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The Thompson Hall Science and Mathematics Seminars are held in person in Thompson Hall Room 175 from 4:00pm-4:50pm. They are open to the campus community and the general public. Please join us for informal conversation and refreshments at 3:45pm. Presentations begin promptly at 4:00pm.

 

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Fall 2021 Schedule

Date

Lecture Information

September 2

How’s it Gellin’? Synthesis and Analysis of Hydrazide-Based Low Molecular Weight Metallogelators

Jo Crane, Professor

University of Puget Sound, Department of Chemistry

September 9

Summer Quest

Experiential Learning

September 16

Seed-microbial interactions and their implications to understand tropical tree species diversity

Zalamea Zamora, Assistant Professor

University of South Florida, Department of Integrative Biology

September 23

How Do Minerals Crystallize in the Crust?

Allie Nagumey, Visiting Assistant Professor

University of Puget Sound, Geology Department

September 30

Active Sinking Particles: how sessile suspension feeders affect sinking aggregates

Rachel Pepper, Associate Professor

University of Puget Sound, Willian D. and Flora McCormick Chair in Biophysics, Physics Department

October 7

Friends with Benefits: protective microbial symbioses

Irene Newton, Associate Professor

Indiana University, Biology

October 14

Development of Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Coupling Reactions for Cyclopropane Synthesis

Taylor Thane, PhD candidate in Chemistry

University of California, Irvine

October 21

Thinking Effortlessly and Deliberately: The role of Cognitive Control processes in Thought Generation

Max Kailler Smith, '14, PhD candidate in Neuroscience

Northwestern University

October 28

Eight-Legged Freaks: Exploring the Role of Temperature and Oxygen in Giant Antarctic Sea Spiders

Caitlin Shishido, '09, Fish and Wildlife Biologist

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

November 4

Understanding the role of the gut microbiome in human health using functional biomarkers (metabotypes)

Cara Frankenfeld, Associate Professor and Program Director Master of Public Health Program

University of Puget Sound, Public Health Program

November 11

Veterans Day

Selected students and faculty leave for the Murdock Conference

November 18

State of the Climate, 2021: Saying Good-bye

Steven Neshyba, Albertson Distinguished Professor

University of Puget Sound, Chemistry Department

December 2

Airborne measurements of trace gases

MacKenzie Smith, Senior Scientist

Scientific Aviation

Spring 2022 Schedule

January 20

Blending Oil and Water: the chemistry and engineering breakthroughs that made silicone hydrogel contact lenses possible

Steve Diamanti, PhD

Geisys Ventures

January 27

Linking natural history to species diversification and individual fitnessCANCELLED

Chris Law, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow and Gerstner Scholar

University of Washington and the American Museum of Natural History

February 3

Enhancing Gene Editing with Polymerized Quinine

Craig Van Bruggen, '12, Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Minnesota

February 10

A geochemical examination of the lunar pyroclastic glasses 15426 and 74220

Carrie McIntosh, Postdoctoral Researcher

Scripps Institute of Oceanography

February 17

A tale of two porpoises: Genomics and conservation of the harbor porpoise and the critically endangered vaquita

Phillip A. Morin, PhD, '86, Research Molecular Geneticist, Marine Mammal Genetics Program

Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

February 24

Using big data to understand the fossilization potential of marine communities​

Jack Shaw, PhD Candidate in Earth and Planetary Sciences

Yale University and Research Fellow at the Santa Fe Institute

March 3

Fighting climate change with methane-eating microbes, metals, and molecular genetics

Joe Groom, Post-doctoral researcher

University of Washington, Department of Chemical Engineering

March 10

Bacteriophages as a tool for microbiome manipulation in the gut

Norma Morella, Post-doctoral researcher

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

  SPRING BREAK
March 24

Understanding ultrafast energy transfer in novel solar energy materials

Zach Armstrong, '18, PhD candidate in Chemistry

University of Wisconsin

March 31

The Role of Coevolution in Promoting Ecological Speciation in Red Crossbills (Loxia curvirostra complex)

Julie Smith, Associate Professor

Pacific Lutheran University, Department of Biology

April 7

What are science, technology, health, and society studies?

Amy Fisher, Kristin Johnson, Ben Lewin, Justin Tiehen

University of Puget Sound Faculty

April 14

Late Transition Metal Complexes for Oxidative Transformations

Wilson Bailey, '11, Assistant Professor

Gonzaga University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

April 21

Resistance and resilience in Alzheimer's disease

Caitlin Latimer, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor

University of Washington, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

April 28

The feeble interactions of self-conjugate particles

David Latimer, Professor and Chair

University of Puget Sound, Department of Physics