The following are six ESE PhD students who are holding their defense in April.  We have a high number of students graduating this spring, so additional details are attached in their individual flyers.  If you’d like a copy that hasn’t been compressed to fit in the listserv, please let me know.  It should be a very busy and impressive April!

Rasul Diop – PhD Defense

The Chemistry of Air-Cooled Blast Furnace Slag (ACBFS) Related to Environmental Exposure Associated with Reuse

Major Professor: Dr. Chad Jafvert

Tuesday, April 1^st at 9:00 AM | Zoom

Ecological Sciences and Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Program

Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering

Ruth Bower-Sword – PhD Defense

Passive acoustic monitoring for primate population assessments:  A case study on the endangered eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii)

Major Professor: Dr. Bryan Pijanowski

Tuesday, April 1^st at 10:00 AM | MRGN 206 and Zoom

Ecological Sciences and Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Program

Department of Forestry and Natural Resources

Samantha Lima – PhD Defense

Using soundscapes to study the coupled human and natural system in Arkhangai, Mongolia

Major Professor: Dr. Bryan Pijanowski

Thursday, April 3^rd at 8:00 AM | DLR 221 and Zoom

Ecological Sciences and Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Program

Department of Forestry and Natural Resources

Mary Strickland – PhD Defense

Barriers to & Opportunities for Climate Change Adaptations in Rhode Island

Major Professor: Dr. Zhao Ma

Friday, April 4^th at 9:00 AM | Zoom

Ecological Sciences and Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Program

Department of Forestry and Natural Resources

Lynda Peter – PhD Defense

Occurrence, Fate and Transport of Perand Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Agricultural Systems

Major Professor: Dr. Linda Lee

Thursday, April 10^th at 1:00 PM | Zoom

Ecological Sciences and Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Program

Department of Agronomy

Francisco Rivas – PhD Defense

New tools in Bioacoustics and Soundscape Ecology

Major Professor: Dr. Bryan Pijanowski

Friday, April 11^th at 2:00 PM | PFEN 120 and Zoom

Ecological Sciences and Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Program

Department of Forestry and Natural Resources

Amy

Amy Ledman

She/Her/Hers

Lead Graduate Program Specialist Ecological Sciences and Engineering
Office of Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs

Schedule a meeting: calendly.com/aledman