2026 Women Advancing River Research Seminar Series
All seminars will be presented online live at 11:00 a.m. ET on the third Thursday of each month. Seminar recordings will be posted later. Please register in advance for all talks. View the schedule (PDF) »
Co-hosts: Co-hosts: Devon Kerins, University College Dublin; Bryn Stewart, Caltech; Marguerite Xenopoulos, Trent University, Canada; Margaret Zimmer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Li Li, Penn State (Li Reactive Water Group; @LiReactiveWater.bsky.social);
January 15
Navigating Funding Uncertainties
Laura Lautz, National Science Foundation, United States
Kathleen Boomer, Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR), United States
February 19
Troubled Waters: Hidden Challenges for Water Quality
Carolin Winter, University of Freiburg, Germany
Ashley Helton, University of Connecticut, United States
March 19
Climate Impacts on Weathering and Flow
Sara Warix, University of Utah, United States
Jennifer McIntosh, University of Arizona, United States
April 16
Water at the Top of the World
Joanmarie Del Vecchio, College of William & Mary, United States
Anastasia Piliouras, Penn State, United States
April 30
Managing for Water Scarcity in the Western United States
Debra Perrone, University of California, Santa Barbara, United States
Elizabeth Koebele, University of Nevada, Reno, United States
May 21
Carbon Transport and Processing Across Land-Ocean Continuum
Suzanne Tank, University of Alberta, Canada
Nuria Catalan, Centre d’Estudis Avancats de Blanes, Spain
June 18
Water Quality and Water Scarcity
Michelle T.H. van Vliet, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Maryna Strokal, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
July 16
Riparian Wetlands as River Modulators Across Landscapes
Lijing Wang, University of Connecticut, United States
Amy Hansen, University of Kansas, United States
August 20
Open Discussion, Feedbacks, and Community Bonding
WARR Cohosts
September 17
Urban Stream Biogeochemistry
Devon Kerins, University College Dublin, Ireland
Eugenia Marti, Centre d’Estudis Avancats de Blanes, Spain
October 15
Hydroclimate Impacts on Human-Water Interactions
Maria Magdalena Warter, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology & Inland Fisheries, Germany
Serena Ceola, University of Bologna, Italy
November 19
Bedrock Water Storage, Forest Health, and Streamflow
Amanda Donaldson, University of Pittsburgh, United States
Daniella Rempe, University of Austin, United States
WARR Gatherings
The American Geophysical Union 2024
The American Geophysical Union 2023
