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2012 QERM Autumn Quarter Seminar

TIME: Wednesdays, 3:30 - 4:50 p.m.
LOCATION: Mary Gates Hall 254

Format: Each guest will preside at two consecutive sessions. Prior to the first session, a journal article resulting from (or pertaining to) the guest's research will be circulated for review. At the first session the guest will present their research topic, followed by

September 26	Tim Essington, Professor, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences Topic: "Fishing through marine food webs"
October 3	Current QERM students Topic: Tips on finding a QERM research advisor
October 10	Chris Anderson, Assistant Professor, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences Topic: "The economic effects of catch share management: The Rhode Island fluke sector pilot program"
October 17	Kevin See, Ph.D. - QERM Alumna (2011) Topic: "Estimating catch-per-unit-effort with a state-space model"
October 24	Ian Taylor, Ph.D. - QERM Alumna (2008) Topic: "Status of the U.S. yelloweye rockfish resource in 2011"
October 31	Eli Gurarie, Ph.D. - QERM Alumna (2008) Topic: To be announced
November 7	Aditya Khanna, Ph.D. - QERM Alumna (2012) Topic: "Global health: HIV in Africa"
November 14	John Horne, Associate Professor, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences Topic: To be announced
November 21	NO CLASS due to Thanksgiving holiday
November 28	David Ford, Professor, Environmental and Forest Sciences Topic: "The dynamics of plant growth"
December 5	Jim Anderson, Research Professor, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences Topic: "Modeling intrinsic and extrinsic mortality with vitality"
December 12	NO CLASS - Finals Week

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September 28	Overview - Professors Loveday Conquest & Jim Anderson
October 5	Maureen Kennedy, Ph.D. Research Scientist, School of Forest Resources US Forest Service PWFS Lab, Seattle Publication to be discussed: "Using a stochastic model and cross-scale analysis to evaluate controls on historical low-severity fire regime s"
October 12	Discussion with QERM alumnus: Maureen Kennedy, Ph.D.
October 19	Tamre Cardoso, Ph.D. TerraStat Consulting, Seattle Publication to be discussed: "Reducing seabird strikes with trawl cables in the pollock catcher-processor fleet in the eastern Bering Sea"
October 26	Discussion with QERM alumnus: Tamre Cardoso, Ph.D.
November 2	Rich Zabel, Ph.D. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NMFS/NWFSC Fish Ecology Division Supervisory Mathematical Statistician Publication to be discussed: "The interplay between climate variability and density dependence in the population viability of Chinook salmon."
November 9	Discussion with QERM alumnus: Rich Zabel, Ph.D.
November 16	Eli Gurarie, Ph.D. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NMFS/AKFSC National Marine Mammal Laboratory Publication to be discussed: To be announced
November 23	No session due to Thanksgiving Holiday
November 30	Discussion with QERM alumnus: Eli Gurarie, Ph.D.
December 7	Wrap-up session: Professors Jim Anderson and Loveday Conquest

(updated: 10/17/2012)