Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Annual Seminar Series

Spring 2005 

All talks will be held at 4:30 PM in the Blocker Science Auditorium, unless specified otherwise

Wednesday, February 9th - Dr. Maynard Schaus, VWC, "Fish Pee and Lake Cleanup: Nutrient Excretion by Gizzard Shad and Its Implications for Eutrophication Control of Lake Apopka, Florida"

Wednesday, April 6th - Dr. David Powars, U.S.Geological Survey, "United States' Largest Asteroid Impact Crater Is Buried Under VWC's Backyard"

Tuesday, April 26th - Dr. Pat Lang, VWC, "Visual Basic.net - The Latest Incarnation"

Wednesday, April 27th - Dr. Lauren Heine, GreenBlue, Charlottesville, Virginia, "Green Chemistry: Challenges and Opportunities", co-sponsored by the Science Club

Reading Day, Thursday May 5th (12:00 PM) - Undergraduate Research Symposium, featuring talks by Dan Proud, Wanda Morris, Richard McMahan and Michael Smead, Carlos Mejicanos and David Schmidtmann, Kevin Wright, Kim Mulholland, MariCarmen Korngiebel-Rosique, Elizabeth S. Martin and Corey Selecky

 

Fall 2004

Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium (featuring presentations by Kevin Wright, Dan Proud, Kim Mulholland, Jennifer Bradford, Vitillia Wiltshire, and Melissa Vindigni) Friday, December 9th, 1:00 Blocker Science Auditorium

Dr. Soraya Bartol, VIMS, "A Multi-sensory Investigation of Large Nekton in the Chesapeake Bay: Ecological Implications for Sea Turtles, Sharks, and Fishes" Thursday, December 2nd, 4:30 Blocker Science Auditorium

Susan Barco, Stranding Program, Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center "Working with Whales at the Virginia Aquarium" Wednesday, December 1st, 4:30 Blocker Science Auditorium

Dr. Elizabeth Shea, NMFS, "Molluscan mysteries: the development and diversity of cephalopods" Monday, November 29th, 4:30 Blocker Science Auditorium

Dr. Deirdre Gonsalves-Jackson, Randolph-Macon Woman's College “Biodiversity and Developmental Patterns of Opisthobranch Mollusks Across the Isthmus of Panama”. Thursday, November 18th, 4:30 - Blocker Science Auditorium

 

2003-2004

Dr. Janet Adams, "Life on the Edge: Working for a Small Biotech Company" - Wed., Apr. 21st at 4:30 in Clarke 118.

Dr. Julie Snow, "The Global Transport of Mineral Dust and its Effect on Air Quality in the U.S." - Mon., Mar. 22nd at 4:30 in The Blocker Science Auditorium.

Dr. Elizabeth Malcom, "Mercury Cycling in the Marine Environment:  Atmospheric Chemistry, Tuna, and Hydrothermal Vents." - Wed. Mar. 10th at 4:30 in The Blocker Science Auditorium.

Dr. Neil Laird, "The Environment, Development, and Impacts of Lake-Effect Snow Storms" - Mon. Mar. 8th, at 4:30 in The Blocker Science Auditorium.

Undergraduate Research Symposium - Mon., Dec. 15th at 2:00 in the Blocker Science Auditorium.

Dr. Gerald Meyer (Johns Hopkins University).  "Molecular approaches to solar energy conversion" - November 12, 2003 in 201 Blocker Hall. 

Dr. Phil Rock. "Social Parasitism - A Newly Discovered Parasite Found in Termites from the U.S. Virgin Islands." -  Wed., Oct. 22nd at 4:30 p.m. in the Blocker Science Auditorium.


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