Power systems worldwide are changing rapidly in the face of the global challenge of decarbonization and the subsequent addition of more distributed and variable renewable energy sources.
Past Events
For a schedule of all our events, seminars, and lectures visit our calendar.
MVZ LUNCH SEMINAR - Phred Benham
MVZ Lunch is a graduate level seminar series (IB264) based on current and recent vertebrate research. Professors, graduate students, staff, and visiting researchers present on current and past research projects.
Plant and Microbial Biology Seminar: "Hotwired Life: Biophysical Studies of Microbial Extracellular Electron Conduits"
El-Naggar leads the NanoBio Lab, which focuses on the fundamentals, implications, and technological applications of biological charge transfer, using environmental microbes as model systems.
Van Jones: Environmental Justice
Albright Lecture in Conservation
Across America, low-income and minority communities are being hit hardest by the economic and health impacts of climate change. Join us for an afternoon with Van Jones—news commentator, author, and founder of Dream Corps —and learn how we can...
Berkeley Distinguished Lectures in Data Science
Professor Rosemary Gillespie discusses integrating eco-evolutionary data from islands to infer biodiversity dynamics.
Living Landscapes: Time, Knowledge, and Ecology
This workshop, hosted by the Center for Japanese Studies, invites researchers to explore the ways in which environmental knowledge persists through time, manifests itself in landscapes, and remains relevant to contemporary sustainability...
Essig Brunch: Dr. Curtis Ewing, CalFire Entomologist
This weeks theme focuses on “Nitidulid beetles native to the South Pacific, scolytine beetles mostly introduced to Hawai’i associated with rapid Ōhi’a death, and other adventures with Coleopterans”
ESPM Seminar: Resilience of Metapopulations
Nathan van Schmidt, PhD candidate here at UC Berkeley will speak on resilience of metapopulations in coupled natural-human systems: uncovering connections between wetlands, people, climate change, and disease.
Financial Innovation: The Convergence of Environment and Finance
This talk will focus on programs and financial markets that have facilitated the building of institutions for the minimization of transactional costs to achieve better air quality (e.g. US Acid Rain program and Chicago Climate Exchange).