Climate Change Institute

MS Thesis Defense - Ingalise Kindstedt
2021-04-19 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York)
Examining Temperatures and Ice Melt in the North Pacific Cordillera
MS Thesis Defense – Ingalise Kindstedt

Monday April 19, 2021 at 9:00 am
Join via Zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/j/84965885513?p-wd=NVNXb1dJbjBkc2JsaTRzN0tiK3B3QT09

28th Annual Harold W. Borns, Jr. Symposium
2021-04-19 12:00
The 2020 Virtual Borns Symposium will begin on Monday, October 5, 2020 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm. This virtual event will take place weekly as an one hour Zoom event during the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 academic semesters.
This weekly one hour Zoom format will allow 3 CCI graduate students to present their papers during each one hour Zoom session. Each presentation will be 12 minutes in length with 2-3 minutes for Q&A. Each week’s session will start with a summary of the previous week’s talks by one or two grad students.
Presentation schedules will be posted on Google Drive. All Virtual Borns Symposium Zoom sessions will be recorded on the Climate Change Institute, University of Maine YouTube channel under the HW Borns 2020-2021 playlist.

Thesis Proposal Defense - Andrea J. Tirrell
2021-04-19 15:00 - 16:00
A Sky Island Perspective: New England Alpine Plant Distributions and
Adaptations Under Climate Change

Andrea J. Tirrell
Thesis Proposal Defense
April 19th @ 3pm via Zoom:
https://maine.zoom.us/j/89662393439

Master's Thesis Defense - Laura Mattas
2021-04-21 15:00 - 16:00
10Be CHRONOLOGY OF MORAINES DEPOSITED DURING THE LAST GLACIATION BY THE KHUMBU GLACIER, NEPALESE HIMALAYA
Master’s Thesis Defense – Laura Mattas

April 21st at 3pm EST.

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Meeting ID: 817 0923 1990
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28th Annual Harold W. Borns, Jr. Symposium
2021-04-26 12:00
The 2020 Virtual Borns Symposium will begin on Monday, October 5, 2020 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm. This virtual event will take place weekly as an one hour Zoom event during the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 academic semesters.
This weekly one hour Zoom format will allow 3 CCI graduate students to present their papers during each one hour Zoom session. Each presentation will be 12 minutes in length with 2-3 minutes for Q&A. Each week’s session will start with a summary of the previous week’s talks by one or two grad students.
Presentation schedules will be posted on Google Drive. All Virtual Borns Symposium Zoom sessions will be recorded and posted on the Climate Change Institute, University of Maine YouTube channel under the HW Borns 2020-2021 playlist.

Ph.D. Thesis Proposal - Scott Braddock
2021-05-18 14:30 - 15:30
Evidence for Quaternary ice-mass
fluctuations, West Antarctica
A Ph.D. thesis proposal
Scott Braddock
May 18th, 2:30 pm

Zoom Link:
https://maine.zoom.us/j/84464587042?pwd=[REDACTED]

Masters Thesis Defense - Alexander C. Audet
2021-06-30 15:00 - 16:00
Masters Thesis Defense
MODERN AND PALEO PERSPECTIVES ON THE ROLE OF THE WESTERLIES IN GLACIATION
Alexander C. Audet

Wednesday June 30th, 2021 at 3:00 PM EST

https://maine.zoom.us/j/82013594216?pwd=[REDACTED]
Password: [REDACTED]

M.S. Thesis Defense - Ann M. Hill
2021-08-06 09:00 - 10:00
Quantifying Surface Changes on McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica
M.S. Thesis Defense
Ann M. Hill
School of Earth and Climate Sciences

Friday, August 6, 2021 at 9:00 am
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Meeting ID: 899 7328 2290
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M.S. Thesis Defense - Matt Farragher
2021-08-16 10:00 - 11:00
Vertical habitat gradients:
Comparing phytoplankton dynamics in lakes with
low to moderate dissolved organic carbon concentration
Matt Farragher
M.S. Thesis Defense
Monday, August 16th at 10AM
Sawyer Environmental Research Center, Room 138
Or via Zoom

Master's Thesis Defense - Hunter Tubbs
2021-12-17 15:30 - 16:30
Coupled Model Sea Surface Temperature Biases and Their Influence on Tropical Cyclone Environmental Conditions in an Atmospheric General Circulation Model

Master’s Thesis Defense
Hunter Tubbs
School of Earth and Climate Sciences

Friday, December 17th, 2021 at 3:30pm

Zoom link:
https://maine.zoom.us/j/82945294301?pwd=[REDACTED]
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Defense Announcement: Elizabeth L. Leclerc - Quaternary and Climate Studies
2022-04-18 13:00 - 14:00 | 100 Bryand Global Sciences Center, University of Maine
Defense Announcement
Elizabeth L. Leclerc
Quaternary and Climate Studies
Giving Form to Flow:
Modelling the Paleohydrological Context for Human
Settlement and Water Use in the North-Central Coast of Peru
Monday, April 18, 2022
1:00 p.m. EDT • Bryand Global Sciences Center Room 100

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Within coastal Andean archaeology there is a growing emphasis on the
role of hydrology and hydrological knowledge in water management
and land use strategies. Hydrological methods not only help reconstruct
past water environments but also illuminate the influence of changing
climates and conditions in the Andean highlands on coastal water flows.
Through a case study of the Supe River basin in north-central coastal
Peru, I developed a paleohydrological model that provides a basis for
comparing the hydrological effects of changing climates and other
environmental factors to settlement patterns and land use patterns.

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - Heather Clifford
2022-04-22 12:00 - 13:00
Assessing past and present changes in the chemical climate of three high mountain regions: Himalayas, Central Andes, European Alps
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense
Heather Clifford
School of Earth and Climate Sciences & Climate Change Institute University of Maine

Friday, April 22, 2022 at 12:00pm
Join via zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/j/89702620052
Via phone: +1 312 626 6799
Meeting ID: 897 0262 0052

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - Mariusz Potocki
2022-05-27 13:00 - 14:00
Glaciochemical Investigations in three Southern Hemisphere Mountain Sites
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense
Mariusz Potocki
School of Earth and Climate Sciences & Climate Change Institute, University of Maine

Friday, May 27, 2022 at 1:00pm
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Meeting ID: 815 6855 5489

Defense Announcement - Frankie St. Amand
2022-07-29 10:00
Defense Announcement for
Frankie St. Amand

Archaeological Bivalves as El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
Proxies

In partial fulfillment of the degree requirements for the degree of Ph.D.
in Interdisciplinary Studies

Friday, July 29, 2022
10a.m.
Virtual: Zoom
Join us:
https://maine.zoom.us/j/84723221431
Advisory Committee:
Dr. Daniel Sandweiss, Co-chair
Dr. Alice Kelley, Co-chair
Dr. Kirk Maasch
Dr. Karl Kreutz
Dr. Alan Wanamaker

Dissertation Seminar Announcement - Aaron Chesler
2022-09-19 13:00 - 14:00 | 100 Bryand Global Sciences Center, University of Maine
Holocene and Last Glacial Period atmospheric dynamics and biogeochemistry based on South Pole ice core microparticle and trace element records

Dissertation Seminar Announcement
Aaron Chesler
In partial fulfillment of the degree requirements for the degree of Ph.D.
in Earth and Climate Sciences

Monday, September 19th, 2022
1:00 pm
Rm 100 and Virtual (Zoom)

Join us:
Bryand Global Science Center Rm 100 or Zoom
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M.S. Thesis Defense - Jonathan Maurer
2022-10-24 12:30 - 15:30
Regional Scale Generalizations of Firn Thickness and Snow Accumulation in Southeast Alaska:
An Applied Deep Learning Framework

M.S. Thesis Defense
Jonathan Maurer
School of Earth and Climate Sciences & Climate Change Institute University of Maine

Monday, October 24th 2022 12:30-3:30 PM
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PhD Dissertation Proposal Defense - Maraina Miles
2022-11-09 14:00
A glacial-geologic approach to understanding past climate change and ice-sheet stability
Maraina Miles
PhD Dissertation Proposal Defense
School of Earth and Climate Sciences and The Climate Change Institute

Wednesday, November 9th at 2:00pm (EST)
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PhD Defense Announcement - Peter Strand
2022-11-16 14:00 - 15:30
Defense Announcement:
Peter Strand
University of Maine
In partial fulfillment of the degree requirements for the degree of Ph.D.
in Earth & Climate Sciences
A bi-hemispheric perspective on the Last Glacial Maximum and Termination using 10Be surface-exposure chronologies
from the Altai Mountains of western Mongolia, the Southern Alps of New Zealand, and the Haizi Shan of western China

Wednesday, November 16th, 2022
2:00 pm
Bryand Global Sciences Center, room 100 Or join via Zoom
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Thesis Defense - Andrea J. Tirrell
2022-11-29 12:30 - 13:30
A sky island perspective: New England alpine plant distributions across the region
Andrea J. Tirrell
Thesis Defense
Tuesday, November 29th @ 12:30pm
in 107 Norman Smith
(or via Zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/j/83280948689?pwd=[REDACTED]
passcode: [REDACTED]

Heather A. Landázuri - MS Thesis Defense
2022-12-05 12:00 - 13:00
SEABIRDS AS PROXIES FOR PAST EL NIÑO EVENTS IN COASTAL PERU: AN ARCHAEO-ORNITHOLOGICAL APPROACH
Heather A. Landázuri
MS Thesis Defense

Monday, December 5th at 12:00pm (EST)
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Ph.D. dissertation proposal defense - Meghan Spoth
2023-02-21 14:00 - 16:00
A Multi-proxy Approach to Reconstructing Mid-Latitude Westerly Wind Belts since the Last Ice Age
Ph.D. Dissertation Proposal Defense
Meghan Spoth
Tuesday February 21, 2023 at 2 pm on Zoom
Meeting ID: 844 6934 0623

Ph.D. Proposal Defense - Madi Landrum
2023-04-05 11:00 - 12:30
Braiding Indigenous fire knowledges into forest management practices to increase forest health under global change

Madi Landrum
Ph.D. Proposal Defense

Wednesday, April 5th @ 11a.m.
In 107 Norman Smith
(or via Zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/s/81607178367)

Master’s Thesis Proposal - Ansley Grider
2023-04-28 09:00 - 10:30 | Bryand Global Sciences Center – Room 307
Ansley Grider
Master’s Thesis Proposal
Assessing temporal patterns and
ecosystem consequences of biogeochemical
change in glacially fed lakes

April 28th, 2023 @ 9 am
Bryand Global Science Center Room 307

Proposal Defense Announcement - Grayson P. Huston
2023-05-01 11:00 - 12:30 | Mitchell Center, Rm 107, University of Maine
Proposal Defense Announcement for
Grayson P. Huston
In partial fulfillment of the degree requirements for the degree of Ph.D. in Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Development and application of fish
sedimentary DNA for ecosystem restoration

Monday, May 1, 2023
11:00 a.m.
Mitchell Center;
Norman Smith Hall, Rm. 107
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PhD Dissertation Proposal Seminar - Amanda Gavin
2023-05-02 13:00 - 14:30 | Mitchell Center, Rm 107, University of Maine
PhD Dissertation Proposal Seminar
Amanda Gavin
Amanda Gavin, SAUNNA NRT Trainee, Climate Change Institute

Integrating Contemporary and Paleolimnological Research with Indigenous and Community Perspectives to Understand Sentinel Responses of Maine and sub-Arctic Lakes to Global Environmental Change

May 2, 2023 @ 1 pmMitchell Center, Norman Smith HallRoom 107

Ph.D. Dissertation Proposal Seminar - Avery Lamb
2023-05-30 09:00 - 10:00 | Mitchell Center, Rm 107, University of Maine
Ph.D. Dissertation Proposal Seminar – Avery Lamb
Evaluating the links among trophic status, climate change, and cyanoHABs in Maine lakes using paleolimnological approaches

Tuesday, May 30, 2023
9:00 a.m.
Mitchell Center,
Norman Smith Hall Room 107
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M.S Thesis Defense - Lauren Woods
2023-06-28 08:00 - 17:00
Defense Announcement:

Lauren M. Woods
University of Maine
School of Earth and Climate Sciences, Climate Change Institute

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Earth and Climate Sciences

M.S Thesis Defense

10Be chronology of moraines at Soda Lake, Wind River Range, Wyoming, U.S.A.

Friday, July 7th, 2023
1:00 pm
Bryand Global Sciences Center, Room 100
Zoom Meeting ID: 819 7289 2945
https://maine.zoom.us/j/81972892945

Inga Kindstedt - Dissertation Proposal Defense
2023-09-01 11:00 - 12:00
Characterizing glacier accumulation zone
near-surface processes in the St. Elias
Mountains (Yukon, Canada)
Inga Kindstedt
Dissertation Proposal Defense

Friday, September 1, 2023 at 11AM EDT
On zoom
https://maine.zoom.us/j/84970303520?pwd=[REDACTED]

CCI DEI Committee Meeting
2023-10-30 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-11-13 12:00 - 13:00
