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

Bren Seminar

Overcoming Barriers to Sustainable Coastal Governance in Mexico

Eréndira Aceves Bueno, Assistant Professor, School of Marine & Environmental Affairs, University of Washington

Apr 4, 2022 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

Rashid Sumaila in front of a green fish background

Bren Seminar

Do Economists Know the Cost of Everything and the Value of Nothing?

Rashid Sumaila, Professor, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia

Mar 28, 2022 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

Bren Seminar

Understanding the Drivers and Consequences of Personal Adaptation to Environmental Extremes

Gabrielle Wong-Parodi, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University

Mar 7, 2022 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

Bren Seminar

Deforestation in Response to Agricultural Shocks

Kathy Baylis, Professor, Department of Geography, UCSB

Feb 28, 2022 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

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Student Presentations

2022 PhD Student Symposium

Friday, February 25 @ 1pm PT. Learn about the diverse, cutting-edge research being conducted by Bren School PhD students

Feb 25, 2022 | 1:00pm PST

PhD Defense

N treatment in stormwater biofilters: Relationships between sequestered pollutants, environmental conditions, and N cycling soil bacteria

PhD Dissertation Defense, Marina Feraud

Feb 24, 2022 | 3:00 pm PST

Bren Seminar

Response of Endangered San Joaquin Kit Foxes to Solar Farms

Brian Boroski, Vice President, Principal, H. T. Harvey & Associates

Feb 14, 2022 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

Bren Seminar

Analysis and Mapping of Spatial Movement in Relation to the Environment

Somayeh Dodge, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, UCSB

Feb 7, 2022 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

Sarah Bisbing in a forest with a child on her back

Bren Seminar

Digging through the Toolbox: Promoting Forest Persistence via Established Practices

Sarah Bisbing, Assistant Professor, Whittell Forest & Wildlife Area Director, University of Nevada, Reno

Jan 31, 2022 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

Joey Bernhardt stands in the field with a notebook

Bren Seminar

Towards a Mechanistic Science of Global Change: From Cells to Ecosystems and Human Well-Being

Joey Bernhardt, Hutchinson Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University

Jan 24, 2022 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

Bren Seminar

Vulnerability to Floods: Who’s Exposed and Who Recovers?

Eric Tate, Associate Professor, Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, University of Iowa

Jan 10, 2022 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

Community Event

Data Science Summit at UCSB

Join data scientists from across disciplines for the UCSB Data Science Summit on December 3, 2021

Dec 3, 2021 | 9:00am - 5:00pm Pacific Time

PhD Defense

Novel disinfection system with recyclable magnetic nanoparticles and metal ions: Evaluation with bacteria, algae, and virus

PhD Dissertation Defense, Qian Gao

Dec 2, 2021 | 9:00 am PST

Bren Seminar

Centering Karuk Knowledge in Klamath Floodplain Reconnection: Pêeshkeesh Yàv Umusaheesh

Cleo Wölfle Hazard, Assistant Professor, School of Marine & Environmental Affairs, University of Washington

Nov 29, 2021 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

Bren Seminar

Plant Physiology, Forest Ecology, and Carbon Cycle Uncertainty in a Changing Climate

Anna Trugman, Assistant Professor, Geography, UCSB

Nov 22, 2021 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

Bren Seminar

What Drives Deforestation, Reforestation, and Forest Degradation? An Updated Meta-Analysis

Jonah Busch, Climate Economics Fellow, Conservation International

Nov 15, 2021 | 11:00am to 12:00pm PT