{"id":5583,"date":"2022-09-19T10:41:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T14:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/149.4.100.129\/academics\/sees\/?page_id=5583"},"modified":"2026-04-16T12:37:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:37:06","slug":"sees-colloquium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/sees-colloquium\/","title":{"rendered":"SEES Colloquium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;1440px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;|800|||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; 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Anthropogenic Forces Shape Aquatic Ecosystems<\/a>&#8220;.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #999999\">02\/18\/2026 &#8211; Alumni Career Pathway Panel &#8211; Speakers will include representatives from: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2026\/02\/SEESColloquiumWedFeb18AlumPanel.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #999999\">The New York City DEP (Acosta and Singer), USGS (Vielman) and the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (Calle).<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #999999\">02\/25\/2026 &#8211; Dr. Greeshma Gadikota &#8211; Columbia University &#8211; Topic: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2026\/02\/05.-SEES-Colloquium_2_25_26_Gadikota_ColumbiaU.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #999999\">Advances in the Co\u2013Recovery of Commodity Materials and Sustainable Energy Carriers from Unconventional Alkaline Resources for a Sustainable Energy and Resource Recovery Future<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #999999\">03\/04\/2026 &#8211; SEES Peer Mentor event &#8211; QC Center of Career Engagement- Resume development &amp; career search tools &#8211; Presenters: Eleanor Mavashev and Peer Mentor team &#8211; &#8220;<a style=\"color: #999999\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2026\/02\/06.-SEES-Colloquium_03-04-26_ResumeElevatorPitch_Flyer.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resume Prep &amp; Elevator Pitch Workshop<\/a>&#8220;.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #999999\">03\/11\/2026 &#8211; Dr. Adriane Lam, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Binghamton University &#8211; Topic: &#8220;<a style=\"color: #999999\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2026\/03\/07.-SEES-ColloquiumMarch_03.11.26_Lam_BingU.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Perils and Triumphs of Coring Seymour Island, Antarctica<\/a>&#8220;.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #999999\">03\/18\/2026 &#8211; <a style=\"color: #999999\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2026\/03\/SEES-Colloquium_3_18_26-ShortAd.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEES faculty lightning talks<\/a>:<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #999999\"> Dr. Dianne Greenfield, Professor- SEES and CUNY-ASRC &#8211; &#8220;Nitrogen &amp; coastal acidification: A \u2018perfect storm\u2019 for harmful algal blooms in Long Island Sound?&#8221;.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #999999\"> Dr. Cecilia M. McHugh, Distinguished Professor, Marine Geology and Sedimentology &#8211; &#8220;Geohazards: Earthquakes and tsunamis along active plate boundaries; and Environmental mapping in Long Island Sound&#8221;.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #999999\">03\/25\/2026 &#8211; Howard Shuman &#8211; Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago and Principal, Gordon &amp; Rosenblatt, water and public health consulting &#8211; Topic: \u201c<a style=\"color: #999999\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2026\/03\/09.-SEES-Colloquium_3_25_26_Shuman.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Legionnaires\u2019 Disease &#8211; Fifty years of research &#8211; is it time to update the paradigm?<\/a>\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #999999\">04\/15\/2026 &#8211; Kris Mielenhausen &#8211; Conservation Director, Seatuck &#8211; Topic &#8211; &#8220;<a style=\"color: #999999\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2026\/04\/10.-SEES-Colloquium_4_13_26_Milenhausen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Building a Career in Coastal Conservation: Lessons from the Field<\/a>&#8220;.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>04\/22\/2026 &#8211; David Edwards, Chief Deputy Director, State of CA Office of Environmental Hazard Health Assessment &#8211; Topic: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2026\/04\/SEES-Colloquium_4_22_26-ShortAd.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Career in Environmental Management: Overview of California\u2019s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment<\/a>\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>04\/29\/2026 &#8211; Queens Chamber of Commerce (QCC) Green workforce panel.<\/li>\n<li>05\/06\/2026 &#8211; Queens Chamber of Commerce (QCC) Green workforce student to business \u201cmixer\u201d event.<\/li>\n<li>05\/13\/2026 &#8211; SEES student poster session.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][dsm_button button_one_text=&#8221;click here for SEES Colloquium Archive &#8230;&#8221; button_one_url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/colloquium-archive\/&#8221; button_one_url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; button_alignment=&#8221;right&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/dsm_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEES Colloquium ScheduleSpring 2026 Presentations are in person in SB C-207 from 12:15 pm \u2013 1:15 pm &#8211; Zoom ID: TBD Password: TBD 01\/28\/2026 &#8211; Marc-Antoine Longpre, Associate Professor, SEES &#8211; &#8220;Towards monitoring volcanoes through their rocks&#8221;\u2013 William Blanford, Assistant Professor, SEES &#8211; &#8220;Predicting the Fate and Transport of Organic Contaminants in Sandstone Aquifers&#8221;. 02\/04\/2026 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"page_category":[],"wf_page_folders":[],"class_list":["post-5583","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"page_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page_category?post=5583"},{"taxonomy":"wf_page_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/sees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_page_folders?post=5583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}