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All sessions in the Science and Mathematics Colloquium Series, organized by ASU's College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, are free and open to the public. The series features invited speakers who share their current pursuits in research and education in the areas of biology, physics, chemistry, and mathematics.

Fall 2018 Colloquia

Wed., Oct. 17, 3 pm

The Power of Citizen Science: Delivering conservation outcomes through education, research and monitoring

Tiffany Sprague, Manager, Parsons Field Institute, McDowell Sonoran Conservancy

Cooley Ballroom A, Student Union, ASU Polytechnic campus

Wed., Oct. 3, 3 pm

Altering Nature with Gene Drives: We Can, But Should We?

James P. Collins, Virginia M. Ullman Professor of Natural History and the Environment, ASU School of Life Sciences

Cooley Ballroom B, Student Union, ASU Polytechnic campus

Wed., Sept. 26, 3pm

Jumpstart your career! Go to grad school! The accelerated 4+1 combined BS/MS program and the traditional MS program in Applied Biological Sciences

Heather Bateman, associate professor, and Catherine Hart, senior lecturer, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, ASU College of Integrative Sciences and Arts

Cooley Ballroom A, Student Union, ASU Polytechnic campus

Wed., Sept. 19, 3pm

Microbiomes and Metagenomes of Biochar-Amended Agricultural Soils

Julian Yu, Doctoral Student, Microbiology, ASU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Student Union, Cooley Ballroom A, ASU Polytechnic campus

Wed., Sept. 12, 3pm

Revelatory Isotopes: Using geology to identify victims of homicide, war and mass disasters

Gwyneth Gordon, Research Scientist, ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration

Agribusiness Center, Room 115, ASU Polytechnic campus

Wed., Sept. 5, 3pm

Community Resilience in Maricopa County: Urban green infrastructure planning and the HeatMapper citizen science project

Qunshan Zhao, Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, ASU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Cooley Ballroom A, Student Union, ASU Polytechnic campus

Wed., August 29, 3pm

“Sustaining Ocean Life: Understanding the behavior of fishers for resource management”

Steven Saul, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts

Cooley Ballroom B, Student Union, ASU Polytechnic campus

 

Spring 2018 colloquia

Wed., April 11

"Phenotypes in Context: Predicting behavior in a changing world"

Emilia Martins, professor, School of Life Sciences, ASU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

3-4 p.m., Cooley Ballroom B, Student Union, ASU Polytechnic campus

Wed., April 4

"Organized Disorder: Understanding the structure, dynamics of intrinsically disordered proteins"

Wenwei Zheng, assistant professor, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, ASU College of Intetgrative Science and Arts

3 - 4 p.m., Cooley Ballroom B, Student Union, ASU Polytechnic campus

Wed., March 28

"Metaphors in Mathematics: Turning student thinking into curriculum design, game-based learning"

Michelle Zandieh, associate professor, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, ASU College of Integrative Sciences and Arts

3 - 4 p.m., Cooley Ballroom B, Student Union, ASU Polytechnic campus

Wed., March 21

"Forecasting Epidemics: Combining networks and partial differential equations to improve predictions"

Haiyan Wang, Professor, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, ASU's New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences

3 - 4 p.m. Cooley Ballroom C, Student Union, ASU Polytechnic campus

Wed., Feb. 28

“Are There Martians in Australia? How acid saline lakes can serve as a Mars analog”

Melanie Mormile, Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs, Missouri University of Science and Technology 

3 – 4 p.m.,Student Union, Cooley Ballroom B, ASU Polytechnic campus 

Wed., Feb. 14

“Integrating movement modeling, landscape genetics to predict population connectivity”

Sam Cushman, Director, Center for Landscape Science, US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff
3 – 4 p.m., Student Union, Cooley Ballroom B, ASU Polytechnic campus 

Wed., Feb. 7

“Managing Phoenix’s Water Resource Portfolio for Resiliency, Sustainability”

Cynthia Campbell, Water Resources Management Advisor, City of Phoenix
3 – 4 p.m., Student Union, Cooley Ballroom B, ASU Polytechnic campus 

Wed., Jan. 24

"The Saguaro Cactus: A 75-year perspective from Saguaro National Park"

Don E. Swann, Biologist, Saguaro National Park
3 - 4 p.m., Student Union, Cooley Ballroom B, ASU Polytechnic campus

Wed., Jan. 31

"The Spookiness of the Quantum World"

Maxim Sukharev, Associate Professor of Physics, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts
3 - 4 p.m., Student Union, Cooley Ballroom B ASU Polytechnic campus

Fall 2017 colloquia

Wed., Oct. 25
"Aeroponic Vertical Farming: One viable alternative"

Troy Albright, Founder, True Garden
3 p.m., Stantan Hall, Room 135, ASU Polytechnic campus

Wed., Oct. 11
"Final-Offer Arbitration: A look at multi-issue and multi-player extensions"

Brian Powers, Postodoctoral Research Associate, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts
3 p.m., Santan Hall, Room 135, ASU Polytechnic campus

 

Spring 2017 colloquia

Thurs., April 6
"Ecosystem consequences of riparian restoration involving removal of Tamarix spp. in the southwestern United States"

Anna Sher, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Denver
3 p.m., Santan Hall, Room 331, Polytechnic campus


Wed., March 29
“Portulacaria afra: A study in Photosynthetic Plasticity in a Changing Climate”

Lonnie Guralnick, Professor of Biology, Roger Williams University
3 p.m., Cooley Ballroom C, Student Union, Polyechnic campus

Mon., March 20
"New Excited State Multi-Reference Method with Application to Singlet-Triplet Gaps and Weakly Bonded Systems"

Shane Yost, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California-Berkeley
2:45 pm, Cooley Ballroom, Student Union, Polytechnic campus

 

Wed., March 22
"Molecular Modeling of Atmospheric Chemistry"

Manoj Kumar, postdoctoral researcher, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2:45 pm, Cooley Ballroom C, Student Union, Polytechnic campus

Wed., March 15
"Structure and Dynamics of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins from Simulations and Experiments"

Wenwei Zheng, postdoctoral fellow, Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH
2:45 pm, Cooley Ballroom C, Student Union, Polytechnic campus

Wed., March 1
"Behavioral Ecology and the Conservation, Management of Large Herbivores: From Africa to Arizona"

Adrian M. Shrader, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
2:45 pm, Santan Hall, Room 131


Wed., Feb. 22
"Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Across Global to Local Scales"

Jesse S. Lewis, Conservation Science Partners
2:45 pm, Cooley Ballroom C, Student Union

Wed., Feb. 15
“How Do We Coexist with Large Mammals in the Anthropocene? The Importance of Data-Driven Wildlife Management in a Post-Truth Society"

Jarod Raithel, Utah State University
2:45 pm, Cooley Ballroom C, Student Union

Wed., Jan. 25
“Fisher Behavior and Fish Population Dynamics in the Gulf of Mexico: How does fisher behavior affect stock assessment?"

Steven Saul, ASU College of Integrative Sciences and Arts
2:45 pm, Cooley Ballroom A, Student Union

 

Fall 2016 colloquia

Wed., Aug 31
“Computational Materials Research and Applications in Nano-Electronics and Renewable Energies”

Xihong Peng, ASU College of Integrative Sciences and Arts
2:45 pm, SANCA 130

 

Wed., Sept 7
“Local Conversation: Priorities and Opportunities for Sonoran Desert Research”

Helen Rowe, Field Institute Director, Scottsdale McDowell Sonoran Preserve
2:45 pm, Cooley Ballroom, Student Union

 

Wed., Sept 28
“Detecting and Phenotyping Bacterial Infections Using In-Situ Breath-Based Diagnostics”

Heather Bean, ASU School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2:45 pm, Cooley Ballroom, Student Union

 

Wed., Oct 5
“An Agent-Based Model of Fisher Behavior and Population Dynamics in the Gulf of Mexico: How Does Fisher Behavior Affect Stock Assessment”

Steven Saul, ASU College of Integrative Sciences and Arts
2:45 pm, SANCA 130

 

Wed., Oct 26
“Where the Wild Things Live: How Riparian Forests Provision Amphibians and Reptiles in the Arid Southwest”

Heather Batemen, ASU College of Integrative Sciences and Arts
2:45 pm, SANCA 130

 

Wed., Nov 2
“Fire's American Century”

Steve Pyne, School of Life Sciences, ASU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2:45 pm, Cooley Ballroom C, Student Union

 

Wed., Nov 16
“Architecture and Composition of Microbial Assemblages and their Insights into the Sensitivity and Resilience of Microbial Dark Matter”

C. Ryan Penton, ASU College of Integrative Sciences and Arts; GIOS; Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics
2:45 pm, Santa Catalina Hall (SANCA), Room 130

 

Wed., Nov 30
“Fall Student Research Forum”

Cooley Ballroom C, Student Union

 

Spring 2016 colloquia

Wed., Feb 17
“Endangered Species Recovery: Best practice or worst nightmare?”

Russell Benford, Northern Arizona University
2:45 pm, Peralta 302 

 

Wed., Feb 24
“Clicker Use to Stimulate Student Participation”

Heidi McIlwraith, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, ASU
2:45 pm, Peralta 302

 

Wed., March 2
“Drought, Dispersal, and Community Dynamics in Arid-Land Streams”

Michael Bogan, University of Arizona,
2:45 pm, Cooley Ballroom A 

Wed., March 23
“AzCATI and Algaculture: A Brief Overview" and "Recycling Nutrients: Using dairy wastewater to produce algae biomass for feed and fuel”

Milt Sommerfeld, Environmental Resource Management Program, ASU  
Everett Eustance,  Environmental Resource Management Program, ASU
2:45 pm, Cooley Ballroom B

 

Wed., March 30
“Study Abroad in South Africa in a Land of Contrasts and Conflicts on Elephant Conservation”

Stan Cunningham, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, ASU
2:45 pm, Cooley Ballroom B

 

Wed., April 6
“Nitrogen Deposition, CO2 Concentrations and Ozone Pollution and their Effects on Wildflower Communities in Desert Open Park Spaces Across Phoenix”

Sharon Hall, GIOS, School of Life Sciences, ASU
Cooley Ballroom C

 

Wed., April 13
“Computational Materials Research and Applications in Nano-Electronics and Renewable Energies”

Xihong Peng, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, ASU
2:45 pm, Cooley Ballroom C

 

Wed., April 20
“Challenges of Managing Orangutans”

Denise Wagner, Phoenix Zoo, Primate Collection
2:45 pm, Cooley Ballroom C

 

Fall 2015 colloquia

Wed., Sept. 2
Beyond the Meter Tape: Defining ecological boundaries using food-web metrics

Dr. Jeff Muelbauer, Grand Canyon Research and Monitoring Center, Southwest Biological Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey
2:45 p.m., Cooley Ballroom, Student Union, ASU's Polytechnic campus
9-2_muelbauer1.pdf

 

Wed., Sept. 9
My Life As a Pharmer: Monoclonal antibodies as novel therapeutics against infectious diseases and cancer

Dr. Qiang “Shawn” Chen, associate professor, School of Life Sciences, Biodesign Institute, ASU 
2:45 p.m., Cooley Ballroom, Student Union, ASU's Polytechnic campus
9-9_chen.pdf

 

Wed., Sept. 16
Uncovering the Cryptic World of Bats

Dr. Carol Chambers, professor of wildlife ecology
Northern Arizona University
2:45 p.m., Cooley Ballroom, Student Union, ASU's Polytechnic campus
9-16_chambers.pdf

 

Wed., Sept. 23
Living on the Edge: Coping and adaptation in an extreme environment

Dr. Larisa Harding, terrestrial research program lead, Arizona Game and Fish Department
2:45 p.m., Cooley Ballroom, Student Union, ASU's Polytechnic campus
9-23_harding.pdf

 

Wed., Oct. 7
Biological Soil Crusts: Ancient and widespread microbial communities

Dr. Ferran Garcia-Pichel, Dean of Natural Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, ASU 
2:45 p.m., Cooley Ballroom, Student Union, ASU's Polytechnic campus
garcia_pichel_seminar_announcement_.pdf 

 

Spring 2015 colloquia

A quarter century of U.S. forest disturbance history mapped from Landsat

Dr. Feng Zhao, University of Maryland

Wednesday, Feb. 25, 9:00 am, Santan 331, ASU Polytechnic campus
[download PDF]

North America’s vanishing bats: Methods for understanding population responses in a changing landscape

Dr. Joseph Johnson, Bucknell University

Wednesday, Feb. 25, 3:00 pm, Cooley Ballroom B, ASU Polytechnic campus
[download PDF]

Remote sensing of terrestrial ecosystem structure and dynamics

Dr. Asim Banskota, University of Minnesota

Wednesday, March 4, 9:00 am, Santan 331, ASU Polytechnic campus
[download PDF]

The quick and the dead: Fungal infection and immunity in a hibernating host

Dr. Marianne Moore, Stony Brook University

Wednesday, March 4, 3:00 pm, Cooley Ballroom B, ASU Polytechnic campus
[download PDF]

High-energy research at the tip of a pencil

Dr. Igor Shovkovy, ASU College of Integrative Sciences and Arts

Wednesday, April 8, 3:00 pm, Cooley Ballroom B, ASU Polytechnic campus 

Wildlife corridors for carnivores: Species community conservation outside of protected areas in Arizona and Costa Rica

Dr. Jan Schipper, ASU School of Life Sciences

Wednesday, April 15, 3:00 pm, Cooley Ballroom B, ASU Polytechnic campus
[download PDF]

Student Research Day

Wednesday, April 29, 3:00 pm, Cooley Ballroom B, ASU Polytechnic campus

Fall 2014 colloquia

Limb Regeneration in Reptiles and Implications for Human Medicine

Dr. Kenro Kusumi, Assoc Dean and Professor, ASU School of Life SciencesDr. Rebecca Fisher, Assoc Professor, ASU School of Life Sciences and University of Arizona College of MedicineWednesday, Oct. 22, 3:00 pm, Cooley Ballroom B, ASU Polytechnic campus

Summary of Sabbatical at Prescott College

Dr. Jean Stutz, Professor, ASU College of Integrative Sciences and ArtsWednesday, Nov. 5, 3:00 pm, Cooley Ballroom B, ASU Polytechnic campus

The Spirit of the Hive: how complex social behavior evolves

Dr. Robert Page, University Provost and Foundation Chair of Life SciencesWednesday, Nov. 12, 3:00 pm, Cooley Ballroom B, ASU Polytechnic campus 

Education and Biology

Julie Murphree, Instructor, ASU College of Integrative Sciences and ArtsWednesday, Nov. 19, 3:00 pm, Cooley Ballroom B, ASU Polytechnic campus