Colloquium

ESE Fall 2025 Joint Colloquium Schedule 

The University at Albany's Department of Environmental and Sustainability Engineering Department hosts a colloquium each semester. The seminars take place on most Fridays at 2 p.m. in the ETEC 203 Conference Room and are open to all UAlbany faculty, staff and students. 
 

September

September 12
Yaqi You, PhD, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Biochar for Greener Agriculture - A Microbiome Perspective 
Local Host: Rixiang Huang
 

October

October 3
Jianshun 'Jensen' Zhang, PhD, Syracuse University, Professor & Interim Chair, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering & Computer Science
Indoor Air Quality/Air Pollution
Local Host: Lu Li

October 10
Hannah Naughton PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Anoxic Soils Hiding in Plain Sight: Evidence and Environmental Outcomes
Local Host: Rixiang Huang

October 17
Brett Krueger, US Military Academy
Modeling Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Organic Waste for Installation Resilience
Local Host: Kyoung-Yeol Kim

October 31
Zhiming Qi, PhD, P.Eng, McGill University
Hydrology, environment and crop growth to engineering measures, management practices and climate change 
Local Host: Rixiang Huang
 

November 

November 7 
Min Li, PhD, RPI
Machine Learning for Risk Assessment and Risk-Informed Decision-Making of Infrastructure Systems under Natural Hazards 
Local Host: Sukanta Basu

November 14
Teng Zeng, PhD, Syracuse University
Impacts of harmful algal blooms and lake browning on organic matter photochemistry 
Local Host: Rixiang Huang