Biosphere 2 Annual Symposium
September 14, 2024
ENR2, S107
Opportunities for Research and Education at Biosphere 2: Finding Solutions for Resilience
Video: 2024 Symposium
8:00 Registration and Coffee
8:45 Welcome, Dr. Cherry Murray, Deputy Director for Research, Biosphere 2
8:50 New Initiatives and Opportunities, Dr. Joaquin Ruiz, Director, Biosphere 2
9:20 Plenary I - Coral Reef Futures, Dr. Nancy Knowlton, Sant Chair for Marine Science, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Emerita and Scientific Leader of the Census of Marine Life
10:05 Break
10:20 Biosphere 2 Ocean Research
- Biosphere 2 Reef Lab Overview, Dr. Diane Thompson, Director of Marine Research, Biosphere 2
- How coral- macroalgal phase shifts impact biogeochemical cycling and community function—a case study in the Biosphere 2 Ocean, Sam King, Graduate Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
- Biosphere 2 Reef Lab: Historical Data & R Shiny App Preview, Renee Grambihler, Research Specialist, Biosphere 2
- Biosphere 2 Reef Lab: Engineering Upgrades, Lia Crocker, Research Specialist, Biosphere 2
10:55 Landscape Evolution Observatory (LEO) Research
How to Build a new science of Landscape Terraformation at B2, Dr. Scott Saleska, Director of Landscape Evolution Observatory Research, Biosphere 2
- Hydro-bio-geochemistry in the earliest stages of rock to soil transition, Dr. Jon Chorover, Interim AVP for Research and Professor, Environmental Science, UA
- Microbe-metabolite interactions during early succession by non-vascular biocrusts and mosses, Ghiwa Makke, Graduate Student Environmental Science & Ecosystem Genomics, UA
- The Future: Feedbacks and transformation caused by the introduction of vascular plants, Dr. Val Milici, Postdoc, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UA
11:30 NEON-Biosphere 2 Collaboration Opportunity, Dr. Chris Florian, Terrestrial Instrument Science Lead, NEON
12:00 Lunch and Posters
1:30 B2 Infrastructure Proposal, John Adams, Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer, Biosphere 2
1:50 Plenary II - A new window on the tropical carbon cycle: carbonyl sulfide (OCS), Dr. Joe Berry, Senior Staff Scientist Emeritus, Carnegie Science BSE Division
2:35 Tropical Rain Forest Research
- Is chocolate feeling the heat? Finding tropical tree species' temperature limit in the Biosphere 2 rainforest, Dr. Joost van Haren, Director of Rain Forest Research, Biosphere 2
- Leveraging the plant phylogenetic diversity at Biosphere 2 to investigate the biosynthesis and regulation of Green Leaf Volatiles, Dr. Chris Frost, Assistant Research Professor, Bio 5 Institute, UA
3:10 Environmental quality research at Biosphere 2, Dr. Katerina Dontsova, Analytical Lab Director, Biosphere 2
3:30 Break
3:45 Food, Water, Energy Research
- Agrivoltaics: A solution for Food, Energy, and Water Security from Biosphere 2 to across the globe, Dr. Greg Barron-Gafford, Director of Food, Water, Energy Research, Biosphere 2
- Expanding the food-water-energy-SOIL nexus: Agrivoltaic systems can increase carbon sequestration for dryland soils, Dr. Holly Andrews, Postdoc, School of Geography, Development & Environment, UA
4:20 Farming for Food Production: From Parking Lots to Rooftops, from the Back Forty to the Moon and Mars, Dr. Gene Giacomelli, Chief Scientist, CEAC, Biosphere 2
4:50 Closing Remarks, Dr. Joaquin Ruiz, Director, Biosphere 2
5:30 Reception and Posters