Environmental Science and Policy Seminar Series

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The EVR seminar series is an effort to spark discussion and exchanges in a multidisciplinary setting. Speakers include scholars and practitioners from both the University of Miami and other institutions. Visitors are available for meetings with both students and faculty members.

Fall 2026

Aug
 24th
12:20 PM

Increasing Preparedness for
Intensifying Climate Change

Katharine Mach, 
University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, & Earth Science

Location: FLIPSE 301 (MAIN CAMPUS)

Aug
 31st
12:20 PM

Health Impacts of Climate-Driven
Extreme Weather

Kilan Bishop, 
University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, & Earth Science

Location: FLIPSE 301 (MAIN CAMPUS)

Sep
 14th
12:20 PM

Thinking across disciplines - 
EVR graduate students introduce
and discuss how they work across
disciplinary boundaries: bringing
knowledge together, deciding which
questions matter, and what graduate
school teaches that a textbook can't

Grad Student Panelists: Austin Wells, Marissa Naclerio,
and JD Reigrut
University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, & Earth Science

Location: FLIPSE 301 (MAIN CAMPUS)

Sep
 21st
12:20 PM

Assessing Stakeholder Views on the
Long-term Effectiveness of Marine 
Protected Areas: The Case Study of the
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Manoj Shivlani, 
University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, & Earth Science

Location: FLIPSE 301 (MAIN CAMPUS)

Sep
 28th
12:20 PM

Food, Animals, and
Environmental Policy

Jennifer Jacquet, 
University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, & Earth Science

Location: FLIPSE 301 (MAIN CAMPUS)

Oct
 5th
12:20 PM

TBD

Speaker 6: TBD, 
University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, & Earth Science

Location: FLIPSE 301 (MAIN CAMPUS)

Oct
 19th
12:20 PM

Environmental Philanthropy:
What is the Right Role for Foundations
in our Transition to Sustainability?

Rebecca Gruby, 
University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, & Earth Science

Location: FLIPSE 301 (MAIN CAMPUS)

Oct
 26th
12:20 PM

Large Scale Marine Protected Areas

Juan Carlos Villaseñor-Derbez,
University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, & Earth Science

Location: FLIPSE 301 (MAIN CAMPUS)

Nov
 2nd
12:20 PM

Topic: TBD

Bethan Linscott, 
University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, & Earth Science

Location: FLIPSE 301 (MAIN CAMPUS)

Nov
 9th
12:20 PM

Topic: TBD

Kirsten Hawley, 
University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, & Earth Science

Location: FLIPSE 301 (MAIN CAMPUS)

Nov
 16th
12:20 PM

TBD

Speaker 11: TBD, 
University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, & Earth Science

Location: FLIPSE 301 (MAIN CAMPUS)

Spring 2026

Jan
 23rd
12 PM

Chronic Disease in a Changing Climate:
Advancing Climate-Responsive Cancer
Care and Prevention

Kilan Bishop, 
University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, & Earth Science

Location: UNGAR 230-E (MAIN CAMPUS)

Feb
 6th
12 PM

Human Use of Ocean Space:
Data-Driven Evidence for Marine Policy

Juan Carlos Villaseñor-Derbez, 
University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, & Earth Science

Location: UNGAR 230-E (MAIN CAMPUS)

Feb
 13th
1 PM

Deterring Industrial Fishing Vessels
from African Inshore Exclusion Zones

Gabriel Englander, 
The World Bank, Development Research Group

Location: SLAB 103 (RSMAES)

APR
 24th
12 PM

How Legal Criteria for Determining
Spain's Coastal Public Domain Have
Evolved and Their Implications for
Adapting to Climate Change

Ferran Pons Cànovas, 
School of Law, AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA-UAB.

Location: SLAB 103 (RSMAES)

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