2021-22 WaterTalks Announced

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

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The Water Institute is pleased to announce our 2021-22 line-up of WaterTalks. Be sure to mark your calendars so you don't miss any of these fantastic speakers! Also, stay tuned for announcements of other exciting events!

2021

Thursday, September 23

Bryan Brooks
Bryan Brooks
Distinguished Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Institute of Biomedical Studies, Director of Environmental Health Science, Baylor University, USA
10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
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Professor Brooks will present “What are the Priority Research Needs for Environmental Quality and Environmental Public Health Practice?”
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Thursday, October 21

Megan Konar
Megan Konar
William J. and Elaine F. Hall Faculty Fellow, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
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Professor Konar will present “Water Resources and Food Supply Chains.”

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Thursday, November 25

Juliette Legler
Juliette Legler
Chair of Toxicology, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
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Professor Legler will present “Microplastics and Human Health: Moving the Field Forward.”
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Thursday, December 9

Taher Kahil
Group Leader, Water Security Research Group, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria
10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
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2022

Thursday, January 20

Amy Pruden
W. Thomas Rice Professor, University Distinguished Professor, Via Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, USA
10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Location: Online

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Thursday, February 17

David Sedlak
Plato Malozemoff Professor, Director, Berkeley Water Center, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA
1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Location: Online

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Thursday, March 3

Carolyn Johns
Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson University

10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Location: Online

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Thursday, April 21

Veronica Strang
Professor, Department of Anthropology, Durham University, United Kingdom
10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Location: Online

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