Grad Oral Presentations - Bio/Agr/Env Life Sciences: Environmental science/studies

Thursday, October 27, 2011: 6:30 PM-7:45 PM
Room A4 (San Jose Convention Center)

Description: Selected graduate students present their scientific research to their peers, mentor-judges, and other conference participants in a unique forum for professional growth.



6:30 PM
Welcoming Remarks
6:35 PM
Assessing the relationship between urban land use on fish assemblages of San Francisco Bay streams
Kristina Cervantes-Yoshida, PhD , University of California, Berkeley ; Robert Leidy, PhD , US Environmental Protection Agency ; Stephanie Carlson, PhD , Assistant Professor , University of California, Berkeley
6:50 PM
Black Oak (Quercus kelloggii) Multiple Management Release Restoration in California
Gizelle Hurtado, BS , San Jose State University ; Lynne Trulio, PhD , San Jose State University
7:05 PM
Changes in Algal Trends and Nutrient Budgets in Arctic Tundra Ponds Over the Past 40 Years in Barrow, Alaska
Christina Hernandez, BS , Research Assistant , University of Texas at El Paso ; Vanessa L. Lougheed, PhD , Assistant Professor-Biological Sciences, Assistant Professor-Border Biomedical Research Center , The University of Texas at El Paso
7:20 PM
Local voices: grounding a reason to solve for the missing piece of our ‘great disconnect'
Elizabeth McLean, PhD , University of Rhode Island ; Graham Forrester , University of Rhode Island