Program 2024

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.