2021-22 Seminars | University of Puget Sound

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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.

Spring 2022
Fall 2021

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Fall 2021 Schedule

Date	Lecture Information
September 2	How’s it Gellin’? Synthesis and Analysis of Hydrazide-Based Low Molecular Weight Metallogelators Jo Crane Professor, Chemistry Department University of Puget Sound
September 9	Seed-microbial interactions and their implications to understand tropical tree species diversity Paul Camilo Zalamea Zamora Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology University of South Florida and Research Associate at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
September 23	How Do Minerals Crystallize in the Crust? Allie Nagumey Visiting Assistant Professor, Geology Department University of Puget Sound
September 30	Active Sinking Particles: how sessile suspension feeders affect sinking aggregates Rachel Pepper William D. and Flora McCormick Chair in Biophysics, Associate Professor Physics Department University of Puget Sound
October 7	Friends with Benefits: protective microbial symbioses Irene Newton Associate Professor, Biology Indiana University
October 14	Development of Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Coupling Reactions for Cyclopropane Synthesis Taylor Thane PhD candidate in Chemistry University of California, Irvine
October 21	Thinking Effortlessly and Deliberately: The role of Cognitive Control processes in Thought Generation Max Kailler Smith, UPS 2014 PhD candidate in Neuroscience Northwestern University
October 28	Eight-Legged Freaks: Exploring the Role of Temperature and Oxygen in Giant Antarctic Sea Spiders Caitlin Shishido, UPS 2009 Fish and Wildlife Biologist U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
November 4	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
November 11	Veterans Day Selected students and faculty leave for the Murdock Conference
November 18	State of the Climate, 2021: Saying Good-bye Steven Neshyba Albertson Distinguished Professor, Chemistry Department
December 2	Airborne measurements of trace gases MacKenzie Smith Senior Scientist, Scientific Aviation

Spring 2022 Schedule

January 20	Steve Diamanti, PhD Geisys Ventures Blending Oil and Water: the chemistry and engineering breakthroughs that made silicone hydrogel contact lenses possible
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
February 3	Craig Van Bruggen, UPS 2012 Postdoctoral Researcher University of Minnesota Enhancing Gene Editing with Polymerized Quinine
February 10	Carrie McIntosh Postdoctoral Researcher Scripps Institute of Oceanography A geochemical examination of the lunar pyroclastic glasses 15426 and 74220
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
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
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
March 10	Norma Morella Post-doctoral researcher, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Bacteriophages as a tool for microbiome manipulation in the gut
	SPRING BREAK
March 24	Zach Armstrong, UPS 2018 PhD candidate in Chemistry University of Wisconsin Understanding ultrafast energy transfer in novel solar energy materials
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)
April 7	Amy Fisher, Kristin Johnson, Ben Lewin, Justin Tiehen University of Puget Sound What are science, technology, health, and society studies?
April 14	Wilson Bailey, UPS 2011 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Gonzaga University Late Transition Metal Complexes for Oxidative Transformations
April 21	Caitlin Latimer MD, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology University of Washington Resistance and resilience in Alzheimer's disease
April 28	David Latimer Professor and Chair, Department of Physics University of Puget Sound The feeble interactions of self-conjugate particles