QERM: An Interdisciplinary Graduate Program

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2012 QERM Winter Quarter Seminar

Wednesdays, 3:30 - 4:50 p.m.
Mary Gates Hall 242

January 4

Loveday Conquest, Professor & QERM Director
Introduction

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Trevor Branch, Assistant Professor
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
"Overview of Current Research Projects"



January 11

Aditya Khanna, Doctoral Candidate
"Bio-Behavioral Models for HIV Prevention."

Faculty Facilitator: Steven Goodreau, Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology



January 18

Chris Gast, Doctoral Candidate
"Evaluation of Fixed- and Random-Effects Models and Multistage Estimation Procedure in Statistical Population Reconstruction."

Faculty Facilitator: Loveday L. Conquestion, Professor
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences



January 25

Motoki Wu
"Meta Analysis Model Testing in Fisheries"

Faculty Facilitator: Andre Punt, Professor
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences



February 1

Chloe Bracis
"Incorporating Cognition into Models of Animal Movement and Predator-Prey Interaction"

Faculty Facilitator: Jim Anderson, Professor
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences


February 8

Kristin Broms, Doctoral Candidate
"Applying Spatial Occupancy Models to Presence-Absence Atlas Data of South African Bird Species."

Faculty Facilitator: John Skalski, Professor
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences

 

February 15

Gregor Passolt
"Vitality and HIV"


Sam Clark, Associate Professor
Department of Sociology

"Overview of Current Research Projects"

Faculty Facilitators: Jim Anderson, Professor
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
&
Sam Clark, Associate Professor
Department of Sociology

 

February 22

Ingrid Spies, Doctoral Candidate
"Using Population Genetics to Inform Fisheries Management Strategies."

Faculty Facilitator: Andre Punt, Professor
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences

 

February 29

Mandi Fix
"The Perks of Being a Fieldwork Tourist."

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Cole Monnahan
"Are West Coast Blue Whales Recovering from Whaling?"

Faculty Facilitator: David Ford, Professor
School of Forest Resources

March 7

Jeff Rutter
Topic TBA

&

Ian Fraser
Topic TBA

Faculty Facilitator: James Anderson, Professor
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences

 

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