Science Seminar Series Fall 2009

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Science Seminar Series Schedule
Fall 2009

Date Speaker Title Affliation Seminar Title Room Time Host & Contact Info Host Unit
9/3

Brandon Noel,
Sarah Thompson, Erin Macchia

Phd Candidates ASU Environmental Sciences Recent advances in avian conservation in Arkansas LSE 219 4:00

Dr. Jim Bednarz
jbednarz@astate.edu

972-3320
EVS
Wed 9/9

Dr. Margo Cavaglia

 

LIGO Group Mississippi

 

Listening to the Universe with Gravitational Waves LSE 219

5:00

Dr. John Pratte jpratte@astat.edu

972-3298

Chem & Physics
9/10 Dr. David S. Jaccoud Filho   Ponta Grossa State University, Brazil Current Status of the Asian Soybean Rust and Other Diseases in Brazil ABI 107 4:00

Dr. Beth Hood ehood@astate.edu

680-8427

ABI
9/17         LSE 219 4:00    
9/24 Alex Biris  Director UALR Nanotechnology Center Nanomaterials for Advanced Applications in Biology and Medicine ABI 107 4:00

Dr. Beth Hood
ehood@astate.edu

680-8427

CoAT
10/1 Muhamad Shah Jahan Professor-Chair The Univ of Memphis; Dept of Physics; NSF Biosurface Ctr  New Improved Polyethylene for Orthopedic Implants LSE 219 4:00

Susan Allen sdallen@astate.edu

972-2406 

Chem & Physics

Mon 10/5

Dr. Steven C. Ricke Dir of the Ctr for Food Safety, IFSE Food Science Dept UAF Foodborne Salmonella: Ecology and Pathogenesis ABI 107 4:00

Dr. Soo Ahn sahn@astate.edu

680-4798; 972-2802

CoAT
10/8 Bob Merz Director of the Ctr for American Burying Beetle Conservation Saint Louis Zoo A Fences to Field Effort Toward the Recovery of the Endangered American Burying Beetle LSE 219 4:00

Jacob Sawyer jasawyer@astate.edu

680-8189

 

EVS
10/15 Brenda Winkel  Professor Virginia Tech, Dept of Biology Getting to know the neighbors:new approaches to understanding flavonoid metabolism ABI 107 4:00

Dr. Carole L. Cramer ccramer@astate.edu 

972-2025

 

 ABI
10/22  Dr. Maurice M. Moloney Chief Scientific Officer  SemBioSys Genetics, Calgary, Canada  From construct to clinic: Plant-made pharmaceuticals and drug development using green technology ABI 107 4:00

Dr. Beth Hood ehood@astate.edu 

680-8427 

 CoAT
10/29 Rajesh Nayak, Ph.D. Research Scientist US Food and Drug Admin; Natn'l Ctr for Toxicological Research Microbial genetics of emerging Salmonella and E. coli serotypes from food and human origins and their impact on public health  LSE 219 4:00

Dr. Soo Ahn sahn@astate.edu

680-4798; 972-2802

CoAT
11/5  Lewis Johnson Professor 

Florida A&M University;Dept of Physics 

Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) LSE 219 4:00

Dr.  Susan Allen sdallen@astate.edu

972-2406 

Chem & Physics 

 Monday 11/16 

Dr. Andrew R. Halloran,

Primatologist Maderas Rainforest Conservancy Tropical Field Research, Education & Conservsation LSE 219 4:00

Dr. Tom Risch
trisch@astate.edu

972-3033

Biology
11/19  Dr. Anna Radominska-Pandya Professor  UAMS Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology  UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) and their function in body detoxification  ABI 107 4:00

Dr. Roger Buchanan rbuck@astate.edu

680-4297 

MBS 
11/26 Thanksgiving Holiday - NO Seminar              
12/3  Dr. Lanier Nalley Asst. Professor  UAF Dept of Ag Econ & Agribusiness   Developing a Methodology for Calculating the Net Carbon Emissions in Cotton Production in the USA AG 203 4:00

Dr. Tina Teague tteague@astate.edu 972-2204 

 CoAT