Upcoming ERI Seminars - 2023
(Usually every other Wednesday from 12:00 to 13:00)
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| Speaker | Date & Time | Room | Title/Topic | Registration Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Sinead Leahy (NZ Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre) | Wed 11 Oct, Noon-1pm | S.G.01 (Hamilton) | “Reducing agricultural greenhouse gases – a New Zealand perspective” | Link |
| Prof. Gareth Enticott (Cardiff University) & Prof. Iain White | Wed 15 Nov, Noon-1pm | S.G.01 (Hamilton) | “Learning from each other: What are the prospects for environmental policy mobility between Wales and New Zealand? | Link |
| Alana Alexander (University of Otago) | Wed 13 Dec, Noon-1pm | S.G.01 (Hamilton) | TBA | TBA |
| Matthew J. Prentice (University of Queensland) | TBA | TBA (Hamilton) | TBC: state-of-the-art 3D hydrodynamic and ecological modelling in aquatic ecosystems. | TBA |
| Luke Harrington | TBA | TBA (Hamilton) | “What does a climate crisis look like?” | TBA |
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Past Seminars and Recordings (2023-2019)
| Speaker | Date & Time | Title | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mirco Woelfelscheider (Leibniz Institute for Tropical Marine Research) | 4 Oct 2023 | “Blue Carbon in coastal vegetated ecosystems: Understanding organic matter dynamics in coastal systems with a focus on mangroves in the frame of sea4soCiety” | TBA |
| Jessica Rohde (Victoria University of Wellington) | 20 Sept 2023 | "Advancing your science communication practice with evaluation" | Link |
| Guilherme Cassales & Nick Lim | 13 Sept 2023 | “Leveraging AI for time series forecasting in forestry and flood prediction" | Link |
| Erin Hahn (CSIRO, Australia) | 16 Aug 2023 | “Conservation time machine: Harnessing degraded DNA for wildlife protection” | Link |
| Joel Vaneste (Plant & Food Research) | 12 July 2023 | "Is Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa) still a threat to the New Zealand kiwifruit industry?" | Link |
| Albert Bifet | 21 June 2023 | "TAIAO - Green AI for Green Aotearoa" | Link |
| Marie Magnusson | 24 May 2023 | "Biotechnology, from idea to implementation - the case of Asparagopsis" | Link |
| Sabine Dittmann (Flinders University) | 22 Mar 2023 | "Translating science into management action: Examples from coastal ecosystems in South Australia" | |
| Kasey Barton (University of Hawaii) | 16 Mar 2023 | “Island Plant Functional Syndromes & Competition” | Link |
| Hagen Buck-Wiese (Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology) | 8 Mar 2023 | "Pathways of carbon sequestration by carbohydrates in the ocean" | |
| Dr. Darren Coker (KAUST) | 16 Feb 2023 | "Reef fish communities in the Red Sea" | Link |
| Aleicia Holland (La Trobe University) | 9 Nov 2022 | "Down the rabbit hole of dissolved organic matter in freshwater ecosystems" | |
| Prof Conrad Pilditch | 19 Oct 2022 | “The cumulative effects of multiple stressors – Erosion of resilience in coastal ecosystems” | Link |
| Zhonghou Xu (NIWA) | 14 Sept 2022 | "Tsunami damage to New Zealand breakwaters - An experimental case study" | Link |
| Prof Mark Denny (Stanford University) | 30 Aug 2022 | "Coping with unpredictable environmental extremes: Insights from intertidal copepods and limpets" | |
| Dr. Earl Bardsley | 17 Aug 2022 | “Onslow pumped storage and the green transition: energy, the environment, and climate change adaptation” | Link |
| Dr. Phil Mourot | 10 Aug 2022 | "A real-time flood impact prediction tool: from models to deployment in a multi-source environment" | Link |
| Dr Chelsea Vickers (VUW) | 8 June 2022 | “Algal microbiome enzymes: What are they and how can we use them for production of high value products and biocontrol agents?” | |
| Dr Mike Packer (Cawthron Institute) | 11 May 2022 | Algal Biotechnology: Application in Environmental Science and Protection | |
| Dr. Julie Deslippe | 1 Dec 2021 | "Alpine ecosystem change" | |
| Dr. Janine Krippner | 17 Nov 2021 | "They said what??! Navigating science communication in the age of social media and scary headlines" | Link |
| Prof Iain White & Dr. Christina Hanna | 3 Nov 2021 | "Managed Retreat(s) and the science-policy-practice interface" | |
| Dr. Rebecca Lawton | 22 Sept 2021 | "Algal Bioremediation: A novel biological treatment method for nutrient rich wastewater" | |
| Tame Malcolm (Te Tira Whakamātaki) | 8 Sept 2021 | “Mātauranga Māori and Biosecurity” | |
| Dr. Kiri Wallace & BioHeritage Eco-Index Team | 25 Aug 2021 | "The BioHeritage Eco-Index: a programme to guide investment in biodiversity" | Upon Request |
| Dr. Adele Williamson | 28 July 2021 | "Replication and Repair Under Extreme Conditions: Lessons from Bacterial Super-Survivors" | Upon Request |
| Dr. Anne Gaskett (University of Auckland) | 14 July 2021 | “Sensory ecology of seabirds and orchids” | Upon Request |
| Dr. Stephen Archer (Auckland University of Technology) | 30 June 2021 | "Steps towards understanding the atmospheric microbiome" | Upon Request |
| Dr Charlotte Alster | 16 June 2021 | "Assessing the temperature response of soil microbes to a changing climate" | Upon Request |
| A/Prof Taciano Milfont | 2 June 2021 | "The psychology of environmental protection and exploitation" | Upon Request |
| Prof Troy Baisden | 19 May 2021 | "Developing dual-isotope nitrate studies to understand the sources and fate of excess nitrogen in Aotearoa's freshwaters" | Upon Request |
Akuhata Bailey-Winiata Megan Pareue Ranapia Tyla Jade Kettle | 5 May 2021 | "Potential exposure of coastal marae and urupā in Aotearoa New Zealand to sea level rise" "A co-developed mātauranga Māori and science approach to inform marine research and management: A case study of the eleven-armed starfish, pātangaroa (Coscinasterias muricata) overabundance in Ōhiwa Harbour, Aotearoa New Zealand" "Mātauranga Māori to inform understanding of population dynamics and health of pipi in Waihi estuary, Bay of Plenty" | Upon Request |
| A/Prof Melanie Ooi | 21 Apr 2021 | "Vision systems for the inspection of plants: Why we do it, and why we fail" | Upon Request |
| Dr. Moritz Lehmann | 24 Mar 2021 | "Horizontal Variability in Lakes: Satellite-based assessment and implications for management" | Upon Request |
| A/Prof Caroline Williams | 10 Mar 2021 | "Winter in a changing world: The critical importance of snow" | Upon Request |
| Prof Jason Tylianakis (University of Canterbury) | 28 Oct 2020 | "Unravelling the Web of Life - Species interactions in a changing world" | Upon Request |
| Dr. Erica Prentice | 14 Oct 2020 | "The Inflection Point Hypothesis: The relationship between the temperature dependence of enzyme catalyzed reaction rates and microbial growth rates" | Upon Request |
| Paul Champion (NIWA) | 7 Oct 2020 | "The freshwater flora of the Waikato: A 150 year history of change" | Upon Request |
| Dr. Rupert Craggs (NIWA) | 30 Sept 2020 | "Ecocultural technologies for rural and Māori community on-site treatment" | Upon Request |
| Dr. Priscilla Wehi (Manaaki Whenua) | 23 Sept 2020 | "Plants and Indigenous ecological knowledge: a view from Māori oral tradition" | Upon Request |
| Dr. Kristal Cain (University of Auckland) | 16 Sept 2020 | "Fiery females: Form, function & fitness" | Upon Request |
| Dr. Ashley Mortensen (Plant & Food Research) | 9 Sept 2020 | "Population dynamics of feral and managed honey bees in New Zealand" | Upon Request |
| A/Prof Richard Levy (GNS/Victoria University of Wellington) | 19 Aug 2020 | "Melting Ice and Rising Seas - Climate Change in Antarctica and its Impact on the Coastal Regions of Aotearoa" | Upon Request |
| Erina Watene-Rawiri | 5 Aug 2020 | "Indigenous Tuna Management in Waikato, Aotearoa, New Zealand" | Upon Request |
| Dr. David Chagné (Plant & Food Research) | 29 July 2020 | "Genome-wide patterns of genetic differentiation and demographic history in mānuka grown on Māori land" | Upon Request |
| Dr. Monica Peters | 22 July 2020 | "#CITIZENSCIENCE principles, action & opportunities: International perspectives & the NZ context" | Upon Request |
| Prof David Schiel (University of Canterbury) | 8 July 2020 | "Resilience of marine communities and the new abnormal: legacies of the 2016 Kaikōura" | Upon Request |
| Dr. Anna Santure (University of Auckland) | 1 July 2020 | "Using conservation genomics to predict adaptive potential in the threatened New Zealand hihi" | Upon Request |
| Dr. Jonni Hazeline Koia | 17 June 2020 | "Te Rep Tipu Research: Kaupapa Māori molecular and genomic research on taonga flora" | Upon Request |
| Dr. Rebecca Gladstone-Gallagher (University of Auckland) | 31 July 2019 | "Disturbance and resilience in estuaries" | Upon Request |