Above: A sample of our Fall 2025 speakers. Hover over the photo for name and affiliation.
Welcome to the Fall 2025 semester! We are pleased to announce the Fall schedule of the ESSIC’s Seminar Series. We have a wonderful lineup of scientists who will deliver some compelling presentations about their work and research.
Some of our speaker highlights include Bernadette Woods Placky, VP Engagement, Climate Matters Director, Chief Meteorologist at Climate Central; Michael Gooseff, Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering; AGU Fellow, Geological Society of America Fellow at CU Boulder; Marty Ralph, Director, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E) at UC San Diego; Anita Rapp, Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director at Texas A&M; Jessica Lundquist, Professor and AGU Fellow at University of Washington; and Christina (Naomi) Tague, Professor and AGU Fellow at UC Santa Barbara.
Please also note the three in-person seminars: John Slaughter, Director of UMD UAS Research & Operations Center kicking off our series on September 8; Hamed Alemohammad, Associate Professor at Clark University on October 2; and Andrew Feldman, Assistant Research Scientist at ESSIC/NASA on December 1.
This is just a sample of some of the wonderful speakers we have planned, please see below for our full lineup and to add these events to your calendar now!
UMD’s UAS Research and Operations Center (UROC)
The Processes Behind Ecological Connectivity of a Polar Desert, the McMurdo Dry Valleys Antarctica
