Speaker: Dr. Eugenio Arima Associate Professor, Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin Thursday, February 18, 2021 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. Dr. Eugenio Arima is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and the […]
Speaker: Dr. Morteza Karimzadeh Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder Thursday, February 11, 2021 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. Dr. Karimzadeh is a spatial data scientist, with contributions in geographic information retrieval, machine learning, geo-visualization, and visual […]
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Speaker: Dr. Cynthia Simmons Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, February 4, 2021 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. Dr. Cynthia Simmons is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography, at the University of Florida. She is a […]
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Speaker: Dr. Esther Mullens Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, January 28, 2021 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. This seminar will discuss ongoing research on predicting extreme precipitation at seasonal to sub-seasonal (S2S) timescales, focusing specifically on […]
Speaker: Alex Orenstein Data Scientist, ORENSTEIN GIS Thursday, January 21, 2021 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. Alex is a GIS specialist based in Senegal. His focus is on using satellite data to track drought and its impact on pastoralist communities, particularly […]
Speaker: Dr. Alisa W. Coffin USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Southeast Watershed Research Laboratory Thursday, November 19, 2020 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. Agroecosystems across the planet are being taxed to produce more food, fiber and fuel, while reducing the adverse effects of agriculture. Precision agricultural […]
Speaker: Guoqian Yan PhD Student, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, December 3, 2020 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. Hurricanes are one of the most dangerous natural disasters as they can produce extremely heavy rainfall, damaging winds, and storm surge. Understanding landfalling hurricane […]
Speaker: Dr. Olivier Walther Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, January 30, 2020 3:50-4:50 PM (Period 8) Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. African governments are increasingly confronted with new forms of political violence. This study maps the evolution of violence across North and West Africa. […]
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Speaker: Dr. Stephanie Pau Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Florida State University Thursday, October 29, 2020 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. Grass-dominated ecosystems (grasslands and savannas) are tremendously diverse and play an important role in regional and global carbon, water, and energy cycling. However, grass […]
Speaker: Stephanie Mundis PhD Student, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, October 22, 2020 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Zoom, livestreamed on YouTube University of Florida All are welcome to attend. In recent years, deaths and illnesses from mosquito-borne and other vector-borne diseases have been on the rise in areas around the world. In my […]