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2021-2022
September 01, 2021
Overview of water investigations in the Lower Mississippi River region: A mix of application and theory
Brian Waldron (Director, Center for Applied Earth Science and Engineering)
September 15, 2021
Graduate Student Flash Talks (Part 1)
WERC Graduate Students
September 15, 2021
Graduate Student Flash Talks (Part 2)
WERC Graduate Students
October 20, 2021
Fecal sludge management for pennies a day with Omni-Processors
L. Stetson Rowles (Georgia Southern University)
November 03, 2021
Using space cameras to study big bits of ice and snow (and also other things)
Robert McNabb (Ulster University)
November 17, 2021
"Hi, Do you need a scientist?" — Leveraging community partnerships for meaningful outreach"
Betsi Oliver (Outreach Coordinator, Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council)
December 01, 2021
CANCELLED!!!!
PFAS: Forever chemicals in Alaska | Kristin Nielsen, University of Texas Marine Science Institute
January 12, 2022
Isotopes and Fish Eyes: New tools to track population-level benefits of floodplains for Chinook salmon
Miranda Tilcock (Center for Watershed Sciences, UC Davis)
February 16, 2022
Temporal Variation in Titanium Dioxide Engineered Particle Concentrations in the Broad River during Dry and Wet Weather
Md Mahmudun Nabi (Environmental Health Sciences, University of South Carolina)
March 02, 2022
Characterization of the methane cycle in aquatic ecosystems
Teresa Aguirrezabala (Postdoc, UAF)
March 16, 2022
Every Speck of Water: the many facets of contemporary dry-cabin living
Melina Arciniega (Student, UAF Anthropology)
April 06, 2022
The Ground Effect: Meltwater & Substrate Driving the Melt-Evolution in Arctic Landscapes
Anika Pinzer (UAF Geophysical Institute)
April 20, 2022
Potential ecological and human health risks of PFAS contamination in Alaska
Kristin Nielsen (Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin)
2020-2021
October 02, 2020
Investigating 3000 Years of Mercury Dynamic in the Aleutian Ecosystem Utilizing Alaska Native Middens
Julie Avery (WERC)
October 16, 2020
Feasibility of Multiple Camera Large Scale Particle Image Velocimetry Techniques for Rivers In Alaska
Eric LaMesjerant, MS Candidate
November 06, 2020
Faculty Project Presentations
WERC Faculty
November 20, 2020
Risky Business: Predator-Prey Interactions in the Gulf of Alaska
Amy Bishop (UAF Centennial Postdoc)
2019-2020
September 13, 2019
Water Resources Research
Kristin Gagne, Jason Clark, Barbara Johnson, and Earl Greene (Director of the Water Resources Research Act Program, USGS)
October 04, 2019
Holocene Hydroclimate of Alaska from Isotope Studies of Paleoenvironmental Water
Lesleigh Anderson (USGS)
October 18, 2019
Winter Climate Change and Glacier Activity over the last 500 years in the Northeast Pacific
Ben Gaglioti (WERC)
November 01, 2019
Dried Blood Spots: A Tool for Assessing Diet and Mercury Exposure in Fish and Humans
Matthew Wooller & Benjamin Barst (Alaska Stable Isotope Facility)
November 15, 2019
Modeling in Groundwater Science with Limited Data
Madhumita Sahoo (Fulbright Scholar, UAF)
February 07, 2020
Putting sea lions to WERC tracking ecosystem changes
Stephanie Crawford and Lorrie Rea (WERC)
February 21, 2020
100 years of hotspot CH4 emission following abrupt permafrost thaw
Katey Walter Anthony (WERC)
March 06, 2020
Using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) to detect geologic gas seeps in Alaskan lakes
Natalie Tyler (PhD student Geosciences | WERC)
April 03, 2020
Improving drought assessment in cold regions: Copper River case study
Melissa Valentin (2100 Consulting, Colorado)
2018-2019
August 31, 2018
Operational Hydrology in Alaska: Current Techniques and Research Directions
Jessica Cherry (NOAA/WERC)
September 07, 2018
Designing Food-Energy-Water Systems for Off-Grid Regions
Daniel Sambor (Stanford University | Visiting Researcher ACEP/INE)
September 21, 2018
A hydrohalite spring deposit on Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada
Melissa Ward Jones (McGill University)
October 05, 2018
2D Sediment Transport Modeling for a Reach on the Sagavanirktok River
Isaac Ladines
October 19, 2018
Consequences of Catastrophic Lake Drainage: Will Ghost Lakes Increasingly Haunt the New Arctic during Snowmelt?
Chris Arp (WERC)
November 02, 2018
Building Bridges Through Conversation: The ScienceTapes Project
Bob Bolton (IARC)
November 16, 2018
Highlighting a decade of research at the Teshekpuk Lake Observatory
Ben Jones (WERC)
February 04, 2019
The Science and Practice of Happiness and Wellbeing
Dr. Matthew Wooller (Director, Alaska Stable Isotope Facility)
February 15, 2019
Temporal trends and effects of mercury in landlocked Arctic char
Benjamin Barst (Postdoc, Alaska Stable Isotope Facility)
March 01, 2019
What happens to snow when it melts? Stable water isotopes informing cold climate hydrological modelling
Pertti Ala-Aho (University of Oulu, Finland)
March 18, 2019
MC-ICP-MS: Unlocking the Isotope Toolbox
Karen Spaleta (Alaska Stable Isotope Facility)
April 05, 2019
Mercury, stable isotopes, and fish: piecing together the fish and mercury story
Andrew Cyr (CFOS, Wildlife Toxicology Lab)
April 19, 2019
Capstone Projects and Community Challenges
Ky Holland
2017-2018
September 08, 2017
Water and infrastructure from the air: airborne bridge monitoring in Interior Alaska
Jessica Cherry (NOAA & Affiliated Faculty, UAF)
September 15, 2017
Happiness is a lab full of (working) instruments: Overview of analytical techniques available at the Advanced Instrumentation Laboratory (AIL)
Karen J. Spaleta (Manager, UAF Advanced Instrumentation Laboratory)
September 22, 2017
INE Pubinar: Developing guidelines for 2-dimensional model review and acceptance
Joel Homan
September 29, 2017
Yedoma (ice-rich syngenetic permafrost) in northern Alaska
Mikhail Kanevskiy (Research Assistant Professor, WERC)
October 06, 2017
Dynamically downscaled historical and projected climate for the coast and foothills of Arctic Alaska
Lei Cai (PhD Candidate, International Arctic Research Center)
October 13, 2017
Glacierfed streams recharge aquifers
Anna Liljedahl (WERC faculty)
October 20, 2017
INE Pubinar: Renewable Power, Energy Costs, and Subsistence in Rural Alaska
Erin Whitney (ACEP/UAF) & Jen Schmidt (ISER/UAA)
October 27, 2017
Assessment of vegetation changes in mountain tree line ecotone, Agashoshok valley, Western Brooks Range, over the last 60 years
Anna Mikheeva
November 03, 2017
Historic/Paleo- Ecology: What does Nicole do, anyway?
Nicole Misarti (WERC faculty)
November 10, 2017
Gradations in Stream Beadation from Siberia to Alaska
Anna Tarbeeva (Visiting WERC Researcher)
November 17, 2017
INE Pubinar | Against the flow: 800 miles hiking next to a pipe
Ned Rozell
December 01, 2017
Tundra be dammed: Beaver colonization of the Arctic
Ken Tape (Research Assistant Professor, WERC/UAF)
February 02, 2018
Peeking through a frosty window: molecular insights into soil microbial communities across the Arctic
Ina Timling (Post-doctoral Fellow, Institute of Arctic Biology, UAF)
February 09, 2018
Subarctic natural organic matter seasonality study: Influence of permafrost thaw on surface waters
Kristin Gagne (PhD Candidate, Chemistry and Biogeochemistry, UAF)
February 16, 2018
INE PUBINAR: Permafrost-related causes and consequences of the Sagavanirktok River Delta flooding in Spring 2015
Yuri Shur (Professor, Civil Engineering)
February 23, 2018
Absorbing Contaminants with Guar & Xanthan Gum
Fawad Naseer (Graduate student, Geological Engineering)
March 09, 2018
Air Pollution in Interior Alaska
Abdul Kadir (Graduate Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UAF)
March 23, 2018
Permafrost and Groundwater in Goldstream valley
Abraham Emond and Ronald Daanen (DGGS & AKDNR)
March 30, 2018
Regional variations and drivers of mercury and selenium concentrations in Steller sea lions
Lorrie Rea (Professor, WERC)
April 06, 2018
Biogeochemistry of Arctic Hillslopes
Tamara Harms (Assistant Professor, Institute of Arctic Biology)
April 13, 2018
Exploring Greywater Pretreatment – Alaska Water Sewer Challenge Phase 2 Extension
Aaron Dotson (Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, UAA)
April 20, 2018
Environmental change on Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta: bellwether of the future Arctic, or black sheep?
Gerald (J.J.) Frost (Senior Scientist, ABR, Inc.)
May 04, 2018
Modeling Snowmelt Flooding in the Upper Kuparuk Watershed
Kelsey Dean (M.S. student, WERC, CEM)
2016-2017
September 16, 2016
Back to the future: Pacific walrus stress response and reproductive status in a changing Arctic
Patrick Charapata (UAF MS Graduate, Alaska Department of Fish and Game)
September 23, 2016
Recent Airborne Remote Sensing of Snow and Ice in Alaska
Jessica Cherry (Research Associate Professor | GINA, IARC, NorSS LLC)
September 30, 2016
Permafrost mapping in Goldstream Valley using airborne electromagnetic geophysics
Ronald Daanen (Geohydrologist | DGGS)
October 14, 2016
Oil-water separation using Gel Encapsulated Nanoparticles
Nikhil Ket (MS Student, Petroleum Engineering, UAF)
October 21, 2016
Conservation Physiology: Comparative Growth Physiology On the Land and In the Sea
Julie Avery (Research Faculty, WERC)
October 28, 2016
Fifty years of Cook Inlet beluga whale ecology: recorded as isotopes (C,N,Sr) in their bone and teeth
Mark Nelson (Candidate for MS Marine Biology UAF & AK Dept. of Fish and Game)
November 04, 2016
Estimating peak flows on the North Slope
Alexa Hinzman (MS Candidate, Civil and Environmental Engineering UAF)
November 18, 2016
Using Fasting Status to Evaluate the Nutritional Stress Hypothesis in Steller Sea Lion Pups
Stephanie Crawford (MS Student, Biological Sciences, UAF)
December 02, 2016
Linkages between glaciers and hydrology in a subarctic watershed, Interior Alaska
Anne Gaedeke (Post-doctoral Fellow, WERC-UAF)
January 27, 2017
Chemical analyses of terminal Pleistocene hearth residues at the Upward Sun River site in central Alaska
Kyungcheol Choy (Post-doctoral Fellow, WERC & College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, UAF)
February 03, 2017
Aquatic DOC composition & reactivity of permafrost influenced systems in Interior Alaska
Jenn Guerard (Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UAF)
February 10, 2017
Transport of CH4 Through Open Taliks in Discontinuous Permafrost Aquifers
Bridget Eckhardt (MS Student, College of Engineering and Mines, UAF)
February 17, 2017
The role of shrubs in arctic water balance
Jason Clark (PhD Student, WERC-UAF)
February 24, 2017
Methane emissions from arctic lakes
Katey Walter Anthony (Associate Professor, WERC-UAF)
March 03, 2017
Estimating methane emissions from northern lakes with synthetic aperture radar (SAR)
Melanie Engram (Research Staff , WERC-UAF)
March 10, 2017
How will aquatic habitats and fish communities respond to arctic climate change?
Chris Arp (Research Associate Professor, WERC-UAF)
March 24, 2017
Thermokarst Lake Expansion Dynamics in the Alaskan Arctic
Allen Bondurant (MS Student, WERC-UAF)
March 31, 2017
Climate Driven Extent Changes in Perennial Snowfields in the Central Brooks Range of Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve
Molly Tedesche (PhD Student, IARC & WERC, UAF)
April 07, 2017
Validation of MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth for prediction of near-ground air quality in Alaska
Alyson McPhetres (Engineering graduate student, UAF)
April 14, 2017
Analyzing shifts in the base of the Arctic marine food web using amino acid stable isotope fingerprinting
Audrey Rowe (MS Student Marine biology, WERC & CFOS, UAF)
May 05, 2017
Permafrost Erosional Features
Dave Swanson
2015-2016
September 18, 2015
Addressing Water Security Challenges in the Rural North
Harry Penn
September 25, 2015
Field observations during the 2015 breakup on the Sag River
Horacio Toniolo, Ph.D.
October 02, 2015
Chemical analyses of terminal Pleistocene hearth residues at the Upward Sun River site in central Alaska
Kyungcheol Choy
October 09, 2015
Novel wildlife in the Arctic: the influence of changing discharge timing and shrub habitat expansion on snowshoe hares and moose
Ken Tape
October 16, 2015
Hydrograph separation of a sub-arctic glacial watershed, Interior Alaska
Tiffany Gatesman
October 23, 2015
Arctic Tundra Landscape Evolution: Conceptualization and Initial Application of the Alaska Thermokarst Model
Bob Bolton
October 30, 2015
Precipitation in the Alaska Central Arctic
Joel Homan
November 13, 2015
Toward Improved Parametrization of a Meso-Scale Hydrologic Model in a Discontinuous Permafrost, Boreal Forest Ecosystem
Abraham Endalamaw
November 20, 2015
Increased Winter baseflow of Tanana River Linked to Glacier Wastage
Anne Gaedeke
December 11, 2015
Stimulating Sulfolane Biodegradation in Contaminated Subarctic Aquifer Substrate: A Limiting Step in Remediation
Chris Kasanke
January 15, 2016
Industrial supply and surficial geochemistry of tellurium
Sarah M Hayes, Asst. Professor of Chemistry at UAF
January 22, 2016
CSI Beringia: Reconstructing 2,500 Years Of Pacific Walrus Foraging
Casey Clark
January 29, 2016
Observing Arctic Freshwater Habitat Dynamics in the Fish Creek Watershed, Alaska
Chris Arp
February 05, 2016
Compositional Analysis of Fine Particulate Matter in Fairbanks, Alaska
Kristian (KC) Nattinger (Geophysical Institute & Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry)
February 12, 2016
From Beneath the Permafrost: Transport Mechanisms of Methane
Bridget Eckhardt, MS Student - Environmental Engineering
February 19, 2016
Identifying the Major Controls on Thermokarst Lake Expansion and Erosion on the Outer Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska
Allen Bondurant
February 26, 2016
Northern Aquatic Landscapes: Sentinels and Regulators of Global Changes. Examples from the Canadian Arctic
Dr. Frédéric Bouchard, Université de Montréal, Montréal QC, Canada
March 04, 2016
Biofilms in a simulated drinking water systems- impact of disinfection and pipe material on biofilm abundance and microbial community
Srijan Aggarwal
March 11, 2016
Relationships between organic matter quality and methane production in thermokarst lake sediments and the underlying talik
Joanne Heslop
March 25, 2016
Landscape Trends in Lake Ice Regimes
Melanie Engram
April 01, 2016
Climate Driven Extent Changes in Perennial Snowfields in Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve, Alaska: Implications for Hydro-climatology and Archaeology
Molly Tedesche
April 08, 2016
Exploration of the Kenai River Basin Hydrology through the use of Modeling
Brett Wells
April 15, 2016
Flow of Groundwater at the Interface with Permafrost
Ravi Paturi
2014-2015
September 26, 2014
Imiq: a hydroclimate database and data portal for Alaska
Jessica Cherry and Amy Jacobs
October 03, 2014
Title: Ecohydrological Linkages: Connecting the dots between hydrology, climate, and people of the North
Chas Jones
October 10, 2014
Arctic snow distribution patterns at the watershed scale
Joel Homan
October 17, 2014
500 Years of Wildfire Frequency and Limnology Near Fairbanks, Alaska
Ben Gaglioti
October 24, 2014
Chemical Herders in Icy Waters: Exploring their Efficacy and Fate when Used in Conjunction with In Situ Burning of Arctic Oil Spills
Robin Bullock
October 31, 2014
Linking landscape characteristics and stream temperature in the coastal temperate rainforest of southeast Alaska.
Michael Winfree
November 07, 2014
Determination of lateral inflows in the Kuparuk River watershed: a study in the Alaskan Arctic
Levi Overbeck
November 14, 2014
Mineral processing of platinum-group metals from base metals
Guven Akdogan
November 21, 2014
Crude oil biodegradation in arctic sea shore sediments
Priyamvada Sharma
December 05, 2014
Assessing the fate of fresh crude oil in arctic beach sediment, based on exposure time and sediment structure
Anna Iverson
January 23, 2015
An overview of suspended sediment transport and confluence dynamics on the south side of the Brooks Range
Erica Lamb
January 30, 2015
Uncertainty assessment in climate change impact assessments focusing on hydrology: From choice of climate downscaling approach to hydrological model type
Anne Gaedeke
February 06, 2015
Hydrograph partitioning of a sub-arctic glacial watershed, Interior Alaska: A geochemical analysis
Tiffany Gatesman
February 13, 2015
EPSCoR ACE Project: South-central Test Case Hydrology Update
Brett Wells
February 27, 2015
Determination of Lateral Inflows in the Kuparuk River Watershed, a Study in the Alaskan Arctic
Levi Overbeck
March 06, 2015
Food web and diet trends: New insights into seafloor feeding strategies in the Arctic
Laura Oxtoby
March 13, 2015
An overview of gridded reanalysis and dynamically downscaled data for climate analysis in Alaska
Peter Bieniek and Richard Lader
April 03, 2015
Estimating CH4 ebullition from northern lakes using L-band SAR backscatter intensity
Melanie Engram
April 17, 2015
Estimating future flood frequency & magnitude in basins affected by glacier wastage
Anna Liljedahl
2013-2014
September 13, 2013
Hydrologic projections of glacierized basins for hydroelectric operations in Europe and Southcentral Alaska
Jörg Schulla (Hydrologic software consultant, Zurich) and Anna Liljedahl (WERC/IARC)
September 27, 2013
19th International Northern Research Basins Symposium and Workshop
Sveta Stuefer
October 04, 2013
Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) remote sensing for detection and quantification of methane ebullition in Alaskan lakes
Melanie Engram
October 11, 2013
Indicators of Ice Age Climate Change on the North Slope of Alaska
Ben Gaglioti
October 18, 2013
Capturing migration phenology of terrestrial wildlife using camera traps
Ken Tape
October 25, 2013
The Role of Lakes and Streams in Permafrost Degradation in Northern Alaska
Chris Arp
November 01, 2013
Steller sea lions as sentinels of environmental contaminants in the Aleutian Islands
Lorrie Rea
November 08, 2013
What do McCall Glacier, caribou, and monster truck tires have in common?
Matt Nolan
November 15, 2013
Linking North Slope Climate, Hydrology and Fish Migration
Erica Betts
November 22, 2013
NO SEMINAR
November 29, 2013
Thanksgiving Holiday- NO SEMINAR!
December 13, 2013
NO SEMINAR during Winter Break
January 17, 2014
Waterways: Language, Culture, and the Environment in Alaska’s Upper Tanana
Jessica Cherry, International Arctic Research Center and Institute of Northern Engineering, UAF Olga Lovick, First Nations University, Regina, Canada Patrick Harman, Harman Media, Fairbanks, AK
January 24, 2014
SEMINAR CANCELLED
January 31, 2014
An incubation study of methane production in a thermokarst-lake system
Joanne Heslop
February 07, 2014
Snow Dumps: Where Urban Snow Goes to Melt
Aaron D. Dotson, UAA-Civil Engineering & UAF-WERC Associate
February 14, 2014
Carbon cycling in deep thermokarst lakes: positive vs. negative feedbacks
Katey Walter Anthony
February 21, 2014
NO SEMINAR - WERC Faculty/Staff Meeting
February 28, 2014
Turbidity observations in sediment flux studies: Examples from Russian rivers in cold environments
Matvey Debolskiy
March 07, 2014
Evidence of Thawed Through-Taliks in a Discontinuous Permafrost Region
Michelle Barnes
March 14, 2014
An update from RAVENS Phase 1: What should community and regional capacity look like?
Harry Penn
March 28, 2014
Investigating Approaches to Mitigate Biofilms in Drinking Water Distribution Systems
Srijan Aggarwal
April 04, 2014
Historical changes in trends and extreme streamflow in Interior Alaskan River Basins
Katrina Bennett
April 11, 2014
Biodegradation of crude oil in Alaskan seashore sediments
Priyamvada Sharma
April 18, 2014
Alaska North Slope Legacy Wells
Jessica Starsman
April 25, 2014
NO SEMINAR - Springfest
August 15, 2014
Physical flow parameters at a confluence of two streams in interior Alaska
Erica Lamb
August 20, 2014
Stream Gauging: Methods and Equipment
Joel Homan
