Past Events | UC Santa Barbara Bren - Bren School of Environment

Bren Seminar

Climate Solutions in Three Acts: Net-Zero Aviation, Prioritizing Wildfire Avoidance, and Food without Agriculture

Steve Davis, Professor, Earth System Science, UC Irvine

Mar 11, 2024 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

Bren Seminar

Revisiting DDT Pollution in California Ocean and Wildlife 50 Years after Its Ban

Eunha Hoh, Professor, School of Public Health, San Diego State University

Mar 4, 2024 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

Student Presentations

2024 PhD Student Symposium

Join us March 1 to learn about the diverse, cutting-edge research being conducted by Bren PhD students!

Mar 1, 2024 | 1:00pm PST

Bren Seminar

The Greener Gender: Women Politicians and Deforestation in Brazil

Kathryn Baragwanath, Academy Scholar, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies

Feb 26, 2024 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

PhD Defense

Understanding Cooperation and Coping Behaviors of Small-scale Fishers to Enhance Management

PhD Dissertation Defense, Ignacia Rivera

Feb 23, 2024 | 9:00 am PT

PhD Defense

Effective Conservation and Management of Boundary-Spanning Fish and Fisheries

PhD Dissertation Defense, Julia Lawson

Feb 22, 2024 | 11:00 am PT

PhD Defense

Assessing the Impacts of Engineered Nanomaterials (ENMs) on Crop Plant Growth Using a Targeted Proteomics Approach

PhD Dissertation Defense, Weiwei Li

Feb 22, 2024 | 9:30 am PT

Bren Seminar

Incentivizing Self-Protection From Wildfires

Patrick Baylis, Assistant Professor, Economics, University of British Columbia

Feb 12, 2024 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

Bren Seminar

The Environmental Impact of Genetically Modified Crops

Frederik Noack, Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair, Food and Resource Economics Group, University of British Columbia

Jan 29, 2024 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

Headshots of Jeffrey Hoelle and Danny Pinedo

Bren Seminar

Anthropological Perspectives on Gold Mining and Cattle Raising in Amazonia

Jeffery Hoelle, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, UCSB; and Danny Pinedo, Associate Professor, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos

Jan 22, 2024 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

Bren Seminar

Whales and Scales: Towards Understanding and Conserving the Drivers of Megafauna Migration across Scales

Briana Abrahms, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology & Center for Ecosystem Sentinels, University of Washington

Jan 8, 2024 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

PhD Defense

Beyond the Drought: Modeling eco-hydrologic dynamics between urban tree resilience and water conservation in a Mediterranean climate

PhD Dissertation Defense, Rachel Torres

Dec 8, 2023 | 10:00 am PT

PhD Defense

Assessing Decline and Recovery of Rocky Intertidal Foundation Species Using Long-Term Data

PhD Dissertation Defense, Stephen Whitaker

Dec 5, 2023 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

Anastasia Quintana is a professional researcher at UCSB studying the human dimensions of small-scale fisheries management and coastal conservation in Latin America and worldwide.

Bren Seminar

Compliance and Governance in Small-Scale Fisheries

Anastasia Quintana, Assistant Research Faculty, Marine Science Institute, UCSB

Dec 4, 2023 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

Bren Seminar

Towards Estimating Marine Ecosystem Impacts of Climate Intervention

Cheryl S. Harrison, Assistant Professor, Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University

Nov 27, 2023 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

Bren Seminar

Using Climate Change Impacts Attribution to Inform Adaptation Action

Mark New, Professor, African Climate and Development Initiative & Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town

Nov 20, 2023 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT