Habitat Survey of Arthropod-Parasitic Fungi (Laboulbeniales: Ascomycota) with a Focus on Infection Rates and Host Utilization
Kelley Gilhooly - Is leaf litter mineralization controlled by leaf chemistry or soil nutrient availability?
Local impacts of global challenges: Environmental stories of Syracuse
Jack Memmer - Presence and Vectors of Asian Jumping Worms in Syracuse, NY
Jordan Jessamy - Changes in urban tree community structure across socio-urban gradients reflect discrepancies in ecological function between advantaged and disadvantaged communities.
Megan Lambie - Is Onondaga Lake Remediation Enough to Let Mayflies Recolonize? The Impacts of Onondaga Lake on Respiration Rates of Stenonema femoratum
Jimmy Andrianina Rakotovao - Environmental justice, environmental threats and urban tree canopy cover: case of Syracuse NY
Jordan Jessamy - Changes in urban tree community structure across socio-urban gradients reflect discrepancies in ecological function between advantaged and disadvantaged communities.
Megan Lambie - Is Onondaga Lake Remediation Enough to Let Mayflies Recolonize? The Impacts of Onondaga Lake on Respiration Rates of Stenonema femoratum
Jimmy Andrianina Rakotovao - Environmental justice, environmental threats and urban tree canopy cover: case of Syracuse NY
Thinking of the future: Echoes of the past in the present environment
Christopher M. Koudelka - Problematizing Realism: Confronting Colonial Perspectives and Engaging Complexities of Landscape Through ‘Ghost Textures’
Katie Storey - Exploring Under-told Histories in the Adirondack Park
Atef Amriche - Monitoring long-term river planform morphology using Super-Resolution-enhanced satellite images
Sawyer Rogers - Building Community: The Physical and Social Environment in Kensington, New Hampshire
Katie Storey - Exploring Under-told Histories in the Adirondack Park
Atef Amriche - Monitoring long-term river planform morphology using Super-Resolution-enhanced satellite images
Sawyer Rogers - Building Community: The Physical and Social Environment in Kensington, New Hampshire
