Past Events | UC Santa Barbara Bren - Bren School of Environment

Student Presentations

2021 PhD Student Symposium

Learn about the diverse, cutting-edge research being conducted by Bren School PhD students

Feb 26 2021 | 1:00pm PST

Bren Seminar

Fishal Recognition: Citizen Science, Machine Learning, and Fisheries Stock Assessment

John Lynham, Professor, University of Hawaii

Feb 22 2021 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PST

Bren Seminar

Studying Energy and Equity at the California Center for Sustainable Communities

Eric Fournier, Research Director, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA

Feb 8 2021 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PST

Bren Seminar

Overpromise and Under-deliver: Water Quality Trading in the US

Kurt Stephenson, Professor, Virginia Tech

Feb 1 2021 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PST

Bren Seminar

Through the Eyes of Wildlife: Single and Multi-Species Approaches to Conservation

Amy Vedder, McCluskey Fellow and Lecturer, Yale School of the Environment

Jan 11 2021 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PST

Molly Wilson stands on a beach holding swim fins

PhD Defense

Understanding Fish and Fisher Behavior in Coral Reef Ecosystems

PhD Dissertation Defense, Molly Wilson

Dec 18 2020 | 8:00am PST

Bren Seminar

An Integrative Regional Resiliency Framework: Achieving Water Security through Collaboration

Newsha Ajami, Director of Urban Water Policy, Stanford University

Nov 23 2020 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PST

Bren Seminar

Why Water-Breathers Such As Fish are Sensitive to Ocean Warming and Deoxygenation

Daniel Pauly, Professor, University of British Columbia

Nov 16 2020 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PST

Bren Seminar

Understanding Public Response to Carbon Dioxide Removal

Kimberly Wolske, Assistant Professor, University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy

Nov 9 2020 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PST

Community Event

Natural Reserve Seminar Series: Vector-Borne Disease in a Changing World: Identifying Ecological Levers for Health

Andy MacDonald, Assistant Researcher, Bren School

Nov 5 2020 | 7:00pm - 8:00pm PST

Bren Seminar

Permafrost Thaw and Methane Release from Arctic Lakes

Katey Walter Anthony, Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Nov 2 2020 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PST

Community Event

Natural Reserve Seminar Series: The Recent Past and Projected Future of Oak Savannas of the Santa Ynez Valley

Frank Davis, Professor and Director of the LaKretz Center for Research at Sedgwick Reserve, Bren School

Oct 29 2020 | 7:00pm - 8:00pm PST

Bren Seminar

Enhancing Water Quality through Managed Recharge

Andrew T. Fisher, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, UC Santa Cruz

Oct 26 2020 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PST

Bren Seminar

Emerging Threats to Global Water Security as Viewed from Space

Jay Famiglietti, Professor and Executive Director, Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan

Oct 19 2020 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PST

Bren Seminar

The Economic and Ecosystem Benefits of Biofuels: Insights from Integrated Economic-Ecosystem Models

Madhu Khanna, Distinguished Professor of Environmental Economics, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Oct 12 2020 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PST

Bren Seminar

An Ecosystem-Based Approach to Seaweed Aquaculture

Simona Augyte, Research Associate, University of Connecticut

Oct 5 2020 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PST