Dr. John S. Schwartz, director of the Tennessee Water Resources Research Center, will give a presentation titled “Water Sustainability in the United States Fescue Belt: Exploring Shifts in Hydrologic Processes from Pasture Conversion of Cool- to Warm-Season Grasses” at 3 p.m. February 24 via Zoom.
Registration is required. Find the registration form here.
Schwartz is professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His academic history includes a Ph.D. in environmental engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a master’s degree in fisheries science from Oregon State University, and a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Since arriving at Tennessee in 2003, Schwartz’s research program in water resources has focused on the study of watershed hydrology and sediment modeling, water quality, river mechanics, ecological engineering, and stream restoration.
For special accommodations, contact Illinois state University’s Center for a Sustainable Water Future at nsshawk@illinoisstate.edu. Please allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation. The talk is part of a series from the Office of Research and Graduate Studies. See other talks in the series here.
