FALL 2011 SEMINAR SCHEDULE
Wednesdays from 12 to 1 PM
Room 001 Sondheim Hall (unless otherwise noted**)

September 7 - NASA's Operation IceBridge: using instrumented aircraft to bridge the observational gap between ICESat and ICESat-2 laser altimeter measurements
DR. MICHAEL STUDINGER, Project Scientist, Operation IceBridge, Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology JCET/UMBC and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

September 21 - Restoring the Great Lakes
CAMERON DAVIS, Senior Advisor, Great Lakes National Program Office, Environmental Protection Agency

October 5 – The Economics of Ecosystem Services and Why Location Matters
DR. LISA WAINGER, Research Associate Professor, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

October 26 – Regenerative Design: Blurring the Boundaries Between Conservation Planning, Ecological Restoration and Sustainability
DR. KEITH BOWERS, President, Biohabitats

November 2 – Streamflow, floods, and climate change
DR. ROBERT HIRSCH, Research Hydrologist, US Geological Service

November 9 – Global Network/Local Plan: Geographic Dimensions of the Digital Divide
DR. CHARLES KAYLOR, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University

November 16 – Vegetation Dynamics at the Middle Patuxent Environmental Area
DR. VANESSA BEAUCHAMP, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University

November 30 – Active space and the sensory ecology of birdsong
DR. BERNARD LOHR, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County


For more information and updates contact:
Dawn Biehler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Geography & Environmental Systems
UMBC
211 Sondheim Bldg
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
dbiehler@umbc.edu
Voice: +1 410 455 2095
Fax: +1 410 455 1056