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

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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 

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