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International Webinar Series Third Annual Symposium UMD Global STEWARDS Summer Amp East Africa Food-Energy-Water Conference
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Biochar and Soil Fertility Educating the Next FEW Leaders Methane and Waste to Wealth Rainwater Harvesting and Irrigation Water Quality and Water Reuse
News Partner Programs School of Public Health
Our Values Integrated Approach History
Capacity Building Experiential Education Israel FEWture Maryland FEWture Nepal FEWture Tanzania FEWture
International Webinar Series Third Annual Symposium UMD Global STEWARDS Summer Amp East Africa Food-Energy-Water Conference
Biochar and Soil Fertility Educating the Next FEW Leaders Methane and Waste to Wealth Rainwater Harvesting and Irrigation Water Quality and Water Reuse
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International Webinar Series

Webinar Dates Fall 2026 at 9am:

Weds, Oct 7: Michael Jacobson (https://ecosystems.psu.edu/directory/mgj2)

Weds, Nov 4: Jörg Rügemer (https://soa.cap.utah.edu/faculty-and-staff/jorg-rugemer/)

Weds, Dec 2: Leah Jones-Crank (https://uwaterloo.ca/water-institute/contacts/leah-jones-crank)

Past Webinars: 

Speaker: Dr. Yadu Pokhrel, Professor, Michigan State University
Topic: A systems approach to model food, energy, and water systems in a changing environment (tentative)

Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Turner, Associate Professor, Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Topic: From Watershed Inputs to Coastal Health Risk: Fecal Pollution, Antimicrobial Resistance, and the FEW Nexus in Baffin Bay, Texas
Speaker: Dr. Sujith Ravi, Associate Professor, Temple University
Topic: Multifunctional Solar Landscapes Deliver Agricultural, Ecological and Socio-economic Co-benefits

Speaker: Dr. Hadas Mamane, Professor, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Topic: People’s Water Data: Developing and Validating a Scalable Student-Led Methodology for Global Water Security
Speaker: Dr. Guangbin Li, Assistant Professor, UMD
Topic: Emerging Organic Contaminants in Water and Soil: Challenges and Sustainable Treatment Strategies
Speaker: Dr. Kevin Jean, Junior Professor, Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), Paris
Topic: The health co-benefits of climate change mitigation and adaptation policies
Dr. Danielle Delp, Postdoctoral Fellow, Rutgers University
Topic: Ending a legacy of pollution: Using bacteria to break down persistent dioxin and furan pollution in riverine sediments
Dr. Caitlin Proctor, Assistant Professor, Purdue University
Topic: Using Biofilms to Our Advantage Across Engineered Systems
Dr. Wei Liao, Professor at Michigan State University
Topic: Securing Agriculture in a Changing Climate - FEW Nexus Solutions for Global Sustainability
Dr. Stevo Lavrnic, Senior Assistant Professor, University of Bologna (Italy)
Topic: Water and wastewater management and reuse for sustainable agriculture
Dr. Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman, Associate Professor, UMD Environmental Science and Technology
Topic: Green infrastructure as ecohydrologic and decision-making hotspots in urban social-ecological systems
Dr. Olufunke Cofie, Africa Director for Research Impact, International Water Management Institute
Topic: Harnessing Biocircular Economy Approaches for Food, Energy, and Water Security in Africa: Strengthening Community Resilience in a Changing Climate
Dr. Heather Amato, Assistant Professor, UMD GEOH
Topic: Animal waste management & antibiotic-resistant bacteria in subsistence farming households in Nepal
Dr. Joshua Gurtler, Lead Scientist at the USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Wyndmoor, PA
Topic: Biochar Application in Sustainable Agriculture: Research for Removing Salmonella and E. coli O157:H7 from Soil, Compost, Poultry Litter, and Irrigation Water
Dr. Jafaru M. Egieya, Assistant Research Scientist at the Texas A&M Energy Institute.
Topic: System Dynamics Modeling for Sustainable Urban Development in the City of Cape Town: A Food-Energy-Water Nexus Approach
Jonathan Deutsch, Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Food and Hospitality Management, Drexel University
Topic: Upcycled Food Opportunities and Consumer Acceptance
Dr. Ryan Blaustein, UMD Dept. of Nutrition and Food Science
Topic: Metagenomics and sampling methods to establish the fitness of environmental resources
Dr. Catherine Nakalembe, UMD Dept. of Geographical Sciences
Topic: Considerations for Artificial Intelligence and Earth Observation (AI-EO) for Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa
Farmer Chippy, Founder
Farmer Tiara, President and Manager
Topic: AgriHood Baltimore at Plantation Park Heights Urban Farm
Dr. Richard Friend
Associate Professor, University of York (UK)
Topic: Assessing vulnerability and building resilience through the lens of systemic risk and critical thresholds
Ariel Aviram, PhD Student
Geography Department at the Hebrew University
Topic: Examining the food–energy–water nexus across local scale scenarios using the red line approach
The Tanzania FEWture Team
Dr. Paul Turner, Associate Professor
University of Maryland School of Public Health
Topic: Agriculture, Experiential Education, and Public Health: FEW Nexus Opportunities in Tanzania
The Nepal FEWture Team
Dr. Biraj Man Karmacharya, Associate Professor
Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences
Topic: An Integrated Approach to Rural Health and Community Development through Livelihood Support: An Experience of Dhulikhel Hospital, Nepal
The Israel FEWture team
Dr. Clive Lipchin, Director
Center for Transboundary Water Management
Arava Institute for Environmental Studies
Topic: Decentralized Wastewater Management and Reuse in Bedouin and Palestinian Communities
The Maryland FEWture team
Jen Cotting, Director
Environmental Finance Center, University of Maryland
Topic: Advancing Sustainability at the Community Level
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