Events, Consortiums & Conferences

July 28, 2022 (Attendee)

The Northeast Regional Climate Center hosts a monthly webinar with NOAA affiliates to address timely weather and climate concerns. This one included:

• July Review & DEWS Discussion (Samantha Borisoff - NRCC)

• Climate Migration in the U.S. and New England (Elizabeth Fussell - Brown University)

• Climate Migration Implications for Land Use (Chris Campany - Windham Regional Commission)

May 25, 2022 (Attendee)

Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists (New York - Philadelphia Chapter)

Dr. Zack Westgate presented a review of the geological basis for glauconitic sand formation (also known as ‘greensand’), described its depositional environment and maturation process, and presents examples of its geotechnical characteristics. Insights into the impact of glauconitic sands on offshore foundation installation and performance for offshore wind were discussed.

May 15, 2022 (Attendee)

Indigenous Leader, Author and Scientist Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer hosted by The Muwekma Ohlone Preservation Foundation & Peninsula Open Space Trust

A Citizen of the Potawatomi Nation, Dr. Kimmerer writes in her book “Braiding Sweetgrass” about the intersections of traditional ecological knowledge and science, and how native traditions and scientific disciplines provide different languages through which we can interpret the world. Integrating the two can provide us with a roadmap for how people can come into relationship and care for the land where they live, honoring the past and planning for a sustainable future.

May 5, 2022 (Attendee)

Organized by Portland State Univeristy’s Student Sustainability Center

The webinar event features discussion as well as Q&A engagement with Leah Thomas, Founder of Intersectional Environmentalist & Author of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet.

Mar. 2, 2022 (Attendee)

Spring Teleconference

Attended as a member of the community, staying aware of the current field, address current legislation proposals regarding microplastics & to support ACE Lab members in their presentations.

Apr. 15, 2021 - Apr. 16, 2021 (Attendee)

Pacific Northwest Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Virtual Conference

Attended as member of the microplastic researcher community, to stay up to date with the current research, and support the ACE Lab members that were presenting

Nov. 5, 2020 - Nov. 8, 2020 (Presenter)

Presented a poster outlining the methodology of my honors thesis “Sea Surface Microplastics: an Inshore-Offshore Gradient off the Olympic Peninsula”

Oct. 1, 2019 - Oct. 2, 2019 (Presenter)

Presented the proposed methods for my honors thesis & contributed to the workshop development of working groups, community science involvement and standardization of sampling structures.