570006 SE Current Topics in Environmental Geosciences (2023W)

2.00 ECTS (1.00 SWS), SPL 57 - Doktoratsstudium Biologie mit Schwerpunkt Mikrobiologie und Umweltsyste

Continuous assessment of course work

MIXED

Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from Mo 04.09.2023 00:00 to Tu 26.09.2023 23:59
Registration is open from Th 28.09.2023 00:00 to We 04.10.2023 23:59
Deregistration possible until Tu 31.10.2023 23:59

Details

max. 20 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Unless otherwise specified, all talks take place on Thursday between 4.30pm and 6pm CEST at Melchior Neumayr Saal (UZA2) or via Zoom. Please not that online attendance is only possible in online-only talks.

12.10.2023, 4.30pm, Case van Genuchten, GEUS, Department of Geochemistry, The Renaissance of Arsenic: Can We Convert an Infamous Contaminant to a Critical Raw Material?
19.10.2023, 12.00pm, Klaus Kümmerer, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Institute for Sustainable Chemistry
23.11.2023, 4.30pm, Jasquelin Pena (online), University of Lausanne, Faculty of Geoscience and Environment
30.11.2023, 12.00pm, Meret Aeppli, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Soil Biogeochemistry Laboratory
7.12.2023 4.30pm, Laura Kösten, University of Vienna, Visualization & Data Science
14.12.2023, 4.30pm, Andy Booth, SINTEF, Climate and Environment
11.01.2024, 4.30pm, Menchaem Elimelech (online), Yale University, Chemical and Environmental Engineering

    
    Thursday
    05.10.
    16:30 - 18:00
    Seminarraum Paläontologie "Melchior Neumayr" 2A502 5.OG UZA II
    
    Thursday
    12.10.
    16:30 - 18:00
    Seminarraum Paläontologie "Melchior Neumayr" 2A502 5.OG UZA II
    
    Thursday
    19.10.
    12:00 - 13:30
    Seminarraum Paläontologie "Melchior Neumayr" 2A502 5.OG UZA II
    
    Thursday
    09.11.
    16:30 - 18:00
    Seminarraum Paläontologie "Melchior Neumayr" 2A502 5.OG UZA II
    
    Thursday
    16.11.
    16:30 - 18:00
    Seminarraum Paläontologie "Melchior Neumayr" 2A502 5.OG UZA II
    
    Thursday
    23.11.
    16:30 - 18:00
    Seminarraum Paläontologie "Melchior Neumayr" 2A502 5.OG UZA II
    
    Thursday
    30.11.
    12:00 - 13:30
    Seminarraum Paläontologie "Melchior Neumayr" 2A502 5.OG UZA II
    
    Thursday
    07.12.
    16:30 - 18:00
    Seminarraum Paläontologie "Melchior Neumayr" 2A502 5.OG UZA II
    
    Thursday
    14.12.
    16:30 - 18:00
    Seminarraum Paläontologie "Melchior Neumayr" 2A502 5.OG UZA II
    
    Thursday
    11.01.
    16:30 - 18:00
    Seminarraum Paläontologie "Melchior Neumayr" 2A502 5.OG UZA II
    
    Thursday
    25.01.
    16:30 - 18:00
    Seminarraum Paläontologie "Melchior Neumayr" 2A502 5.OG UZA II

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This seminar addresses current research questions in environmental geosciences, specifically aquatic and terrestrial systems. It comprises talks of international researchers on biogeochemistry, pollutant dynamics, hydrogeology, element cycles and the behavior of nanoparticles. All talks will be held in English. Each talk is followed by a discussion session to encourage the knowledge exchange with the invited lecturers.

Assessment and permitted materials

Students, in addition to attendance and active participation in the discussion, need to choose a publication that is not older than 2018 and has been published in one of the following journals: Env. Science & Technology; Science; Nature; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The topic of the paper must clearly deal with research in the areas of Environmental Sciences or Environmental Geosciences. You need to prepare a 15 minute presentation using PowerPoint and record your voice over along with the presentation slides (pptx or ppsx files only!). Grading will be based 30% on regular attendance and active discussion during the seminar talks and 70% on the uploaded pptx presentation with voice-over.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The course will be evaluated on the Basis of 30 points for attendance and 70 points for the pptx. An attendance of at least 70% of the scheduled seminars is required for a successful evaluation.

Examination topics

Reading list

Association in the course directory

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