2024 GradFest Program
Lunch
12:00pm: Please RSVP to attend the lunch to kick off GradFest!
Welcome and Introduction
1:15pm: Welcome by RCNR Dean David Ackerly
1:30pm: Introductory Keynote by ESPM Faculty Lau Gherardi
Student Speakers
For more details about this year’s speakers, check out the Speaker Schedule 2024.
2:00 pm
Mindy Jewell Price, De Master Group
“Contested Icescapes: Land, Politics, and Change on an Arctic Agricultural Frontier in the Northwest Territories, Canada.”
2:30 pm
Connie Ryan, Collins Lab
“Describing Stand Density from Robust Historical Forest Inventories across the Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascades”.
3:00 pm
Danielle Perryman, Beissinger Lab
“Small Mammal Niche Shifts and Morphological Response to Climate Change and Plant Productivity in the Mojave Desert Region of California.”
3:30 pm
Pranjal Dwivedi, Pallud Lab
Wetland biogechemistry and greenhouse gas emissions in different geographies
4:00 pm
Lucy Andrews, Freshwater Lab
“Dreams of Dam Removal in a Time of Environmental Crisis.“
4:30 pm
Rachael Ryan, Freshwater Lab
“Diversity and Resilience in Endangered Coho Salmon.”
5:00 pm
Emily Chen, Freshwater Lab
“Population Dynamics of Chinook Salmon in the Central Valley.”
Closing
5:30pm: Remarks by ESPM Chair Lynn Huntsinger and Head Graduate Advisor Ian Wang
Reception and Research Poster Show
6:00pm: Please join us for a reception and research poster showcase featuring the work of ESPM graduate students in 575 McCone Hall and balcony.