Science Seminars and Data Skills Webinars

Join NEON for a public seminar series where scientists share their research!
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Science Seminars
NEON is organizing a monthly seminar series, with the overarching goal to build community among researchers at the intersection of ecology, environmental science, and NEON. Specifically, the series will:
- Highlight new findings and frontiers of ecology and NEON science
- Build a robust and active researcher community
- Showcase and catalyze partnerships
- Amplify resources and tools that enable cross-scale ecological research
You can nominate yourself or a colleague to give a future talk in the seminar series!
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Schedule
The schedule of seminar presentations for the 2024-25 year is as follows, with all talks held from 12-1 pm MT.
- September 10, 2024: Amy Goldman and colleagues, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Kansas State University. "Advancing ecological sciences via participatory science: A river-focused use case"
- October 8, 2024: Ben Weinstein, University of Florida. "Harnessing NEON to enable the future of forest remote sensing"
- November 12, 2024: Gabriel Bowen, University of Utah. "Environmental and Biological Controls of Water Use Diversity Across U.S. Ecosystems" ()
- January 14, 2025: Lynn B. Martin and Vania R. Assis, University of South Florida. "Habitat effects on the ability of a common rodent species to serve as a host of the bacteria that causes Lyme disease" ()
- February 11, 2025: Douglas Morton and Elijah Orland, NASA and University of Maryland. "Ecosystem impacts from extreme fire events: Insights from satellite-based fire tracking" ()
- March 11, 2025: Elise Zipkin, Michigan State University. "Making the most of available data: How integrated modeling can expand the usability of individual data sources" ()
- CANCELED - April 8, 2025: Brandon E. McNellis, USDA. "Spatiotemporal patterns of plant community abundance and composition at Pu驶u Maka驶ala NEON, Hawai驶i"
- May 13, 2025: Eric Moody, Middlebury College. "Where and when does stoichiometry matter in aquatic ecosystems?" ()
NOTE: We have enabled Zoom auto-generated captions for our sessions. If you wish to use this feature, please ensure your Zoom version is recently up-to-date.
Continuing Education Units
Each NEON Science Seminar in the series provides 0.25 continuing education units from the Ecological Society of America's Board of Professional Certification. Visit to learn more about this program.
Past Years and Recordings
Looking for recordings from previous seminar or webinar series? Find past lineups and schedules, along with videos, here.