Please join us for the upcoming Water Resources Engineering Seminar. Dr. Gerrad Jones of Oregon State University, Biological and Ecological Engineering will present “Environmental Change Drives Global Soil Element Fluxes” on Wednesday, January 23, from noon to 1 p.m. in STAG 111.

About Dr. Jones: 

I have always had a passion for exploring the natural world, and as a child, I could often be found chasing animals, fishing, or building dams and bridges across the small creeks throughout northern Nevada. As an adult, I pretty much do the same thing. It is therefore not surprising that I pursued a career in science and engineering. In order to understand the type of research I do, it is important to know a bit about my background. I’ve studied ecology, hydrology/hydraulics, environmental chemistry/engineering, and inorganic geochemistry. While these fields seem disparate, environmental problems do not fit nicely into discrete boxes or individual packages. There are many problems that simply cannot be solved with the tools provided by a single discipline, an each provides different tools and ways of thinking about ecosystem health. As an engineer, I find it incredibly useful to draw on to tools used in ecology and chemistry, and vice versa. Therefore, my interests focus on understanding how ecosystem health is driven by complex interactions between biological, chemical, and physical processes.

The seminar is free and open to the public. 
We hope to see you there!