Event Description
Please join us for the Academy
Research Day as Academy
scientists share their
remarkable discoveries.
Hear brief, engaging presentations on
the diversity of science and future
directions.
Stop by for one or more sessions
throughout the day.
Click here to download the Academy Research Day Flyer for the full schedule of talks.
Questions? Please contact
Jenna Ansbro, jenna@drexel.edu
Academy Research Day Schedule:
9:15-9:30 a.m. Opening remarks from Vice President of Academy Science David Velinsky
9:30-10:00 a.m. Keynote address by Senior Fellow Bob Peck Alexander von Humboldt and The Invention of Nature
10:00-10:15 a.m. Break
Session 1: History of Science
10:15-10:45 a.m.
Rivers, Humans, and Microbes: Ruth Patrick's Limnological Approach to Measuring the Health of Ecological Systems
Lloyd Ackert
A Brief History of Academy Ornithology
Matt Halley
Now Open the Doors: Natural History Museums in "Victorian" Japan
Paul Callomon
10:45-11:00 a.m. Panel discussion, Q&A Discussion leader: Bob Peck
11:00-11:15 a.m. Break
Session 2: New Directions
11:15-12:15 p.m.
A New Project on the Coevolution of Birds and Their Parasites: What Can It Teach Us About the General Principles of Host-Parasite Interactions?
Jason Weckstein
Understanding the Environmental Risks of 'Forever Chemicals'
Marie Kurz
Environmental DNA: A Tool for Monitoring Biodiversity
Mariangeles Arce H.
Developing Digital Tools for Change
Lin Perez
EngWINS - Engaging Women in Engineering: Training Mentors to Make a Difference
Jacquie Genovesi and Ayana Allen
12:15-12:30 p.m. Panel discussion, Q&A Discussion leader: Meg Clifton North
12:30-1:45 p.m. Lunch
1:45-2 p.m. Remarks by President Scott Cooper
Session 3: Connections: Science and Society
2-2:45 p.m.
Watersheds, Communities, and Environmental Stressors
Stefanie Kroll
3-D Specimen Digitization
Kyle Luckenbill
Legacy Assets: Once You Got 'Em, Then What?
Fred Mullison
Science and Literacy for Success
Mariah Romaninsky
2:45-3 p.m. Panel discussion, Q&A Discussion leader: Jennifer Sontchi
2:45-3:15 p.m. Break
Session 4: Earth Systems
3:15-4 p.m.
Yellowstone and Other Volcanoes
Loyc Vanderkluysen
Bioko Island Studies in Seismology: Wait This Island is a Volcano?
Amanda Lough
Blue Carbon on a Changing Coast
Johannes Krause
Bringing "Dark Data" Into the Light: Digitizing the Academy's Cenozoic Eastern Pacific Invertebrate Collections
Kathryn Estes-Smargiassi
4-4:15 p.m. Panel discussion, Q&A Discussion leader: Ted Daeschler
4:15-4:30 p.m. Closing remarks from President Scott Cooper |
