UC ANR Water Webinar Series
Join us for the UC ANR Water Webinar series! Started in 2020, the UC ANR water webinar series provides a virtual platform to get to know water-interested colleagues inside and outside the university, share ideas, build networks, and learn about ongoing and upcoming issues and challenges in California water. The seminar series is organized by UC ANR's Water Program Team, led by Tobias Oker, Ted Grantham, and Ali Montazar.
The webinar series is open to all. Talks are held the fourth Monday of a month from 12-1pm PT over Zoom at the link https://tinyurl.com/anrwaterwebinar2025. Pre-registration is not required. Alternative Zoom links and call-in options are listed at the bottom of the webpage.
Talks since 2020 are available at the links below.
Fall 2025-Spring 2026
| Speaker | Title | Date |
| Sam Sandoval, Professor of Cooperative Extension, UC Davis and UC ANR | California Wastewater Needs Assessment (WWNA): Baseline Survey | 11/3/2025 |
| Ellen Bruno, Professor of Cooperative Extension, UC Berkeley | Managing California’s groundwater: SGMA’s early impacts and the role of groundwater markets Passcode: *E*p9j0g | 10/6/25 |
Fall 2024-Spring 2025
| Speaker | Title | Date |
| Pramod Pandey, Professor and CE Specialist, School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis | Assessment of Microbial/Nitrate Contamination in Cattle Drinking Water & Potential Control Measures | 5/19/25 |
| Julie Ekstrom, Senior Environmental Scientist, California Dept. of Water Resources | Filling the Gaps in Drought Resilience for Rural Communities | 4/28/25 |
| Michael Loik, Professor, Environmental Studies, UC Santa Cruz | 3/24/25 | |
| Edith de Guzman, UCCE Cooperative Extension Specialist in Water Equity and Adaptation Policy, & Greg Pierce, Co-Director, Luskin Center for Innovation, UCLA | Water Supply and the Los Angeles Fires: Emerging Lessons and Implications | 2/24/25 |
| Monica Palta, UCCE Cooperative Extension Specialist in Water Quality, Health, and Justice, UC Irvine | Evaluating the Efficacy of Nature-Based Solutions to Urban Water Challenges | 10/28/24 |
Fall 2023-Spring 2024
| Speaker | Title | Date |
| Kosana Suvocarev, Assistant Professor of Cooperative Extension, Dept. of Land, Air, and Water Resources, UC Davis | Biometeorological measurements, modeling and remote sensing for real world impact | 3/25/24 |
| Andre Daccache, Associate Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, UC Davis | Harnessing the strength of the technology for better agricultural water management | 2/26/2024 |
| Chris Oliveras Martinez, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Irvine | Surface Water Chemical and Microbial Impacts of Wildland-Urban Interface Fires | 11/27/2023 |
| Allison O'Dowd, Professor, Environmental Science and Management, Cal Poly Humboldt | River undammed: Exploring biological responses to Klamath dam removal | 10/30/2023 |
| Ali Montazar, UCCE Imperial, Riverside, & San Diego Counties | Tools and Strategies to Mitigate Water Crisis in the Desert Southwest | 09/25/2023 |
Fall 2022-Spring 2023
Fall 2020-Summer 2021
Fall 2019-Summer 2020
| Speaker | Title | Date |
| Kosana Suvocarev, UC Davis | Evapotranspiration and Greenhouse Gas Management | 08/11/2020 |
| Mehdi Nemati, UC Riverside | Urban Water Utility Challenges | 07/14/2020 |
| Josue Medellin, UC Merced | Systems Management | 05/12/2020 |
| Ellen Bruno, UC Berkeley | Water Economics | 04/14/2020 |
| Mallika Nocco, UC Davis | Irrigation Strategies | 03/10/2020 |
| Safeeq Khan, UC Merced | Watershed Management | 02/11/2020 |
| Ted Grantham, UC Berkeley | Environmental Flows | 01/14/2020 |
| Sam Sandoval, UC Davis | Scientists and Water Policy | 11/12/2019 |
Zoom information:
Join the webinar:
https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/99691746842?pwd=XnpPcse4azHVm6evgXabKioZ3b9zYQ.1