The "Women Advancing River Research" lecture series features monthly presentations by twelve women across the globe that have made significant contributions to the understanding of rivers.
Image: Emily Iskin, Colorado State University
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Penn State is co-hosting a new series of virtual lectures to feature the contributions of women to river research.
The inaugural "Women Advancing River Research" lecture series, set to begin on Feb. 25, features an international lineup of speakers covering a variety of topics related to the study of rivers. The series is hosted in collaboration with the Warner College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University and Wiley Research.
"We are deeply aware of the disproportionally heavy loads associated with child and elder care that women often shoulder, especially during the pandemic," said Li Li, professor of environmental engineering at Penn State, who noted that despite shouldering significant personal responsibilities, women continue making deep and impactful research contributions. "While COVID-19 has kept us isolated and restricted in-person networking, the virtual environment offers us the chance to feature and celebrate the significant contributions that women across the globe have made to our shared understanding of rivers."
Lecture series co-hosts, from left to right: Ellen Wohl, professor of geosciences at Colorado State University, and Li Li, professor of environmental engineering at Penn State
The lineup of speakers includes:
Berit Arheimer, associate professor of water and environmental studies, Swedish Meteorological & Hydrological Institute
Petra Döll, professor of hydrology, Goethe University Frankfurt
Kamini Singha, professor of hydrogeology and associate dean of earth and society programs, Colorado School of Mines
Michele Koppes, associate professor and Canada research chair in landscapes of climate change, University of British Columbia
Angela Gurnell, professor of physical geography, Queen Mary University of London
Audrey Sawyer, associate professor of hydrogeology, Ohio State University
Tanya Doody, senior research scientist, Managing Water Ecosystems Group, The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
Paola Passalacqua, associate professor of environmental and water resources engineering, University of Texas at Austin
Elowyn Yager, professor and director of the Center for Ecohydraulics Research, University of Idaho
Nicole Gasparini, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences, Tulane University
Iris Moeller, professor of geography, Trinity College Dublin
Anne Mather, professor of geomorphology, University of Plymouth
