We are excited to welcome three
Plenary 1 Speaker: Alonso Ramírez
Tentative title: The Río Piedras: the natural history of an urban river
Bio:
Dr. Alonso Ramirez is a professor at the Dept. of Applied Ecology, NCSU. His research focuses on the ecology of tropical and urban streams and aquatic macroinvertebrates, with an emphasis on the importance of conducting long-term studies to understand those systems.
His laboratory has two main research goals: (1) Understand the dynamics of tropical streams in the context of a changing climate, in particular assessing the impact of droughts and hurricanes. (2) Understand the dynamics of urban streams and assess how urbanization is affecting aquatic biota and the ecological processes in which they participate.
Dr. Ramirez received his undergraduate degree from the National University of Costa Rica. He then obtained his master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Georgia, where his theses focused on the dynamics of aquatic macroinvertebrates in tropical lowland streams in Costa Rica. After working for many years as a professor at the University of Puerto Rico, he moved to NCSU in 2018 to continue his research on tropical stream ecosystems and their biota.
Plenary 2 Speaker: Krissy Hopkins.
Title: To convey or control: Opting for nature-based solutions to manage urban stormwater.
Bio:
Krissy Hopkins is a Research Scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey based out of the Washington Water Science Center in Tacoma, WA. She supervises the Watersheds and Fluvial Systems Section at the Center and works on projects that assess how urban development alters the amount of water and pollutants delivered to streams and rivers. She has worked for the U.S. Geological Survey for nine years at offices in Tacoma, Washington, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Reston, Virginia. Krissy completed her Ph.D. in geology and environmental science at the University of Pittsburgh and a post-doctoral fellowship at the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center in Annapolis, Maryland.
Plenary 1 Speaker: Alonso Ramírez
Tentative title: The Río Piedras: the natural history of an urban river
Bio:
Dr. Alonso Ramirez is a professor at the Dept. of Applied Ecology, NCSU. His research focuses on the ecology of tropical and urban streams and aquatic macroinvertebrates, with an emphasis on the importance of conducting long-term studies to understand those systems.
His laboratory has two main research goals: (1) Understand the dynamics of tropical streams in the context of a changing climate, in particular assessing the impact of droughts and hurricanes. (2) Understand the dynamics of urban streams and assess how urbanization is affecting aquatic biota and the ecological processes in which they participate.
Dr. Ramirez received his undergraduate degree from the National University of Costa Rica. He then obtained his master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Georgia, where his theses focused on the dynamics of aquatic macroinvertebrates in tropical lowland streams in Costa Rica. After working for many years as a professor at the University of Puerto Rico, he moved to NCSU in 2018 to continue his research on tropical stream ecosystems and their biota.
Plenary 2 Speaker: Krissy Hopkins.
Title: To convey or control: Opting for nature-based solutions to manage urban stormwater.
Bio:
Krissy Hopkins is a Research Scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey based out of the Washington Water Science Center in Tacoma, WA. She supervises the Watersheds and Fluvial Systems Section at the Center and works on projects that assess how urban development alters the amount of water and pollutants delivered to streams and rivers. She has worked for the U.S. Geological Survey for nine years at offices in Tacoma, Washington, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Reston, Virginia. Krissy completed her Ph.D. in geology and environmental science at the University of Pittsburgh and a post-doctoral fellowship at the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center in Annapolis, Maryland.
SUSE7 Organizing Committee:
- Gus Engman (SUSE 7 Co-chair)
- PJ Torres (SUSE 7 Co-chair)
- Mateo Scoggins (SUSE 7 Fundraising chair)
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