The Catchment Science: Interactions of Hydrology, Biology and Geochemistry GRS provides a unique forum for young doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to present their work, discuss new methods, cutting edge ideas, and pre-published data, as well as to build collaborative relationships with their peers. Experienced mentors and trainee moderators will facilitate active participation in scientific discussion to allow all attendees to be engaged participants rather than spectators.
The 2025 GRS is focused on "Navigating Emerging Catchment Stressors Under Global Change". The study of catchments is complicated by global climate change and various other anthropogenic activities. Climate change is driving more frequent and severe hydrologic stressors, including wildfires, floods, and droughts. Concurrently, anthropogenic influences, such as microplastic pollution and nutrient loading, are increasingly encroaching on water resources. These and additional emerging environmental stressors create non-stationary conditions and impact interconnected ecosystem processes, often resulting in suboptimal conditions for data collection.
To better understand the rapid catchment transformations occurring under complex environmental conditions, innovative research approaches are essential, and catchment scientists must evolve their tools and techniques to address the unprecedented threats to water and ecosystem quality in the Anthropocene. The presentations and discussions at this GRS will explore how emerging challenges can be leveraged as opportunities for innovation in catchment science research. This seminar will highlight creative research approaches, including cutting-edge data collection and interpretation methods, interdisciplinary collaborations, and outreach beyond academia.
Application Instructions
The seminar will feature approximately 10 talks and 2 poster sessions. All attendees are expected to actively participate in the GRS, either by giving an oral presentation or presenting a poster. Therefore, all applications must include an abstract.
The seminar chair will select speakers from abstracts submitted by March 16, 2025. Those applicants who are not chosen for talks and those who apply after the deadline to be considered for an oral presentation will be expected to present a poster. In order to participate, you must submit an application by the date indicated in the Application Information section above.
Program Format
Gordon Research Seminars are 2-day meetings which take place on the Saturday and Sunday just prior to the start of the associated GRC. The GRS opens with a 1-hour introductory session on Saturday afternoon, followed by a poster session, dinner and a 2-hour session in the evening. Sunday morning begins with breakfast and is followed by another 2-hour session, a second poster session, and lunch. A final 1-hour session takes place just after lunch, and the associated GRC begins later that evening.
