PES Seminars
Current research discussions are presented by Graduate level students and NMSU faculty. Graduate Enrichment Seminar's are only held throughout Spring and Fall Semesters. Seminars will take place in Gerald Thomas Hall, Room 200, unless otherwise indicated.
Spring 2021
| Seminar Speaker | Title |
|---|---|
| Fridays, 3:30 PM., Contact rachelgi@nmsu.edu for Zoom information PES Graduate Research Seminar College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences - Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, NMSU | |
| Jan. 29 at 3:30 PM - Dr. Levon Esters, Mentoring @ Purdue program | #MentoringMatters: Addressing the Needs of Graduate Students through Inclusive, Intentional, Equitable, and Culturally Responsive Mentoring |
| Feb. 5 at 3:30 PM - Brianna Lind, PhD Candidate | Exploring the Hydrological Impacts of Termite Mounds in Savanna |
| Feb. 12 at 3:30 PM - Tana Eckols, Environmental & Social Advisor, bp Gulf of Mexico | NMSU graduate in Environmental Science provides tips for a successful career |
| Feb. 19 at 3:30 PM - Marwah Sobhan-Neyaz | Localization of the toxic fungi Chaetothyriales spp. (Ascomycota) within its host Ipomoea carnea (Convolvulaceae) |
| February 26 at 3:30 PM - Mikaela Hoellrich - Masters Candidate Angelica Swanson - Master's Candidate | Linking Biogeochemical Function and Microbial Diversity in Chihuahuan Desert BiocrustsManagement, Microbial Diversity and Soil Health: A Case Study in an Arid Region |
| March 5 at 3:30 PM - Harpreet Kaur, PhD Candidate | Association Analyses for Forage Yield and Quality Under Deficit Irrigation Management in Elite Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) Germplasm |
| March 12 at 3:30 PM - Ujala Sehar, PhD Candidate | Cellulose Degradation by the Unicellular Extremophilic red alga Galdieria sulphuraria |
| March 19 at 3:30 PM - Caroline Toth - Masters Candidate Michael Whiting - Master's Candidate | Shrub Demographic Bottlenecks of the Jornada BasinMonitoring Toxic Metal Uptake by Corn Grown in Agricultural Fields across Animas and San Juan Rivers |
| March 26 at 3:30 PM - Joseph Wood, PhD Candidate | Effects of Deficit Irrigation and Iris Yellow Spot Virus on Onion Photosynthesis |
| April 9 at 3:30 PM - Curt Pierce, PhD Candidate | Deficit Irrigation and Partial Root-Zone Drying in Field-Grown Pecan |
| April 16 at 3:30 PM - Vesh Thapa, PhD Candidate | Soil Health Response to Cover Crops Under Limited Irrigation Winter Wheat-Sorghum-Fallow System in Eastern New Mexico |
| April 23 at 3:30 PM - Harmanpreet Kaur, PhD Candidate | Improvement of Field Adapted Nannochloropsis oceanica Strain Performance and Composition |
| April 30 at 3:30 PM - Akram Benali, PhD Candidate | Irrigation with RO Concentrate and Brackish Groundwater Impacts Pecan Trees Growth and Physiology |
| May 7 at 3:30 PM - Kelly Laje, PhD Candidate | Photoprotection and Anti-Melanogenesis of MNT-1 Melanoma |
Previous Seminars
Spring 2020
| Seminar Speaker | Title |
|---|---|
| Fridays, 3:30 PM - 4:20 PM., GT 200 (Unless Indicated) PES Graduate Research Seminar College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences - Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, NMSU | |
| January 24 at 3:30 PM - First Friday Kickoff Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, NMSU (GT 194) | NMSU researchers communicate their research in high speed lightning talks |
| February 14 at 3:30 PM - Dr. Anthony J. Darrouzet-Nardi, University of Texas, El Paso , | "Into the Active Layer: Belowground function and the effects of global change on Artic tundra plants and soils" |
| February 21 at 3:30 PM - Eric Howard, Production Manager, UltraHealth Dispensary | "Greenhouse Management: Plants, people and personnel" |
| February 28 at 3:30 PM - Hunter Winsor PhD Candidate, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences Jessica Castro Master's Candidate, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences | "Land resources Units as Soil Systems""Hyperspectral detection and Mapping of Biological Soil Crusts in the Drylands" |
| March 6 at 3:30 PM - Alexandra Heller Master's Candidate, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences | "Classifying Ecosystems and State Changes on the Taos Plateau" |
| March 13 at 3:30 PM - Govinda Sapkota PhD Candidate, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences Jason Fechner Master's Candidate, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences | "Nutrient Composition, Dynamics with Maturity, and Effect of Drying Methods on Jujube (Ziziphus jujube Mill.) Grown Under Different Geological Locations of New Mexico""Iron Bioaccumulation in Duckweed (Lemna minor L.) and Oyster Mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus)" |
| March 20 at 3:30 PM - Sk. Musfiq Us-Salehin Master's Candidate, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences Phillip Lujan PhD Candidate, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences | "Soil Organic Matter and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Dryland and Irrigated Cropping Systems""Using Pecan Byproduct Extracts as Novel Elicitors for Included Resistance Against Soilborne Pathogens" |
| April 3 at 3:30 PM - Paramveer Singh PhD Candidate, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences Jaqueline Cormier PhD Candidate, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences | "Effects of Integrating Native Perennial Grass as Buffer Strips on Microclimate Growth and Yield of Corn""Cover Crop Impacts on a New Mexico Vineyard Ecosystem" |
| April 17 at 3:30 PM - Malak Tfaily, Soil, Water & Environmental Science, University of Arizona | "Microbial Controls on Biogeochemical Cycling of Carbon Using Stable Isotope Labeling and Other Novel Techniques" |
| April 24 at 3:30 PM - Emily Creegan PhD Candidate, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences | "Biomass Utilization: Organic Waste to Resource" |
| May 1 at 3:30 PM - Gaurav Jha PhD Candidate, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences | "Long Term Monitoring of Contaminations in the Agricultural Systems Across the Animas Watershed After the Gold King Mine Spill" |
| May 8 at 3:30 PM - Subhankar Mandal PhD Candidate, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences | "Advancement in Breeding for Fusarium Basal Not Resistance of Onion (Allium cepa L.)" |
Fall 2020
| Seminar Speaker | Title |
|---|---|
| Fridays, 3:30 PM., Zoom Meeting ID: 961 8085 1996 PES Graduate Research Seminar College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences - Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, NMSU | |
| August 28 at 3:30 PM - First Friday Kickoff Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, NMSU | NMSU researchers communicate their research in high speed lightning talks |
| September 4 at 3:30 PM - Dr. Kelly Ramirez , | Can the soil microbiome provide solutions for global sustainability? |
| September 18 at 3:30 PM - Dr. Stephanie Bestelmeyer, Executive Director, Asombro Institute for Science Education | Bringing science education into schools |
| October 2 at 3:30 PM - Egypt with Aggies Go Global | Field report on desalinization research at the Desert Research Center, Cairo, WEF Conference and other adventures |
| October 16 at 3:30 PM - Pramod Acharya | Soil health, greenhouse gas emissions, and crop yield response to cover crops in an irrigated forage rotation |
| October 23 at 3:30 PM - Darien Pruitt | Impact of Fertilizers on Guar Production and Soil Health in Arid and Semi-Arid Southwest United States |
| October 30 at 3:30 PM - Sergei Shalygin | Assessment of the cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms (CHABs) and toxins in the blooming water bodies of New Mexico |
| November 6 at 3:30 PM - David Schoep, NMSU Environmental Health and Safety | Annual laboratory EH&S Refresher Course (required annual training for all lab-users) |
| November 13 at 3:30 PM - Suman Sharma | Screening of onion germplasm for host plant resistance to disease Fusarium Basal Rot (FBR) and Iris Yellow Spot (IYS) |
| November 20 at 3:30 PM - Bert Siville | Algal turf scrubber technology; function and optimization in a small scale aquaculture |
| December 4 at 3:30 PM - Hanan Elassbli | Genetic analysis and Genome-Wide Association Study of Resistance in Bacterial Blight in US Upland Cotton |