In honor of the Clean Water Act’s 50th anniversary,
let’s celebrate one of the best water filtration systems!
Join our Lunch & Learn with two scientists from the Women in Wetlands, where we will discuss the past, present, and future of wetland science and policy.
February 2, 2022
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
FREE for all to attend!
Via Zoom
Speakers include:
Rachel E. Schultz, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Wetland Science in the Environmental Science and Ecology Department at SUNY Brockport. She has also held faculty appointments at SUNY Plattsburgh and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. She is broadly interested in how plant communities influence ecosystem functions and services in wetlands and studies wetland restoration and evaluates outcomes at multiple scales. Dr. Schultz received her B.S. in Environmental Studies with honors at Northland College in Ashland, WI, and her Masters in Ecology from the Technical University of Munich in Germany. As part of her Masters research, she studied carbon dioxide emissions from restored and degraded fens in Southern Germany to inform how land management impacted compliance with the Kyoto Protocol. During her PhD at The Ohio State University, she studied the effects of plant community composition and diversity on wetland carbon and nitrogen cycling. Currently her focus is on Great Lakes coastal wetlands both at the regional scale as co-PI on the Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Monitoring Program and locally researching responses of wetland restoration including methane emissions and floristic quality. Her work has been featured in the news including the Chicago Tribune, and she has been a consultant for educational programs including the upcoming “Green Planet” on BBC and “Plants are Cool, too”. Find out more about Dr. Schultz’s work here: https://schultzre.weebly.com/.
Dr. Ariana Sutton-Grier is a Visiting Associate Research Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Sutton-Grier is an ecosystem ecologist with expertise in wetland ecology and restoration, biodiversity, biogeochemistry, climate change, and ecosystem services. She holds Honors Bachelor degrees from Oregon State University in Environmental Science and International Studies and a doctoral degree from Duke University in Ecology. Her research interests include the relationships between nature/biodiversity and human health, natural climate solutions including coastal blue carbon, and natural and nature-based coastal resilience strategies. A former Smithsonian Fellow and AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow, Dr. Sutton-Grier also was selected as an Early Career Fellow by the Ecological Society of America in 2015, one of her papers won the ESA 2016 “Innovations in Sustainability Science” award, and she was selected as the 2019 Young Investigator by the Sigma Xi Scientific Honors Society. She gets especially excited about seeking and discovering innovative opportunities to combine science and policy to solve environmental problems and promote ecosystem conservation. Dr. Sutton-Grier has authored over 45 publications in many environmental and policy journals and her research has been featured in several news stories, as well as a children’s science TV show. See more at her website: suttongrier.org
Learn More about Women in Wetlands
Women in Wetlands (WiW) promote the success of women in wetland science and management through mentoring, networking, and education of all members of SWS, regardless of gender identity. It is one of the largest sections of the Society for Wetland Scientists.
