2026 Student Research Lightning Talks
At the 2026 Wilkes Climate Summit, the Student Research Lighting Talk competition challenged University of Utah students to quickly explain their climate change-related research. 00:00 Tim Collins, (co-moderator) - openning remarks 01:35 Aspen Marshall - "Summertime Air Quality Disparities in Salt Lake City, Utah" 05:32 Baylee Olds - "Strategic Forest Management to Maximize Snow and Minimize Wildfire Risk" 10:05 Chance Moran - "Can We Predict the Future of GSL?" 14:35 Emily Dalley - "Tuning Phase Transitions in Two-Dimensional Perovskites for Thermal Energy Storage" 18:18 Evan Klansnic - "During Extreme Heat and Poor Air Quality?" 23:54 Harrison LeTourneau - "Mobile Methane and VOC Measurements in the Salt Lake Valley" 28:17 Izzy Akers - "Plants and Pastoralists" 32:35 Julie Moyano - "Impact of Climate Change on Skin Cancer Risk" 36:45 Nawshin Tabassum - "Exploring climate change adaptation for active transportation (CAAT) strategies: What can we learn from plans of large U.S. cities?" 40:55 Sydney Smith - "Uncertainties in the Great Salt Lake Basin’s Projected Summer Hydroclimate" Learn more: https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/meeti... https://wilkescenter.utah.edu/summit/
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