Seminar Title: “Leaf litter decomposition: Legacy effects and VOCs” Speaker:  Dr. Michael Strickland, University of Idaho Location: Johnson Hall 204 Schedule here (AMS dialup #5984)  

Seminar Title: “Predicting ecosystem consequences of global change via altered plant physiology” Speaker:  Nathan Lemoine, Research Scientist, Colorado State University Location: Spark 335

Seminar Title: “Rivers in the Sky, Rivers on the Ground: Atmospheric Rivers, Rain and Floods in the Willamette Valley” Speaker:  Dr. Andrew Martin, Dept. of Geography, Portland State University and host: Deepti Singh Location: Engineering and computer Science Building room 125, WSU, Vancouver WA.

Seminar Title: “Biological and Molecular Investigations into Tospovirus-Host Interactiosn” Speaker Cristian André Olaya Arias, Graduate Student, PhD, Exit Seminar Location: Johnson Hall 343 Schedule here  (AMS dialup #3394)  

Seminar Title: Effective Use of Google / Google Scholar & Plagiarism Issues Speaker:  Betty Galbraith, Professor, Owen Science Library, WSU Location: Johnson Hall 204 Schedule here  (AMS dialup #5834)

Seminar Title: “Nitrogenase, hydrogen and bacterial longevity” Speaker: Dr. Carrie Harwood, Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Washington Location: Clark Hall 149 Schedule here (AMS dialup #5984)

Seminar Title: R Working Group Speaker: Nick: Computing Best Practices – version control, R projects, github Location: PACCAR 202

Seminar Title: “Plant Community Ecology in an Era of Global Change: Species, Functional Traits, and Phylogeny” Speaker: Dr. Daijiang Li, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Wildlife Ecology & Conservation, University of Florida Location: Spark 335

Seminar Title: Global Scale Genomic Prediction of Horticultural Performance in Apple, Cherry & Peach Speaker: Craig Hardner, Senior Research Fellow, Ctr for Horticultural Research, The University of Queensland, Australia Location: Johnson Hall 204 Schedule here (AMS dialup #5984)

Seminar Title: “Nitrogenase, hydrogen and bacterial longevity” Speaker: Dr. Carrie Harwood, Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Washington Location: Clark Hall 149 Schedule here (AMS dialup #5984)

Seminar Title: Python Working Group Speaker: TBD Location: Spark 227

Seminar Title: “Agriculture in the Columbia River Basin: Risks and Opportunities” Speaker:  Kirti Rajagopalan Location: Johnson Hall 204 Schedule here (AMS dialup #5984)

Seminar Title: “Implications of global change on biodiversity & ecological resilience: from local to biogeographical scales” Speaker: Dr. Dylan Craven, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Göttingen, Germany Location: Spark 335

Seminar Title: “Modifying the Structural Properties of Titania-Supported Vanadium Oxide Catalysts” Speaker:  Nicholas Jaegers, Ph.D. Candidate, Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University Location: Spark G45 (WSU Pullman) /Floyd 210 (WSU Tri-Cities)

Seminar Title:  “Defensive Diterpenoid Networks in Food and Biofuel Crops” Speaker:  Philipp Zerbe, Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California – Davis Location: Bryan Hall 305  

Seminar Title: R Working Group Speaker:  Alli Cramer: Mapping / rasters in R Location: PACCAR 202  

Seminar Title: “Remote Sensing / Phenotyping Technology” Speaker:  Sindhuja Sankaran, Assistant Professor, Biological Systems Engineering, WSU Location: Johnson Hall 204 Schedule here  (AMS dialup #5834)