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May 31 10:30AM
ESB 5104 & Zoom

Thesis Defense

The fate of salp blooms: decomposition and sinking of salp carcasses

MSc Thesis Defense
Speaker: Polina Orlov
Supervised by: Evgeny Pakhomov
May 26 1:00PM
ESB 5104-06

Seminar

Exploring the intersection of Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science

Speaker: Wylee Fitz-Gerald
May 10 1:00PM
Graduate Student Centre - Room 200

Thesis Defense

A Submesoscale Modelling Approach to Understanding the Past, Present and Future Carbonate Chemistry Balance of the Salish Sea

PhD Thesis Defense
Speaker: Tereza Jarnikova
Supervised by: Susan Allen & Debby Ianson
Apr 13 12:30PM
Zoom

Thesis Defense

Transcriptomic responses of the marine heterotrophic bacterium Dokdonia sp. strain Dokd-P16 to iron limitation and viral lysate addition

PhD Thesis Defense
Speaker: Anwar Al-Qattan
Supervised by: Curtis Suttle
Apr 12 9:00AM
Zoom

Thesis Defense

Tidal Influence on the Fraser River Plume

MSc Thesis Defense
Speaker: Shumin Li
Supervised by: Rich Pawlowicz
Apr 7 4:00PM
ESB 5104-06 and Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81170428556?pwd=ZkRRZ08wMzJWNC9FTVFGa0pRNnBzdz09

Colloquium

Research on learning geoscience in the field (on site or virtually)

Speaker: Steve Semken (ASU) and Ryan Petterson (Stanford University)
Hosted by: Laura Lukes and Mitch Darcy
Apr 6 10:00AM
ESB 5104

Thesis Defense

Empirical Analysis of Brittle Rock Mass Failure in Response to Cave Advance for Preventative Support Maintenance

MASc Thesis Defense
Speaker: Robert McMillan
Supervised by: Erik Eberhardt
Apr 5 11:30AM
Zoom

Thesis Defense

Exploring eddy ellipse geometry as metrics of eddy-mean flow interactions in a mixed instability jet.

MSc Thesis Defense
Speaker: Connor Henderson
Supervised by: Stephanie Waterman
Apr 4 1:30PM
Zoom

Thesis Defense

Verification of a Global Streamflow Forecast for the Purpose of Run-of-River Hydropower Operation in Nepal

MSc Thesis Defense
Speaker: Abhinab Kadel
Supervised by: Roland Stull
Apr 4 9:00AM
Zoom

Thesis Defense

Glider Observations of Physical Processes Pertaining to Zooplankton Distributions

PhD Thesis Defense
Speaker: Tara Howatt
Supervised by: Stephanie Waterman
Mar 31 4:00PM
ESB 5104-06 and Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81170428556?pwd=ZkRRZ08wMzJWNC9FTVFGa0pRNnBzdz09

Colloquium

COVID-19’s impact on field-based learning

Speaker: Katherine Ryker (UofSC), Laura Lukes and Shandin Pete (UBC)
Hosted by: Laura Lukes and Mitch Darcy
Mar 17 9:00AM
Zoom

Thesis Defense

On Running a Numerical Weather Prediction Model from an Ensemble Mean Initial Condition

MSc Thesis Defense
Speaker: Rachel Steinhart
Supervised by: Roland Stull
Mar 10 4:00PM
ESB 5104-06 and https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81170428556?pwd=ZkRRZ08wMzJWNC9FTVFGa0pRNnBzdz09

Colloquium

A RoundTable Discussion: Navigating Indigenous knowledge and decolonial constructs in academic science

Speaker: Danielle Ignace (UBC) , Tabitha Robin Martens (UBC) , Andrea Reid (IOF and CIF)
Hosted by: Shandin Pete
Mar 8 12:30PM
ESB 5104 AND by zoom--https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81170428556?pwd=ZkRRZ08wMzJWNC9FTVFGa0pRNnBzdz09

Seminar

CSEG Distinguished Lecture: Geological storage of carbon and the role of Geophysics

Speaker: Don White
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Geological Survey of Canada
Hosted by: Lindsey Heagy and Michael Bostock
Mar 3 4:00PM
ESB 5104-06 and Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81170428556?pwd=ZkRRZ08wMzJWNC9FTVFGa0pRNnBzdz09

Colloquium

Perspectives on accessing and studying natural resources

Speaker: David Mogk (MSU) and Kayla Lar-son (UBC)
Hosted by: Laura Lukes and Mitch Darcy
Feb 17 4:00PM
ESB 5104-06; Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83293392969?pwd=WmJ2ZU5xMUd6dFVkSkNJckdvbVduUT09

Colloquium

EOAS and the Climate Emergency: Our roles as researchers, educators and mentors, and community members

Speaker: TBA
Hosted by: Stephanie Waterman, Emma Loucks
Feb 16 1:30PM
Zoom

Thesis Defense

Tectonomagmatic framework for Late Cretaceous postsubduction magmatism in west-central and southern Yukon

MSc Thesis Defense
Speaker: Melissa Friend
Supervised by: Shaun Barker
Feb 14 1:00PM

Seminar

Reconstructing earth's ancient carbon cycle

Speaker: Dr. Peter Crockford
Feb 11 10:00AM
ESB 5104

Thesis Defense

Development of a Wet Muck Database and Drawpoint Spill Hazard Susceptibility Tool for an Operating Cave Mine

MASc Thesis Defense
Speaker: Jovian Varian
Supervised by: Scott McDougall
Feb 10 4:00PM
ESB 5104 | Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83293392969?pwd=WmJ2ZU5xMUd6dFVkSkNJckdvbVduUT09

Colloquium

Climate Policy and Planning, and the Role of Science and Scientists

Speaker: Prof. Amanda Giang; Tom-Pierre Frappé-Sénéclauze; Fiona Beaty
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Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, UBC; Pembina Institute
Hosted by: Colin Rowell, Cole Lord-May