Carl Cranor to give Faculty Research Lecture

 

 Carl Cranor, Professor of Philosophy and faculty member in the Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program, has been selected to give the 65th Faculty Research Lecture at UC Riverside.  Being selected to give the Research Lecture is one of the highest honors bestowed by the UC Riverside faculty.  His presentation is entitled, "The Law's Contribution to a Lifetime Arc of Good Health" and will be presented on June 2, 2017 at 3:30 pm in the Genomics Auditorium.  All are invited.  More information on the lecture can be found on the UCR Today website.  Our congratulations to Carl for the nice recognition. 

Yinsheng Wang Selected to Hold Endowed Chair in Chemistry

Prof. Yinsheng Wang, Director of the Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program and Professor in the Chemistry Department, has been selected to hold the Donald T. Sawyer Endowed Founder's Chair in Chemistry.  There was a symposium and celebration of the establishment of the Chair today.  Below is an announcement for the event.  Our congratulations to Yinsheng for this very nice recognition.

Visit of Prof. Asoka Pathiratne

Yesterday, Dr. Asoka Pathiratne, a professor of environmental toxicology in the Department of Zoology and Environmental Management at the University of Kelaniya in Sri Lanka, visited UCR and met with faculty and students.  I had an interesting visit with her and learned more about environmental issues affecting Sri Lanka.  Below are a couple of pictures from her visit.

Scott, Marissa, Luisa, Prof. Pathiratne and Graciel.  

Professors Pathiratne, Schlenk and Volz

Prof. Pathiratne and Eastmond

Air Pollution Specialist Position with the California Air Resources Board

I received the following email this morning.  If interested, please follow the links below to apply. 

Dear Colleagues,

I would like to announce a second vacancy in my section at the California Air Resources Board (CARB) in Sacramento.  This section is responsible for developing CARB’s EMFAC emissions model.  EMFAC is the official model for estimating current and future on-road mobile source air pollutant emissions in California and is used to support transportation and air quality planning, photochemical modeling, and regulations.  The incumbent will be responsible for mining, analyzing, and quality assuring mobile source data in order to develop emission inventories using defensible, well documented methodologies. Candidates with experience in relational databases and programming languages such as Python and SQL are especially desirable.  As this position will be responsible for coordinating with other staff and stakeholders to shape the future development of the EMFAC model, communication skills and the ability to work in a team are critical.

The link to the job announcement is below:
https://www.jobs.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Jobs/JobPosting.aspx?JobControlId=62596

In order to be eligible for this position, candidates must be on the Air Pollution Specialist (APS) eligibility list.  Getting on this list is instantaneous and can be done through our web interface, assuming the candidate meets the minimum qualifications.  The process for gaining APS eligibility can be found through the link below, under “Continuous Examinations”, “Air Pollution Specialist”:
https://www.arb.ca.gov/personnel/jobs/examvac.htm#Continuous

For more information about this position or gaining APS eligibility, please contact Steve Zelinka at szelinka@arb.ca.gov.  The final date is to apply for this position is 5/17/2017

Thanks,

  Steve Zelinka
  Manager, On-Road Model Implementation Section
  Mobile Source Analysis Branch
  Air Quality Planning and Science Division
  California Air Resources Board
  szelinka@arb.ca.gov

Spring wildflowers from Riverside and nearby areas

Because of all the rainfall this winter, the wildflowers in the Riverside area have been particularly pretty this spring.  Below are pictures taken in March and April.

California poppies at the base of the Box Springs Mountains

A view from Sycamore Canyon Park

 

A bush within Sycamore Canyon Park

A view of the Box Springs Mountains

Castleview Park near my home

 Sycamore Canyon Park

A hill between Rubidoux and Fontana

The same hill between Rubidoux and Fontana 

A view across Sycamore Canyon Park taken last Saturday

Castleview Park