seminars in Spring 2026

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

Please join us for pizza and presentations at noon on Fridays.

Typically, each science department (Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Studies and Sciences, Exercise Science, Math/CS, Physics/STHS) invites one speaker each semester. 

January 30: Casey Wall, Assistant Professor, Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Aerosol-Induced Convective Invigoration in Cumulus Clouds Inferred from Globally Distributed Aircraft Observations.

February 13, in TH 175: Steven Neshyba, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Puget Sound, State of the Climate. 

February 27, in TH 175: Jeffrey Perala-Dewey and Wei Wang, Postdoctoral Scholars, Center for Urban Waters, University of Washington. From the roadway to the river: using environmental chemistry to reveal how car tires kill salmon.

March 13: Shannon Dugard, Ph.D. Student, Bowerman Sport Science Center, University of Oregon. Bone Adaptation in First-Time Marathon Runners: Performance and Injury Outcomes.

March 27, in TH 175: Joan Casey, Associate Professor, Deptment of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Measuring long-term exposure to wildfire PM2.5 in California: Time-varying inequities in environmental burden.

April 10,  in TH 175: Kishana Taylor, Assistant Professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Towson University.