Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee (BERAC) meeting October 27‐28, 2016 Rockville, Md.

Agenda

Presentations Topics

Patricia Dehmer

Comments from the Deputy Director for Science Programs

Sharlene Weatherwax

News from the Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

Gary Geernaert

News from Climate & Environmental Sciences Division (CESD)

Mike Kuperberg

US Global Change Research Program: overview of multi‐agency efforts

Todd Anderson

News from Biological Systems Science Division (BSSD)

David Randall

CESD Conference of Visitors (COV) summary findings

Jim Hack

Workshop brief: BER exascale requirements

Jared DeForest and Dan Stover

Workshop brief: Terrestrial Aquatic Interfaces

Amy Swain

Workshop brief: Molecular to Mesoscale Technologies

Renu Joseph

Workshop brief: ILAMB

Bob Vallario

Workshop brief: IA and IAV modeling

Gary Stacey (no slides)

Grand Challenges Subcommittee brief

Judy Wall

Low Dose subcommittee brief

Bruce Hungate

BERAC Science Talk: The Microbial Ecology of Soil Carbon Across Scales