Detailed Schedule
Welcome/ Donuts
9:00-10:00, Odum Room
Session 1: Living Ecosystems: Flora, Fauna, and Feedbacks
10:00-11:00 am, Clark 133 in Brown Library
Moderator: Kayleigh Granville
Benthic Microalgal Metabolism in South Bay, VA
Luke Groff
The Effect of Plant Roots on Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Nest Success
Olivia Redding
The structural response of trees to drought stress is related to light partitioning
Jongmin Kim
Too Close for Comfort? Investigating the impact of local vegetation on bumble bee colony growth, pollen foraging, and reproduction
Kelsey Schoenemann
Using Bats as Biomonitors of Heavy Metal pollution in Baltimore City
Chris Blume
15-minute break
11:00-11:15
Session 2: Approaches to Understanding Large Datasets: From Oceans to Atmosphere
11:15-12:15, Clark 133 in Brown Library
Moderator: Santi Munevar
Exploring Spatial and Temporal Difference Between High and Low Frequency Water Quality Data in Coastal Virginia
Emma Brahmey
Investigating controls of the variations of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence using hyperspectral measurements
Rong Li
Mean State Tropical High Cloud Relationship to ECS
Emma Dawson
Spatial portfolio effects support commercial fishery stability but fail to diffuse systematic risk
Sean Hardison
A Climatological Study of Wind Systems within a Lee-side Valley Atmosphere
David Crowe
Lunch (for presenters)
12:15-1:00, Odum Room
Poster Session
1:00-2:00, Mural Room
Moderator: Dat Ha
Twenty Years of Bathymetric Change in a Shallow Back-Barrier Bay
Tyler Barnes
Impacts of Bison and Cattle Grazing on Tallgrass Prairie Soil Organic Matter and Plant Community Composition
Henry Chin
Daily Space-Based Observations of Nitrogen Dioxide Inequalities in Major U.S. Cities
Isabella Dressel
Evaluation of Satellite Ammonia Observations for Describing Air Pollution Inequalities Associated with Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)
Akirah Epps
Martian alluvial fans: Comparing fan and catchment areas as a proxy for paleoclimate
Ariana Flournoy
Air-water gas exchange over temperate seagrass meadows
Kayleigh Granville
Investigating effects of Arctic ice wedge degradation and warming on plant biomass and community composition using a nutrient-based model
Lindsay Grose
Changes in plant functional group biomass and tissue nutrient content across stages of ice wedge degradation and re-stabilization in the Arctic tundra of Jago River Reserve and Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
Kelcy Kent
Seawater Carbonate System Variability in the Virginia Coast Reserve LTER
Carly LaRoche
Can elevated soil salinity enhance the ecological trap effect of roadside pollinator habitat?
David Lovett
Understanding photosynthesis in an intertidal salt marsh using observations of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence and carbon exchange
Hannah Mast
Outcrop perspectives on spatially variable retreat of the marine-terminating southern Cordilleran Ice Sheet
Marion McKenzie
The Association between Hot and Cold Weather and Emergency Department Admissions for Renal and Urinary Disease in Charlottesville, Virginia
Jesus Neyra
Comparative patterns of intraspecific and interspecific variability in canopy structure and foliar traits
Carmen Petras
Seed Bank and Plant Community Composition of an Early Successional Grassland
Stephanie Petrovick
Disease Associations to Heat Mortality in Virginia, 2005–2020
Patrick Roney
Testing for characteristic scales in valley shape using wavelet analysis
Vidushi Sharma
Does Bombus nest depth buffer the negative effects of climate change during the summer foraging season?
Preston Thompson
The Integrated Environmental Footprint Tool (IEFT): Projecting Nitrogen, Carbon, Water, and Phosphorus Footprints of UVA’s Climate Action Plans
Emma Vorathiankul
Session 3: Scaling Systems Across Time & Space
2:00-3:00 pm, Clark 133 in Brown Library
Moderator: Marion McKenzie
Implications of warm pool bias in CMIP6 models on the Northern Hemisphere wintertime subtropical jet and precipitation
Huiyu Liu
Solar-Induced Fluorescence and Remotely Sensed Photosynthetic Seasonality in Boreal Forest Stands
Wayne Dawson III
Foliar spectral variability across scales of organization and time supports trait-based approaches for ecosystem analysis
Kelsey Huelsman
Kinematics of Scours in Laboratory Braided Channels
Youwei Wang
Exploring Historical Carbon Storage in Virginia Coastal Reserve Seagrass Meadows
Renee Hebert
15-minute break
3:00-3:15
Session 4: Societal Impacts: Connecting Science to Community Needs
3:15-4:15 pm, Clark 133 in Brown Library
Moderator: Carly LaRoche
A Forest of difference? Interrogating reforestation as abstract urban solution in Baltimore
Adriana DiSilvestro
Preparing Periphery: Towards a Cultural Reparation Ecology in the Greater United States
William Shivers
The Nitrogen Action Plan: A Pathway to Meeting UVA’s 30% Nitrogen Reduction Goal
Andrew DiSanto
Understanding Satellite Observations of Nitrogen Dioxide Inequalities in U.S. Cities Using a Spatially Varying Coefficient Model
Xuehui Guo
Longevity of Water Purification Strategies Using Silver and Copper for Point-of-Use Water Treatment in Low-Resource Settings
Lana Homola
15-minute break
4:00-4:15
Keynote speaker: Dr. Dillon Mahmoudi
4:30-5:30, Clark 107 / Zoom
Reception
5:30-6:30, Odum Room