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Past Event

The Earth Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Symposium: Meeting the Challenges of Sustainable Development in a Changing World

November 8, 2018
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Low Library, 535 W. 116 St., New York, NY 10027 Faculty Room
The Earth Institute Postdoctoral Research program is unique in its mission to train a generation of professionals equipped to address some of the world's most urgent problems. The symposium highlights the work of current Postdoctoral Researchers. Speakers include: • Weston Anderson: “Climate-forced crop production variability and synchronous crop failures” • Allison Bridges: “Environmental governance in China: Identifying pathways for cooperative sustainability planning” • Pilar Fernández: “Assessing the human dimension of human-tick contact risk using a smartphone application” • Megan Maurer: “Trees on the street: The social value of a green infrastructure in NYC” • Andy Stock: “Intercomparison of cloud-filling algorithms for marine satellite data” The Symposium will be presented and moderated by John C. Mutter, Director of Graduate Studies, Sustainable Development Ph.D. program; Director, Earth Institute Postdoctoral Research program; Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences; Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University.

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