The Energy and Resources Group Colloquium

Wednesdays 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
110 Barrows Hall
Professor Isha Ray

Spring 08 Colloquium Schedule (ER 295)


January 16

No Colloquium


January 23

Katharine R. Emans Sims
Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

"The Effects of Protected Forest Areas on Land Use and Local Economic Development: Evidence from Northern Thailand"


January 30

George Dyer
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Davis

"The Spread of Innovations in Traditional Agrosystems"


February 6

Brenda Lin
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Earth Institute, Columbia University

"Agricultural Vulnerability Under Climate Change: Agroecosystem Management and Adaptation"


February 13

Carolyn Kousky
Doctoral Research Fellow, Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

"Learning from Extreme Events: Risk Perceptions After the Flood"


February 20

Asmeret Berhe
President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, UC Berkeley

"The Significance of Soil Erosion for Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration"


February 27

Erika Marin-Spiotta
NSF Minority Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Santa Barbara

"Reforestation of Tropical Pastures: Biodiversity, Species Composition, and Carbon"


March 5

David Dowall
Professor, City and Regional Planning, Director, Institute of Urban & Regional Development, UC Berkeley

"Financing Infrastructure in the Developing World: The Case of Mumbai"


March 12

Erin Conlisk
PhD, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley

"Modeling the Spatial Patterns of Plants: Pragmatic Predictions from Minimal Information"


March 19

Reuben Deumling
PhD Candidate, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley

"Public Policies, Private Choices: Consumer Desire and the Practice of Energy Efficiency"


March 26

No Colloquium--SPRING BREAK


April 2

Sabrina Spatari
Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley

"Biomass to Ethanol Pathways: Life Cycle Evaluation of Lignocellulosic Ethanol"


April 9

Amol Phadke
PhD Energy and Resources Group; Environmental Energy Tech (EEEA), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

How Many Enrons? Electricity Reforms in Developing Countries: Outcomes, Challenges and New Directions


April 16

Cancelled


April 23

Rebecca Ghanadan
PhD, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley

"Public Service or Commodity Goods? Electricity Reforms, Access, and Development in Tanzania"


April 30

Richard Norgaard
Professor, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley

CANCELLED


May 7-8

Fall 07 Colloquium Schedule (ER 295)

August 29

No Colloquium


September 5

Satis Arnold
Director, Policy & Planning, Murdoch University, Australia.

"Australia Confronts Climate Change"


September 12

Lee Lynd
Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College.
ROOM CHANGE: 4PM 120 Latimer

"Energy Biotechnology: Anticipating a Revolution"


September 19

Terry Collins
Director, Institute of Green Oxidation Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University.

"Green Chemistry: Sustaining a High Technology Civilization"


September 26

Lee Schipper
Director of Research, EMBARQ the WRI Center for Sustainable Transport.

"Mass Transport or Transport for the Masses? The threats and opportunities from hyper motorization in China, India and Vietnam"


October 3

Colin Leakey
London.

"Sustainable Ecosystems--What Africa Can Teach the World"


October 10

Chris Somerville
Director, Energy Biosciences Institute, UC Berkeley.

"Technical Issues Associated with the Development of Lignocellulosic Biofuels"


October 17

Ananth Chikkatur
Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

"Coal and India's Energy Future"


October 24

Susan Shaheen
Transportation Sustainability Research Center (TSRC).

"Behavior Response to Fuel Cell Vehicle Fleet and Hydrogen Fueling"


October 31

Alex Farrell
Associate Professor, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley.

"Biofuels in the 21st Century"


November 7

Tyrone Hayes
Assistant Professor, Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley.

"From Silent Spring to Silent Night: What Have We Learned?"


November 14

Robert Sawyer
Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley.

"Light-duty Diesels and Potential Health Impacts"


November 21

No Seminar--Thanksgiving Break


November 28

Louise Fortmann
Environmental Science, Policy & Management, UC Berkeley.

"Doing Science Together: Reflections from Participatory Researchers"


December 5

Will Coleman
MDV-Mohr, Davidow Ventures.

"Investing in Energy: The Challenge of Market Transformation"