The Biogeoscience Seminar Series provides a forum for student, postdoc, and faculty interaction to highlight Boston University research and to provide a venue for high profile speakers from beyond BU.

All seminars are held at 3:30-4:30 in CAS 132, 685 Commonwealth Avenue. Virtual options are sometimes available.

Spring 2024

January 22: Sara Beery, MIT
Host: Michael Dietze
CAS 132
SPECIAL EVENT to follow -> Gingerbread research construction

February 5: Dawn Cardace, University of Rhode Island
Host: Jeff Marlow
CAS 132

March 4: Darryn Waugh, John Hopkins University
Host: Dan Li
CAS 132

SPECIAL EVENT – Respectful Research on Indigenous Lands
March 18: Nia Holly & Clarisse Hart, Nipmuc Tribe & Harvard Forest
Host: Leeza Moldavchuk & Tristan Green
CLISE (Special location, reception to follow)

March 25: Nancy French, Michigan Tech Research Institute
[Co-sponsored by the Center for Remote Sensing]
CAS 132

April 8: Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Clark University
Host: Jennifer Bhatnagar
CAS 132

April 29: Cristina Schultz, Northeastern University
Host: Biogeoscience Student
CAS 132

Fall 2023

Sept 18: John Zobitz, Augsburg University
Host: Michael Dietze
CAS 132 – Followed by Fall Social @ BU PUB

September 25: 3:30-4:30 pm: Students and Postdocs meet with the Biogeoscience Director (Lucy Hutyra) CAS 132

Oct 2: Compton (Jim) Tucker, NASA Goddard
[Co-sponsored by the Center for Remote Sensing]
Host: Ranga Myneni
CAS 132

Oct 16: Christy Prouty, Community & Practice
Host: Ethan Deyle
CAS 132

Oct 23:Cesar Terrer, MIT  [CANCELLED]

Oct 30: BGS Faculty meeting
CAS 132

Nov 6: Bala Chaudhary, Dartmouth college
Host: Jennifer Bhatnagar
CAS 132

Nov 13: TC Chakraborty, DOE Pacific Northwest National laboratories
Host: Lucy Hutyra
Location CDS 1101 (SPECIAL LOCATIONS!)
(Center for Computing & Data Sciences, 665 Commonwealth Ave, Room 1101 (11th floor); use elevators by Saxby’s Café to access the upper floors.)