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The Energy and Resources Group Colloquium

Wednesdays, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
110 Barrows Hall

Spring 2012

January 25	Allan Robock Professor Department of Environmental Sciences Rutgers University "Smoke and Mirrors: is Geoengineering a Solution to Global Warming?"
February 1	No Colloquium
February 8	Curt Oldenburg Staff Geological Scientist Head, Geologic Carbon Sequestration Program Earth Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory "Geologic Carbon Dioxide Sequestration: A Direct Approach to Reducing Point-Source CO2 Emissions"
February 15	Rob Socolow Professor Co-Director, The Carbon Mitigation Initiative Director, Siebel Energy Grand Challenge, Princeton Environmental Institute Princeton University "What would we be doing if we were taking climate change seriously?" Click here to view slides from this presentation.
Februrary 22	Daniel Kammen Professor ERG/GSPP UC Berkeley "Voltaire’s Bastards: The Roles of Science, Policy and Practice as the first ‘Clean Energy Czar’ at the World Ban"
February 29	Ryan Shelby Alfred P. Sloan Ph.D Student Scholar, Mechanical Engineering UC Berkeley
March 7	No Colloquium
March 14	Tyrone Hayes Professor Department of Integrative Biology U.C. Berkeley
March 21	Zachary Subin PhD Candidate Energy and Resources Group U.C. Berkeley “Modeling High-Latitude Terrestrial Feedbacks to Climate Change”
March 28	No Colloquium
April 4	Amber Kerr PhD Candidate Energy and Resources Group U.C. Berkeley "Trees, maize, and drought: can agroforestry help Malawian farmers cope with climate variability?"
April 11	Andrew Jones PhD Candidate Energy and Resources Group U.C. Berekeley "Land use change is a critical influence on the climate effects of climate policies"
April 18	Christian Casillas PhD Candidate Energy and Resources Group U.C. Berekeley "Exploring the role of information in development policy and practice on Nicaragua’s Atlantic Coast"
April 25	Carolina Balazs Energy and Resources Group U.C. Berekeley
May 9	Asher Ghertner Lecturer in Human Geography Department of Geography and Environment London School of Economics "Rule by aesthetics: Reimagining the world-class city in Delhi"