seminars in fall 2024

All events take place in TH 193 (unless otherwise noted.) 

Please join us for refreshments at 3:45pm. Presentations begin at 4:00pm.

September 12: Summer Science Research Symposium, Wheelock Student Center (the Sub)

September 19: Davide Donadio, Professor of Chemistry, UC Davis, Boosting Molecular Simulations with AI: Applications to Ice Chemistry, Thermal Modeling, and Materials Discovery.  More information.

September 26: Siddharth Ramakrishnan, Professor of Biology and Director of Neuroscience, University of Puget Sound, The pond snail as a model system for neurodevelopmental questions

October 3: Jared Perez, AI Engineer for Ifit, Evolving Perspectives in the Health Sciences: From Macro to Micro to Digital. More information.

October 10: Jenée Cyran, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Boise State, Probing the structure and physiochemical behavior of organic pollutants at aqueous interfaces

October 17: Research opportunities in science and math information session. Elize Hellam, Experiential Learning and Luc Biosvert, Chemistry.

October 24: Anvita Kerkar, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biology, Portland Sate University, Primary Producers of the Southern Ocean

October 31: No Seminar - Halloween

November 7: Kristin Johnson, Professor and Director of STHS, University of Puget Sound, Natural History Museums and Human Variation: A Brief History

November 14: Yuval Marton, PhD, Genentech and University of Washington, Cutting Cakes with Large Language Models. More information.

November 21: Stacey Weiss, Two Lizard Tales: Flashy Females and Maternal Microbes

November 28: No Seminar - THANKSGIVING BREAK

December 5: Marc Mangel, Distinguished Professor of Mathematical Biology Emeritus, UC Santa Cruz, The Contributions of Biologists to Operational Analysis (Operations Research) and of Operational Analysis to Biology. More information.

Questions? Contact Prof. Kena Fox-Dobbs, kena@pugetsound.edu or Prof. Rachel Pepper, rpepper@pugetsound.edu