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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif">You all should participate, this is a great way to connect with other researchers and also improve your public speaking skills. Let me know if you need help. Note the deadline is
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif;color:black">Safeeq Khan, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif;color:black">Associate Professor of Hydrology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif;color:black"><a href="https://engineering.ucmerced.edu/departments/civil-environmental-engineering-cee" target="_blank" title="https://engineering.ucmerced.edu/soe-bylaw-units/civil-environmental-engineering-cee"><span style="color:#0563C1">Civil
& Environmental Engineering, University of California, Merced</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif;color:black">Associate Editor, <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10991085" target="_blank" title="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10991085"><span style="color:#0563C1">Hydrological
Processes</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif;color:black">Website: <a href="http://ecohydrology.ucmerced.edu/" target="_blank" title="http://ecohydrology.ucmerced.edu/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://ecohydrology.ucmerced.edu/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif;color:black">Phone: <a href="tel:(209)%20386-3623" target="_blank" title="tel:(209)%20386-3623"><span style="color:#0563C1">209-386-3623</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century",serif;color:black">Email: <a href="mailto:msafeeq@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank" title="mailto:msafeeq@ucmerced.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">msafeeq@ucmerced.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="color:black">SNRI Requests <snrirequests@ucmerced.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at 1:21</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">PM<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">A great opportunity to present to a "friendly" audience!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Molly<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Molly Stephens, PhD | Executive Director, UC Merced Sierra Nevada Research Institute |
</span><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="mailto:mstephens3@ucmerced.edu" title="mailto:mstephens3@ucmerced.edu"><span style="color:#0070C0">mstephens3@ucmerced.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:black"> | 209.761.1165 | snri.ucmerced.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 25, 2025 1:17 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> SNRI Lightning Talks - Abstracts due Fri 2/28</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:lime">Save the Date</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> and
<span style="color:black;background:aqua">Submit a Lightning Talk!</span></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">2025 SNRI Early Career Researcher Lightning Talks</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tuesday, 3/11/2025 @ 10am-12pm</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">In-person, UC Merced Conference Center Rm110</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">A UC Merced Research Week Event</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The 2025 SNRI Early Career Researcher Lightning Talks event is geared toward science and lay audiences alike. We are soliciting short, 5-minute research talks from SNRI-affiliated researchers. Please consider
submitting an abstract!</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">What</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: 5-minute Talks, either
<u><span style="color:#0563C1"><a href="https://www.beautiful.ai/blog/lightning-talks-and-ignite-talks-a-beginners-guide"><span style="color:#0563C1">Lightning Talk (3-6 slides, 5 minutes) or Ignite Talk (20 slides, 15 seconds each) formats allowed</span></a></span></u>,
with <b>total talk time limit of 5 minutes strictly enforced!</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Who</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: SNRI faculty, postdocs, project scientists, field researchers, graduate and undergraduate students</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow">How: Please Fill out
</span><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1;background:yellow"><a href="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=o-nf9HjKmEm3p-bQaS6s5qdrMBWYmHdEuxpN9-URJO1UQzFGSzRYSzJBNEtGWlM2NVEzVlczSU1RUi4u"><span style="color:#0563C1">this
form</span></a></span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow"> by
<b>Friday, Feb 28<sup>th</sup> </b>with your</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We will notify you by the beginning of the following week if your talk has been accepted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Reach out to Molly Stephens <u>
<span style="color:#0563C1"><a href="mailto:mstephens3@ucmerced.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">mstephens3@ucmerced.edu</span></a></span></u> with any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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