SFS 2025
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SFS Instars/NSF Emerge Orientation Workshop (by invite only)
Workshop: Introduction to Sparse Modeling in R
Chairs: Christa Torrens & Robert Hall
Workshop: Improving confidence with communicating and networking in professional settings
Chairs: Juliana D'Andrilli & Kaleb Heinrich
Workshop: Professional Skills for Navigating your Early Career
Chairs: Christine Cornish & Shaley Valentine
SFS Board of Directors Meeting (by invite only)
Workshop: Github Workshop
Chairs: Christopher Cousins & Tiffany Garcia
Workshop: Linking NEON aquatic observational and instrument data to answer critical questions in aquatic ecology at the continental state
Chairs: Stephanie Parker & Robert Hensley
Workshop: Navigating Complexity: SETS-Inspired Strategies for Freshwater Ecosystems
Chairs: Edauri Navarro Perez & Rebecca Tiernan
Conference Opening Session
Chair: Dave Arscott
Welcome Reception
International Student Mixer
Registration Opens
Freshwater Science Editorial Meeting (by invite only)
SRC Student Orientation Breakfast (ticketed event)
Exhibition Opens
Plenary Session 1 - Chris Patrick
Chair: William H. McDowell
Morning Coffee Break
Biogeochemistry 1.0
Chairs: Hayley Oakland & Christa Torrens
Fish and other Aquatic Vertebrates 1.0
Chairs: Breezy Jackson & Alexander Mott
Food Webs 1.0
Chairs: Erin Hotchkiss & Lauren E Kinsman-Costello
Special Session: AI in freshwater science: Transforming aquatic ecology and sustainability with artificial intelligence 1.0
Chairs: Alexander Flecker & Rafael Almeida
Special Session: Flowing Through Space and Time: Examining different dimensions of scale and using multiscale approaches in stream ecology 1.0
Chairs: Weston Nowlin & Astrid Schwalb
Special Session: From the mountains to the seas: Expanding the sciences of non-perennial streams 1.0
Chairs: Sarah Flynn & Connor Brown
Hydroecology 1.0
Chairs: Dave Arscott & Lauren Emer
Invasive and Non-Native Species 1.0
Chairs: William Ota & Nguyen Tien Anh Quach
Climate Change 1.0
Chairs: Lienne Sethna & Jonathan Benstead
Special Session: Uncovering the drivers and consequences or benthic harmful cyanobacterial blooms in freshwater ecosystems 1.0
Chair: Joanna Blaszczak
Special Session: Advancing economic valuation and policy analysis of freshwaters via collaborations between ecologists, economists and policymakers 1.0
Chair: Lara Jansen
SFS Committees Lunch Meeting
Biogeochemistry 2.0
Chairs: Richard Johnson & Gary Lamberti
Fish and other Aquatic Vertebrates 2.0
Chairs: Michelle Evans-White & Nate Heili
Food Webs 2.0
Chairs: Matthew Lodato & Rebecca Snyder
Special Session: AI in freshwater science: Transforming aquatic ecology and sustainability with artificial intelligence 2.0
Chairs: Rafael Almeida & Sebastian Heilpern
Special Session: Flowing Through Space and Time: Examining different dimensions of scale and using multiscale approaches in stream ecology 2.0
Chairs: Weston Nowlin & Astrid Schwalb
Special Session: From the mountains to the seas: Expanding the sciences of non-perennial streams 2.0
Chairs: Claire Utzman & Vanessa Garayburu-Caruso
Hydroecology 2.0
Chairs: Justin Jimawo & Ignacio Reyes Sainz
Invasive & Non-Invasive Species 2.0
Chairs: Lindsey Bruckerhoff & Nathan Dorn
Special Session: Ríos sin fronteras – honoring the boundless life and work of Dr. S. Mažeika Patricio Sulliván 1.0
Chairs: Nayeli Sanchez & Robert Keast
Special Session: Beyond nitrogen and phosphorus: Assessing the role of other essential elements in freshwater ecosystems 1.0
Chairs: Renn Schipper & Olufemi Akinnifesi
Management and Policy 1.0
Chairs: Samantha Dilworth & James Gibson
Afternoon Coffee Break
Spanish-language Lightning Talks 1.0
Chairs: Katherine Pérez Rivera & Hector Esparra-Escalera
Fish and other Aquatic Vertebrates 3.0
Chairs: Karen Gaines & Kelsey Solomon
Special Session: AI in freshwater science: Transforming aquatic ecology and sustainability with artificial intelligence 3.0
Chairs: Sebastian Heilpern & Carla Gomes
Special Session: Flowing Through Space and Time: Examining different dimensions of scale and using multiscale approaches in stream ecology 3.0
Chairs: Weston Nowlin & Astrid Schwalb
Special Session: Lakes, ponds, and wetlands oh my! Drivers, feedbacks, and responses of the carbon cycle under a changing climate 1.0
Chairs: Vanessa Czeszynski & James Cotner
Unionids 1.0
Chairs: Irene Sanchez & Alex Huryn
Invasive & Non-Invasive Species 3.0
Chairs: Sugjit Singh Padda & Camille McNeely
Special Session: Ríos sin fronteras – honoring the boundless life and work of Dr. S. Mažeika Patricio Sulliván 2.0
Chairs: Nayeli Sanchez & Stephanie Li
Special Session: Scholarship of teaching and learning in freshwater science 1.0
Science Communication - Education and Outreach 1.0
Chairs: Ayi Ajavon-Mipoom & Deb Finn
Student/Mentor Mixer (ticketed event)
5km Fun Run
Registration Opens
Exhibition Opens
Plenary Session 2 - Grizelle Gonzalez
Chair: Alonso Ramirez
Morning Coffee Break
Biogeochemistry 3.0
Chairs: Adriana Villanueva-Cruz & Jonathan Lopez
Intermittent, Ephemeral Systems and Surfacewater-Groundwater Interactions 1.0
Chairs: AyoOluwateso Coker & Mariah Sampson
Restoration 1.0
Chair: Lizzy Stokes-Cawley
Special Session: From the mountains to the seas: Expanding the sciences of non-perennial streams 3.0
Chairs: Connor Brown & Vanessa Garayburu-Caruso
Conservation 1.0
Chairs: Eric Larson & Gianna Parrish
Special Session: From behavior and morphology to ecosystem services: a session in honor of Dr. Alan Covich 1.0
Urban Systems 1.0
Chairs: Stanley Liphadzi & Abel Porras
Special Session: Lakes, ponds, and wetlands oh my! Drivers, feedbacks, and responses of the carbon cycle under a changing climate 2.0
Chairs: James Cotner & Vanessa Czeszynski
Special Session: Addressing the Grand Challenges to Freshwater Biomonitoring 1.0
Chair: Rachel Stubbington
Special Session: Aquatic ecosystems under multiple stress: Bridging empirical and modeling approaches to assess the effects of climate change and other pressures 1.0
Chairs: Markus Hermann & Pierina I. Rivas-Comerlati
Eutrophication, Harmful Algae, Landuse and Non-Point Source Impacts 1.0
Chairs: Joel Betts & Will Higgisson
SFS Membership Business Lunch
Biogeochemistry 4.0
Chairs: Jessica Corman & Robert Payn
Intermittent, Ephemeral Systems and Surfacewater-Groundwater Interactions 2.0
Chairs: Susan Colvin & Joshua Benjamin
Restoration 2.0
Chairs: Justin Pomeranz & Helen Ochs
Special Session: From the mountains to the seas: Expanding the sciences of non-perennial streams 4.0
Chairs: Sarah Flynn & Claire Utzman
Special Session: Contaminant Ecology 1.0
Chairs: Jessica Brandt & Arial Shogren
Aquaculture and Fisheries 1.0
Chair: Julie Bwoga
Urban Systems 2.0
Chairs: Amy Rosemond & Jake Hosen
Special Session: Lakes, ponds, and wetlands oh my! Drivers, feedbacks, and responses of the carbon cycle under a changing climate 3.0
Chairs: Vanessa Czeszynski & James Cotner
Spanish-language Lightning Talks 2.0
Chairs: Bianca Rodriguez-Cardona & Liz Ortiz
Special Session: Aquatic ecosystems under multiple stress: Bridging empirical and modeling approaches to assess the effects of climate change and other pressures 2.0
Chairs: Constanza Vega Olivares & Markus Hermann
Eutrophication, Harmful Algae, Landuse and Non-Point Source Impacts 2.0
Chairs: Sandra Clinton & William Brown
Poster Session 1
Education & Diversity Mixer (ticketed event)
Teaching Mixer (ticketed event)
SFS Endowment Reception (by invite only)
SRC Live Auction & Bingo
Registration Opens
Exhibition Opens
Plenary Session 3 - Andrea C. Encalada
Chair: Alonso Ramirez
Morning Coffee Break
Special Session: Contaminant Ecology 2.0
Chairs: Austin Gray & Jessica Brandt
Special Session: Tides of stress - Physiological responses and resiliency of aquatic organisms to environmental stress across freshwater and coastal ecosystems 1.0
Chair: Margot Grimmelpont
Special Session: Tropical Stream Biomonitoring & Bioassessment in the Anthropocene 1.0
Chair: David Penrose
Bioassessment 1.0
Chairs: William Mejia & Tiffany Schriever
Invertebrates 1.0
Chairs: Amina Mohamed & Jim Hood
Special Session: Expanding horizons by bridging the structural-functional divide: linking biodiversity and ecosystem function 1.0
Chair: Flavia Tromboni
Communities and Populations 1.0
Chairs: Saeed Kariunga & Issie Barrett
Special Session: Hydrologic connectivity and watershed conservation: a session in honor of Dr. Cathy Pringle 1.0
Chair: Alonso Ramirez
Wetlands 1.0
Chair: David Murray-Stoker
Stress and disturbance in Freshwater Ecosystems 1.0
Chairs: Angelika Kurthen & Nick Bond
Special Session: Lakes to oceans and everywhere in between: using stable isotopes to reveal trophic bridges across ecosystems 1.0
Chair: Glenn Schumacher
Lunchtime Recruitment Mixer
SRC Science Communication Workshop
SFS 2026 Planning Committee Lunch (by invite only)
Special Session: Contaminant Ecology 3.0
Chairs: Arial Shogren & Austin Gray
Special Session: Tides of stress - Physiological responses and resiliency of aquatic organisms to environmental stress across freshwater and coastal ecosystems 2.0
Chair: Margot Grimmelpont
Special Session: Tropical Stream Biomonitoring & Bioassessment in the Anthropocene 2.0
Chair: David Penrose
Disturbance 1.0
Chairs: Patricia Saunders & Lusha Tronstad
Invertebrates 2.0
Chairs: Simone Cardoso & Alexa Hershberger
Special Session: Expanding horizons by bridging the structural-functional divide: linking biodiversity and ecosystem function 2.0
Chair: Flavia Tromboni
Communities and Populations 2.0
Chairs: Andrew Blinn & Hal Halvorson
Special Session: Hydrologic connectivity and watershed conservation: a session in honor of Dr. Cathy Pringle 2.0
Chair: Alonso Ramirez
Wetlands 2.0
Chairs: Lisa Kunza & Stephen Plont
Restoration 3.0
Chairs: Nichole Ring & Albert Ruhi Vidal
Special Session: Lakes to oceans and everywhere in between: using stable isotopes to reveal trophic bridges across ecosystems 2.0
Chair: Glenn Schumacher
Poster Session 2
SRC Cross-Current Conversations: Story Circles for Inclusive Science (ticketed event)
Evening Social
SFS New Board of Directors Breakfast (by invite only)
Registration Opens
Exhibition Opens
Plenary Session 4 - Ricardo Colon-Rivera
Chair: William H. McDowell
SFS Instars/NSF Emerge Closing Workshop (by invite only)
Morning Coffee Break
Biogeochemistry 5.0
Chair: AJ Reisinger
Special Session: Beyond button collecting: emerging applications of DNA-based tools in freshwater science 1.0
Chairs: Elise Snyder & Kara Andres
Special Session: Water quality patterns, trends, and drivers along land-river-estuary continuums: insights gained from large-scale monitoring and geospatial datasets 1.0
Chair: Qian Zhang
Special Session: Trash Talk 1.0
Chairs: Rae McNeish & Timothy Hoellein
Special Session: Celebrating participatory science in freshwater research and monitoring 1.0
Chairs: Elizabeth Moreau & Aspen Navarro
Special Session: Freshwater storytelling: collaborative approaches to science communication and community engagement 1.0
Chairs: Jason Evans & Emily Nodine
Special Session: Challenges, uncertainties, and strategies for continued improvement in methods for estimating stream metabolism 1.0
Chairs: Robert Hensley & Robert Hall
Algae and Plants 1.0
Chair: Marc Peipoch
Biodiversity 1.0
Chairs: Angus Webb & Paul McInerney
Microbial Ecology 1.0
Chairs: Thad Scott & Caitlin Sweeney
Lunch Break
Biogeochemistry 6.0
Chair: Matt Trentman
Special Session: Beyond button collecting: emerging applications of DNA-based tools in freshwater science 2.0
Chairs: Elise Snyder & Kara Andres
Special Session: Trash Talk 2.0
Chairs: Timothy Hoellein & Rae McNeish
Special Session: From dead ends to discovery: Embracing failure as a pathway to scientific progress 1.0
Chair: Elise Snyder
Special Session: Freshwater storytelling: collaborative approaches to science communication and community engagement 2.0
Chairs: Emily Nodine & Jason Evans
Special Session: Challenges, uncertainties, and strategies for continued improvement in methods for estimating stream metabolism 2.0
Chairs: Laurel Genzoli & Kelly Aho
Special Session: Responses of fluvial ecosystems to solute and particle point source inputs: Patterns from headwaters to river mouth 1.0
Chairs: Stephanie Merbt & Eugenia Martí
Algae and Plants 2.0
Chairs: Martha Jolly & Paula Furey
Biodiversity 2.0
Chair: Daniela Rosero-Lopez
Microbial Ecology 2.0
Chairs: Andreia Teixeira Alves & Brian Laub
Conference Closing Session & SFS Town Hall Meeting
Chairs: Dave Arscott & Sally Entrekin