Environmental Sciences Centennial Panel Discussion: Past, Present, and Future Trends In Environmental Issues
The Rutgers Department of Environmental Sciences Centennial Anniversary (1920 to 2020)
Virtual Panel Discussion, Past, Present and Future Trends in Environmental Issues, November 18th, 2020 at 7pm
This discussion was moderated by Kelly Ann Cicalese SEBS'11 (B.S., Meteorology) from WCVB-TV, Boston, and featured four panelists, representing a broad perspective on the environmental disciplines and issues at the core
of our department's mission, as well as the role Rutgers plays in addressing those issues now and in the future.
The Department of Environmental Sciences includes the disciplines of Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, and Meteorology/Atmospheric Science.
Photo: Martin Hall, shortly after its completion in 1914, where the Environmental Sciences department began.
Panelists:
Tony Broccoli CC'77, GSNB'79, GSNB'98 (Ph.D., Environmental Science), Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Rutgers University and Co-Director of the Rutgers Cli mate Institute
Angela Oberg GSNB'18 (Ph.D., Planning and Public Policy), Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Human Ecology at Rutgers University
Joan G. Tell CC'87, GSNB'89, GSNB'92 (Ph.D., Environmental Science), Director of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences at Merck & Co., Inc.
David Vaccari CC'74, GSNB'83, GSNB'84 (Ph.D., Environmental Science), Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Ocean Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology.
Here is the Panel Discussion recording video
Symposium Seminar Abstracts and Recordings:
Friday, October 2, 2020, 2:30 pm Eastern TimeSpeaker: Jennifer Biddle, University of Delaware, School of Marine Science and Policy
Title: 20,000 MICROBES UNDER THE SEA
Topic: functional diversity of marine microbial communities
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Friday, October 9, 2020, 2:30 pm Eastern Time
Speaker: Alissa Park, Columbia University
Title: TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT: CARBON CAPTURE, UTILIZATION AND STORAGE
Topic: sustainable energy systems, resource recovery and carbon capture
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Friday, October 23, 2020, 2:30 pm Eastern Time
Speaker: Christine Chiu, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
Title: Exploring cloud-aerosol-precipitation interactions through a journey of photons
Topic: radiative properties of clouds and aerosols
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Friday, October 30, 2020, 2:30 pm Eastern Time
Speaker: Kevin Finneran, Clemson University, Department of Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, Department of Microbiology
Title: Novel Electron Donors and New Uses for "Old" Activated Carbon: the changing face of in situ (bio)remediation
Topic: metal reducing microbes in the environment
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Friday, November 6, 2020, 2:30 pm Eastern Time
Speaker: Lutgarde Raskin, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
Title: Researcher-Utility Partnerships for Advancing Microbial Drinking Water Quality
Topic: microbiology of water and wastewater
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Friday, November 13, 2020, 2:30 pm Eastern Time