Graduate Seminar Series
The Graduate Student Council in the Department of Plant and Soil Science hosts a weeky Seminar Series, bringing researchers, students, and industry professionals together to dig deep into topics at the forefront of current research.
Below, you can learn about upcoming seminars, as well as view abstracts and videos from past presentations.
Spring 2024
May 2 — Climate Change in Agriculture
Katharine Hayhoe, Ph.D., climate scientist, distinguished professor and chair at Texas Tech University, and chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy
May 2, 2024
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Student Union Building, Red Raider Lounge (Texas Tech University)
Apr. 25 — Multi-scale observation and modeling of terrestrial ecosystem production
Xiangming Xiao, Ph.D., Professor of Ecology and Remote Sensing at School of Biological Sciences, University of Oklahoma
April 25, 2024
12:00 - 1:00 pm
MCOM 153 (Texas Tech University)
Apr. 18 — Carbon dynamics in regenerative cotton systems of the semi-arid Texas Plains
Nicholas Boogades, Ph.D. student
April 18, 2024
12:00 - 1:00 pm
MCOM 153 (Texas Tech University)
Apr. 11 — Improving Crop Drought Tolerance and Water-use Efficiency in the Texas High Plains – Physiological Perspective
Qingwu Xue, Ph.D., Professor, Regents Fellow, and Faculty Fellow in the Texas A&M AgriLife Research at Amarillo and Department of Soil and Crop Sciences at Texas A&M University
April 11, 2024
12:00 - 1:00 pm
MCOM 153 (Texas Tech University)
Apr. 3 — Understanding Climate-Groundwater Feedbacks Using Data Driven and Integrated Hydrologic Modeling Approaches
Hoori Ajami, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Groundwater Hydrology in the Department of Environmental Sciences at University of California, Riverside
April 3, 2024
12:00 - 1:00 pm
MCOM 83 (Texas Tech University)
Mar. 28 — Fusarium Wilt of Cotton in the Southern High Plains: Its History, Current Situation, and Future
Terry Wheeler, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Lubbock
March 28, 2024
12:00 - 1:00 pm
MCOM 153 (Texas Tech University)
Mar. 21 — Understanding single cell regeneration pathway and development of tissue-culture free regeneration and gene-editing platform in crops
Arjun Ojha, Ph.D. Candidate
March 21, 2024
12:00 - 1:00 pm
MCOM 153 (Texas Tech University)
Mar. 7 — Three Decades of Evapotranspiration (ET) Measurement – The Bushland Large Weighing Lysimeters
Feb. 28 — N and P regulation of flowering time, architecture, and use efficency in food crops
Feb. 22 — Agricultural Intensification Using Regenerative Practices
February 22, 2024
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Bayer Plant Science Building (TTU campus)
Room 118
Feb. 15 — Could Biotechnology and Genomics Alone Carry the 21st Century Green Revolution? A Cautiously Optimistic View of a Pragmatic Plant Geneticist
February 15, 2024
12:00 - 1:00 pm
TTU Student Union Building
Mesa Room
Department of Plant and Soil Science
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