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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Date September 2 |
Lecture Information How’s it Gellin’? Synthesis and Analysis of Hydrazide-Based Low Molecular Weight Metallogelators Jo Crane, Professor University of Puget Sound, Department of Chemistry |
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Date September 9 |
Lecture Information Summer Quest Experiential Learning |
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Date September 16 |
Lecture Information Seed-microbial interactions and their implications to understand tropical tree species diversity Zalamea Zamora, Assistant Professor University of South Florida, Department of Integrative Biology |
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Date September 23 |
Lecture Information How Do Minerals Crystallize in the Crust? Allie Nagumey, Visiting Assistant Professor University of Puget Sound, Geology Department |
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Date September 30 |
Lecture Information 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 |
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Date October 7 |
Lecture Information Friends with Benefits: protective microbial symbioses Irene Newton, Associate Professor Indiana University, Biology |
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Date October 14 |
Lecture Information Development of Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Coupling Reactions for Cyclopropane Synthesis Taylor Thane, PhD candidate in Chemistry University of California, Irvine |
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Date October 21 |
Lecture Information Thinking Effortlessly and Deliberately: The role of Cognitive Control processes in Thought Generation Max Kailler Smith, ’14, PhD candidate in Neuroscience Northwestern University |
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Date October 28 |
Lecture Information 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 |
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Date November 4 |
Lecture Information 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 |
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Date November 11 |
Lecture Information Veterans Day Selected students and faculty leave for the Murdock Conference |
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Date November 18 |
Lecture Information State of the Climate, 2021: Saying Good-bye Steven Neshyba, Albertson Distinguished Professor University of Puget Sound, Chemistry Department |
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Date December 2 |
Lecture Information Airborne measurements of trace gases MacKenzie Smith, Senior Scientist Scientific Aviation |
| January 20 |
Blending Oil and Water: the chemistry and engineering breakthroughs that made silicone hydrogel contact lenses possible Steve Diamanti, PhD Geisys Ventures |
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| January 27 |
Linking natural history to species diversification and individual fitness–CANCELLED 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 |
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| 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 |