ESPM Graduate Research Symposium

Schedule of Events; ESPM Graduate Research Symposium
Saturday May 3rd, 2008
Mulford and Morgan Halls

Mulford hallway

8:30 registration, coffee, tea, juice and light breakfast

Room 159 Mulford

9:30 David Wilcove
"Muddy Boots and Bloody Hands: Should Scientists Engage in Policy Battles?"

10:15 Susan McIlroy ES
Identifying Drivers of Vegetation Distribution in Sierra Nevada Meadows

10:30 Beth Rose Middleton SE
Seeking Spatial Representation: Mapping Mountain Maidu Allotment Lands

10:45 Nicole VanderSal OE
Velvet Ant Biology

11:00 Damon Bradbury ES
Microbial biogeography and soil N transformations in coastal redwood forests: Edaphic legacy vs climate change

11:15 break, light refreshments

11:30 Ainsley Seago OE
Phylogenetics and evolutionary trends in Leiodidae: a new perspective on beetle diversity

11:45 Adena Rissman SE
Conserving biodiversity through one-time, perpetual conservation agreements

12:00 Micheal De Alessi SE
Measuring biological sustainability in marine fisheries: science, politics, and property rights in New Zealand

12:15 Steve Bellan OE
Reevaluating vector control in the paradigm of age-dependent mosquito mortality: Consequences for control of chikungunya

12:30 lunch catered by Cactus Taqueria, Morgan Court Yard

12:45 Action Panel: Diversity Matters, Room 103 Mulford

1:30 Action Panel: 201X: Required ESPM, Room 159 Mulford Room 159 Mulford 2:00 Panel Recap

2:15 Menelaos Stravinides OE
Grape plants on fire: Water stress, leaf temperature and spider mite outbreaks in vineyards

2:30 Dan Fahey SE
On the Role of Natural Resources in War in the Congo

2:45 Ana Hernando Gallego ES
Natura 2000 Network in Europe: Forest management aimed at biodiversity conservation

3:00 break, light refreshments

3:15 Elizabeth Harvice SE
Shifting Tides: Balancing Foreign and Domestic Interests in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean Tuna Industry

3:30 Alan Di Vittorio ES
An enhanced leaf model for estimating pigment concentrations and in vivo specific absorption coefficients from leaf reflectance and transmittance

3:45 Daniel Latham OE
Quantifying predation of the mealy plum aphid, Hyalopterus pruni (Homoptera: Aphidae) by indigenous predators in California prune orchards

4:15 Mary Ann Mason
“How the New Generation Can Balance Career and Family”

Mulford hallway and patio

5:00 Cocktail Poster Session, beverages, hors d’oeuvres, and the Grad Student ‘Sweet and Savory” competition

-intermission-

9:00 evening entertainment, Felonious at Blake’s on Telegraph

Contact Information:

Victoria Wojcik
Graduate Student and Symposium Coordinator
Department of ESPM, Division of O&E
510-643-2212 (office/lab)
grs2008@nature.berkeley.edu