January 20 |
Steve Diamanti, PhD
Geisys Ventures
Blending Oil and Water: the chemistry and engineering breakthroughs that made silicone hydrogel contact lenses possible
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January 27 |
Chris Law–CANCELLED
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow and Gerstner Scholar
University of Washington and the American Museum of Natural History
Linking natural history to species diversification and individual fitness
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February 3 |
Craig Van Bruggen, UPS 2012
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Minnesota
Enhancing Gene Editing with Polymerized Quinine
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February 10 |
Carrie McIntosh
Postdoctoral Researcher
Scripps Institute of Oceanography
A geochemical examination of the lunar pyroclastic glasses 15426 and 74220
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February 17 |
Phillip A. Morin, PhD, UPS 1986
Research Molecular Geneticist, Marine Mammal Genetics Program
Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
A tale of two porpoises: Genomics and conservation of the harbor porpoise and the critically endangered vaquita
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February 24 |
Jack Shaw
PhD Candidate in Earth and Planetary Sciences
Yale University and Research Fellow at the Santa Fe Institute
Using big data to understand the fossilization potential of marine communities
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March 3 |
Joe Groom
Post-doctoral researcher, Dept of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
Fighting climate change with methane-eating microbes, metals, and molecular genetics
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March 10 |
Norma Morella
Post-doctoral researcher, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Bacteriophages as a tool for microbiome manipulation in the gut
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March 24 |
Zach Armstrong, UPS 2018 PhD candidate in Chemistry
University of Wisconsin
Understanding ultrafast energy transfer in novel solar energy materials
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March 31 |
Julie Smith
Associate Professor, Department of Biology
Pacific Lutheran University
The Role of Coevolution in Promoting Ecological Speciation in Red Crossbills (Loxia curvirostra complex)
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April 7 |
Amy Fisher, Kristin Johnson, Ben Lewin, Justin Tiehen
University of Puget Sound
What are science, technology, health, and society studies?
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April 14 |
Wilson Bailey, UPS 2011
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Gonzaga University
Late Transition Metal Complexes for Oxidative Transformations
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April 21 |
Caitlin Latimer
MD, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
University of Washington
Resistance and resilience in Alzheimer's disease
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April 28 |
David Latimer
Professor and Chair, Department of Physics
University of Puget Sound
The feeble interactions of self-conjugate particles
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