The Thompson Hall Science and Mathematics Seminars are held in person in Thompson Hall Room 175 from 4 -4:50 p.m. They are open to the campus community and the general public. Please join us for informal conversation and refreshments at 3:45 p.m. Presentations begin promptly at 4 p.m.
| Date | Lecture Information |
|---|---|
| Date September 8 | Lecture Information Summer Quest |
| Date September 15 | Lecture Information
Worlds Not in Collision: How Saturn’s Co-orbiting Moons Avoid Hitting Each Other Sean ONeill, Assistant Professor PLU, Physics |
| Date September 22 | Lecture Information
Mass Spectrometry and Sewage?: Past, present, and future projects concerning the environment, pharmaceuticals, and drugs of abuse Dan Burgard, Professor University of Puget Sound, Chemistry |
| Date September 29 | Lecture Information
Using aquaculture to turn the tide on aquatic ecosystem collapse Larken Root, ’09, Postdoctoral Fellow CICOES (Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystems Studies), University of Washington |
| Date October 6 | Lecture Information
Ancient Metabolomics and the History of Smoking in the Americas and Africa Mario Zimmermann, LBR Postdoctoral Fellow University of Puget Sound, Department of Sociology and Anthropology |
| Date October 13 | Lecture Information
Plant Breeding for Better Berries in the Pacific Northwest Wendy Hoashi-Erhardt, Program Lead, Small Fruit Plant Breeding, Puyallup Research and Extension Center, College of Agriculture, Human, and Natural Resources Washington State University |
| Date October 20 | Lecture Information
Isotopic insights into the 40 year evolution of an unique lake ecosystem in a new volcanic landscape Kena Fox-Dobbs, Professor University of Puget Sound, Geology/EPDM |
| Date October 27 | Lecture Information
Watching the grass grow: How nature-based solutions can address the climate crisis Alyssa DeVincentis, President Vitidore, Inc. |
| Date November 3 | Lecture Information
Ollella Musical Performance in Kilworth Chapel at 7:00 pm |
| Date November 10 | Lecture Information No Seminar |
| Date November 17 | Lecture Information
Genetic data illuminates poaching of African elephants Mary K. Kuhner, Research Professor Center for environmental Forensic Sciences, Dept. of Biology, University of Washington Seattle |
| Date | Lecture Information No Seminar - THANKSGIVING BREAK |
| Date December 1 | Lecture Information
Morphological diversity in response to landscape and climate factors Amanda Peng, PhD Student University of Oregon |
| January 26 |
Summer Research Information Meeting for Students and Faculty Luc Boisvert, Associate Professor, and Elize Hellam, Experiential Learning Program Manager University of Puget Sound |
|---|---|
| February 2 |
Population Biology and Cyber Security Marc Mangel, Professor Emeritus UC Santa Cruz |
| February 9 |
Chemical Currencies of Marine Microbes in the North Pacific Ocean Angie Boysen, Assistant Professor Pacific Lutheran University, Chemistry |
| February 16 |
Paints as a Potential Source of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Exposure Mitchell Kim-Fu, PhD Student Oregon State University |
| February 23 |
The past isn’t over: Nongenetic transgenerational effects in ecology and evolution Katherine Crocker, Assistant Professor University of Puget Sound, Biology |
| March 2 |
Influencing rumen microbial communities to improve bovine milk production efficiency Madison Cox, Bioinformatician University of Washington School of Medicine |
| March 9 |
The Resistance: How Genes can Protect from Deadly Infectious Disease Fatou Joof, Postdoctoral Researcher Seattle Children’s Hospital - Center for Global Infectious Disease Research |
| No Seminar - SPRING BREAK | |
| March 23 |
Gustav Kirchhoff as a Physics Student: The Myth, the Reality, and Why the Difference Matters Kathy Olesko, Professor Emeritus Georgetown University; Affiliate Faculty at University of Puget Sound |
| March 30 |
It’s getting hot in here: how modern environments can help us understand ancient examples of climate change Rachel Havranek, Postdoc University of Idaho, Dept. of Earth and Spatial Sciences |
| April 6 |
Whose School, Whose Museum? The Slater Museum Renaming Debate in the Context of Local History Grace Eberhardt, Predoctoral Fellow in History University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign |
| April 13 |
Drawing the bomb: Secrecy, style, and representations of how nuclear weapons work Alex Wellerstein, Associate Professor and Director Science and Technology Studies, Stevens Institute of Technology |
| April 20 |
PFAS: The Forever Chemical Sean Smith, Environmental Planner Washington State Department of Ecology |
| April 27 |
The 14,000 Year Environmental History of Lakes in South Puget Sound Region: From Glacial Retreat to Toxic Algal Blooms Jeff Tepper, Professor Emeritus University of Puget Sound, Geology |