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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>Next Monday (3/7) Dr. Bhavna Arora from
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will present her research about reactive
transport modeling. Please join us between 12-1 pm (pacific) via zoom. <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>Title: </span>Deciphering
spatio-temporal patterns and using reactive transport models to improve process
understanding<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>Abstract: </span>Carbon and nitrogen fluxes in soils and
groundwater are critical components of global biogeochemical cycles and yet,
these dynamics are difficult to predict because of the presence of multiple
sources and sinks as well as several processes that affect their uptake and
release. Currently, one of the biggest impediments to developing a robust
predictive understanding of these fluxes under current and future climate is an
incomplete knowledge of spatial heterogeneity and lack of sampling at
timescales over which carbon and nutrients are removed, retained, and/or
transported. Reactive transport models can be beneficial tools to overcome
these constraints and untangle the multiple processes that control the fate and
transport of carbon and nitrogen in such environments.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
In this seminar, I will present (1) newly developed strategies to interrogate
spatially and temporally diverse datasets to improve current understanding of
controls on C and N dynamics, (2) model-data integration to incorporate this
understanding into reactive transport models, and (3) use reactive transport
models to predict system evolution under future climate and mitigation
strategies. The flexibility and value of these approaches will be demonstrated
using real-world applications that focus on identifying controls on (1) carbon cycling
in a floodplain aquifer along the Colorado River, (2) nitrogen cycling in an
agricultural setting in Modesto, California, and (3) negative net emissions
under enhanced weathering. The seminar will conclude with a discussion of the
possibilities to advance the use of reactive transport models and future
research opportunities therein.<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Bio: <br></p><img src="cid:ii_l08jd9r71" alt="Bhavna Arora_.jpg" style="margin-right: 0px;" width="131" height="174"><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>Bhavna
Arora is a Research Scientist in the Energy Geosciences Division at Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory. She currently serves as the lead for a newly
launched Carbon Removal and Mineralization Program. With a Ph.D. in Geoscience
from Texas A&M University, her research has focused on advancing predictive
understanding of biogeochemical processes in heterogeneous porous media, with
the overarching goal of quantifying the impacts of climate and land use changes
on ecosystem functioning. <span></span></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in;line-height:11.75pt;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>co-host:
KJ Min & Manisha Dolui<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>Faculty
coordinator: Asmeret Asefaw Berhe<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>Spring 2022 Enviro-Lunch Schedule<span></span></span></p>

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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">1/31</span><span></span></b></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Mariela
  Garcia Arrendondo<br>
  </span><span style="font-size:8pt;color:black">@ Umass-Amherst</span><span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Root-mediated
  weathering</span><span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">2/7</span><span></span></b></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>Michael Philben<br>
  </span><span style="font-size:8pt">@
  Hope College</span><span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Rethinking
  carbon and nitrogen isotope fractionation during soil organic matter
  decomposition</span><span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">2/14</span><span></span></b></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Alyssa Griffin*<br>
  </span><span style="font-size:8pt;color:black">@ UC Davis</span><span style="color:black"> </span><span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">The
  role of coastal marine sediments in carbon cycling from local to global
  scales</span><span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="color:red">2/21</span><span style="color:red"><span></span></span></b></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:red">Presidents’
  day</span><span style="color:red"><span></span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:red"><span> </span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">2/28</span><span></span></b></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Katherine Heckman<br>
  </span><span style="font-size:8pt;color:black">@ USDA</span><span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Density
  fractionation and soil carbon stabilization</span><span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">3/7</span><span></span></b></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>Bhavna Arora<br>
  </span><span style="font-size:8pt">@
  LBNL</span><span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Reactive
  transport modeling</span><span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">3/14</span><span></span></b></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Darian Smercina <br>
  </span><span style="font-size:8pt;color:black">@ PNNL</span><span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Free
  N fixing under switchgrass (Linking microbial scale processes to ecosystem
  function)</span><span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="color:red">3/21</span><span style="color:red"><span></span></span></b></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:red">spring
  break</span><span style="color:red"><span></span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:red"><span> </span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">3/28</span><span></span></b></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Meng Zhao<br>
  </span><span style="font-size:8pt;color:black">@ Stanford U</span><span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Plant-water
  relationship (evapotranspiration) modeling</span><span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">4/4</span><span></span></b></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>Hannah Naughton<br>
  </span><span style="font-size:8pt">@
  LBNL</span><span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Root
  vs. topographic generation of redox anomalies on a subalpine hillslope and
  floodplain</span><span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">4/11</span><span></span></b></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Michael
  Rowley<br>
  </span><span style="font-size:8pt;color:black">@ LBNL</span><span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Ca-mediated
  soil organic carbon stabilization</span><span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">4/18</span><span></span></b></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>Weiyu Li*<br>
  </span><span style="font-size:8pt">@
  Stanford U</span><span></span></p>
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  <td style="width:296.75pt;border-color:currentcolor rgb(142,170,219) rgb(142,170,219) currentcolor;border-style:none solid solid none;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt medium;padding:0in 5.4pt" width="396" valign="top">
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Data-driven
  hydraulic modeling</span><span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">4/25</span><span></span></b></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Daniel Zuleta</span><span><span></span></span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;color:black">@ Smithsonian Institute</span><span></span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Tree
  mortality in tropical ecosystems</span><span></span></p>
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 </tr>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">5/2</span><span></span></b></p>
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  <td style="width:135.65pt;border-color:currentcolor rgb(142,170,219) rgb(142,170,219) currentcolor;border-style:none solid solid none;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt medium;padding:0in 5.4pt" width="181" valign="top">
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>Genevieve Noyce<br>
  </span><span style="font-size:8pt">@
  Smithsonian Institute</span><span></span></p>
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  <td style="width:296.75pt;border-color:currentcolor rgb(142,170,219) rgb(142,170,219) currentcolor;border-style:none solid solid none;border-width:medium 1pt 1pt medium;padding:0in 5.4pt" width="396" valign="top">
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Greenhouse
  gas emissions from wetland with climate change</span><span></span></p>
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