University of FloridaDepartment of Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Biocomplexity Engineering group seminars

Fall 2025 Schedule
Tuesdays 2:00 -3:00 pm.
Hybrid sessions: Please come for in-person coffee and cookies at Frazier Rogers Hall 284 (Hydrological Modeling Lab), or virtual at this ZOOM link.

Seminars Coordinator: Isabella Plumier, Ph.D. student

 

September

2

Dr. Thomas Dobbelaere

Post-doctoral Research Assistant, UCLouvain, Belgium

Hurricane Irma (2017) enhanced coral connectivity but also superspread coral disease in Florida.

9

Dr. Rafael Muñoz-Carpena

Distinguished Professor, UF/ABE, USA

Mechanistic modeling of the impact of rainfall pumping on solute remobilization from soils into runoff.

16

Dr. Jose Reyes-De-Corcuera

Associate Professor, UF/ABE, USA

Complexity of cacao fermentation.

23

Dr. Xueying Tang

Associate Professor, University of Arizona, USA

Hurricane number prediction and region selection with spatially dependent global-local shrinkage priors.

30

Dr. Kalindhi Larios

Research Assistant, UF/ABE, USA

Hydrology & Pathogens (HYPATH) End-user Model: A mechanistic approach to model bacteria contamination of leafy greens pre-harvest conditions.

October

7

Dr. Geoffrey Puzon

Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment, Australia

Biofilm impacts on drinking water quality and the presence of pathogenic free-living amoebae.

14

Adam Howe

Ph.D. candidate, UF/ABE, USA

Effects of surface and near surface runoff interactions on the transport and mitigation of pesticides in vegetative filter strips.

21

Chongyang Wang

Ph.D. student, UF/ABE, USA

Abiotic and biotic transformation of PFAS precursors in oxic-anoxic transition zones.

28

Dr. Seokmin Hong

Post-doctoral Research Scholar, UF/ABE, USA

Application and analysis of machine learning models for water quality monitoring and modeling in inland water – focused on Cyanobacteria and E. coli.

November

4

Dr. Savannah Morgan

Environmental Data Science Manager, Dallas Fort Worth Airport, USA

Activating Data: Operationalizing Analytics Across the Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) Airport

18

Dr. Annika Mangold-Döring

Ecological Modeller, Wageningen Environmental Research

Decoding (Bio-)Complexity: Tools for Clear Science Communication and Engaging Different Audiences

25

Dr. Ana Andreu

Post-doctoral Fellow, UCO, Spain

Mountain Hydrology: ecohydrology in Mediterranean mountain regions, research for an uncertain reality.

December

2

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9

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