SANS Seminar Series
Spring Seminar Series
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| April 11, 2024 | Margaret Zeigler, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture | Feeding the Americas and the World: Bridges for Agricultural Cooperation |
| May 2, 2024 | Margaret “Marnie” Pepper, USDA APHIS | Understanding and Managing Wildlife Conflicts |
| May 9, 2024 | Dr. Jonica Thompson, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service | Common Poultry Diseases on the Eastern Shore |
Upcoming Seminar: April 11
Topic: Feeding the Americas and the World: Bridges for Agricultural Cooperation
SUMMARY: In the climate change quest to reach net zero, membrane separation technology provides hope.
TIME/DATE: 11 a.m. Thursday, April 11 2024.
Meet the speaker: 10:30 a.m.; lite refreshments will be available.
LOCATION: Carver Hall
CONTACT: Dr. Ahmed Elnabawi at aelnabawi@umes.edu
This event is free and open to the public.
About:
Margaret Zeigler has worked at the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture since 2022. She serves as lead liaison with IICA’s partnerships in the United States and builds bridges to benefit the 34 members states.
In Washington, D.C., she has worked to advance public policies for sustainable agriculture, climate resilience and international food security.
She previously worked at the Congressional Hunger Center and at the Global Harvest Initiative now based at Virginia Tech University to promote sustainable productivity in agriculture. In 2019, she conducted research on agricultural innovation in Colombia, Peru, and Argentina. Before coming to IICA, she served as interim president of the Supporters of Agricultural Research (SoAR) Foundation.
She holds a doctorate and master’s degree in geography and international development studies from the University of Cincinnati, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology and geography from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
MORE ON HER TALK:
Agri-food systems and agriculture are fundamental economic activities in the Americas. The 35 countries of the Western Hemisphere account for 28% of all global agri-food exports. In many countries of the Americas, over 30% of the population is employed in agri-food production. Yet, climate change, trade disruption and challenges of human, plant and animal diseases are putting food production, livelihoods and the natural resource base at great risk. The presentation will discuss how the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation has worked to build solutions to these challenges and increasing sustainably.
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Past Seminars
| Date | Speaker | Topic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 15, 2024 | Dr. Habilou Ouro-Koura, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | From Student Lab to National Research Lab | |
| Feb. 22, 2024 | Dr. Aaron Persad, UMES Engineering Dept. | Space Food to Space Suit | |
| Mar. 7, 2024 | Dr. Birendra Adhikari, Idaho National Laboratory | Membrane Separation: Technology Needed to Reach Net-Zero | |
| Mar. 14, 2024 | Dr. Naveen Dixit, UMES SANS | UMES Horticulture: Advancements in Teaching, Research and Extension |
| Date | Speaker | Topic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2023 | Dr. Deborah Sauder | First Measurement of Ambient Air Quality on the Rural Lower Eastern Shore | |
| April 5, 2023 | Dr. Jimmy W. Smith | Opportunities and Challenges in International Agriculture Development | |
| April 19, 2023 | Dr. Charles R. Powley | Challenges in the Analysis of PFAS in the Environment | |
| April 27, 2023 | Dr. L. Mahadevan | Magic, Mystery, and Mathematics in the Mundane | |
| Sept. 13, 2023 | Dr. Richard Kane | Exploring the Synthesis and Energy Storage Applications of Graphene | |
| Sept. 20, 2023 | Dr. Catherine A. Richter | Molecular biology in environmental science: Discovery of de novo thiaminase synthesis in fish, and defining the range of a rare and cryptic fish with environmental DNA | |
| Sept. 27, 2023 | Dr. Kausiksankar Das, SANS, UMES | Technology in the classroom (virtual reality and cellphone) | |
| Oct. 11, 2023 | Ray Baughman, University of Texas at Dallas | Give it a twist: How artificial muscles harvest mechanical energy | |
| Oct. 25, 2023 | Dr. Malinda Cecil, UMES | A Food Culture Tour of the Republic of Ireland and the Challenges of Food Sustainability | |
| Nov. 8, 2023 | Trevor Michaels, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service | How conservation detection dogs are used for wildlife management | |
| Nov. 29, 2023 | Dr. Melissa A. Cregger, Oak Ridge National Laboratory | How harnessing plant-microbe interactions builds sustainable ecosystems. | |
| Dec. 6, 2023 | Dr. Carrie A.M. Laboski, USDA-ARS Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit in University Park, PA. | Sustainable Nitrogen Fertilizer Rate Decisions Tools for Corn Production: A Midwestern Approach |
