Our watershed has some amazing women scientists doing impactful science in the community.

Join us for a lively discussion to learn about their research on climate, turtles, groundwater, and urban ecology. You’ll hear from women that represent a spectrum within academia, including an undergraduate student, a graduate student, an Associate Teaching Professor, and an Assistant Professor.

Speakers:

Valerie Miller, UMass Lowell student, is a junior getting her Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences with a concentration in Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology. She in particularly interested in:

• herpetology

• conservation biology, and

• urban ecology

Madelaine Griese, UMass Lowell PhD student, studying water resources in estuary environments. Madelaine research focuses on:

• groundwater dynamics and chemical reactions in estuarine sediments

• using numerical computer models to study groundwater-surface water interactions in the Delaware Bay and Chesapeake Bay

Lori Weeden, Associate Teaching Professor, Chair of Undergraduate Programs, UMass Lowell Environmental Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Lori’s research focuses on:

• Soil carbon sequestration, surface water chemistry and science education.

• How the education system has affected the general public’s understanding of anthropogenic climate change.

Co-hosted by Jane Calvin, Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust and Sarah Nelson, Appalachian Mountain Club.

This webinar is part of a project funded by the US EPA-Healthy Communities Grant Program