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The Science Seminar Series FALL 2010 Schedule 

Seminars will be held in the Student Union Theater at 4pm except for 9/23 which will be held in the Union Ballroom


   

Changing Landscapes Shape Contemporary Lake Systems on the Coastal Plain of North Carolina

Dr. Matthew Waters

Department of Biology

Valdosta State University

Hosting Dept: Biology

Thursday,  August 26 , 2010 4pm

Hosting Dept: Chemistry

Thursday,  September 2 , 2010 4pm

Educating Engineers/Scientists for Sustainable Development

Abdol R. Chini, Ph.D., P.E.

Director and Professor
Rinker School of Building Construction
University of Florida

Hosting Dept: Department of Physics, Astronomy, Environmental Geosciences & Engineering Studies

Thursday,  September 9 , 2010 4pm

Why are Homicides and Homicide Arrests Decreasing?

Dr. Charles Wellford

Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice

University of Maryland

Hosting Dept: Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice

Thursday,  September 16 , 2010 4pm

Defensive symbionts in aphids

Dr. Kerry Oliver

University of Georgia-Athens Department of Entomology

Hosting Dept: Biology

Thursday,  September 23 , 2010 4pm

This seminar will be held in the Union Ballroom

Hosting Dept: Biology

Thursday,  September 30 , 2010 4pm

Phylogeny, Biogeography, & Morphological Evolution of the Gaultherieae

Dr. Catherine Bush

Valdosta State University

Hosting Dept: Biology

Thursday, October 7 , 2010 4pm

Evolution and molecular mechanisms of fungicide resistance in peanut leaf spot pathogens

Dr. Katherine Stevenson

Department of Plant Pathology

University of Georgia

Hosting Dept: Biology

Thursday,October 14, 2010 4pm

On Certain Divisibility Property of Polynomials

Dr. Jose Velez-Marulanda

Valdosta State University

Hosting Dept: Math & Computer Sciences

Thursday, October 21 , 2010 4pm

When Georgia Had Volcanoes: The Earliest Phases of Appalachian Mountain Building

Dr. Clint Barineau

Department of Earth and Space Sciences

Columbus State University

Hosting Dept: Department of Physics, Astronomy, Environmental Geosciences & Engineering Studies

Thursday, October 28 , 2010 4pm

Fungal Endophytes: The “Ad Infinitum” of Plant-Fungal Symbiotic Associations

Dr. Anthony Glenn

USDA-ARS Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, Athens, GA

Hosting Dept: Biology

Thursday, November 4 , 2010 4pm

A goliath success story: Recovery of the endangered goliath grouper in Florida

Dr. Christopher C. Koenig

Reef Fish Ecology Group
Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory

Hosting Dept: Biology

Thursday, November 11 , 2010 4pm

Rare Herbarium Specimens Reveal the Phylogeny of Schoenocaulon (Melanthiaceae)

Dr. Wendy Zomlefer

Department of Plant Biology

University of Georgia

Hosting Dept: Biology

Thursday, November 18 , 2010 4pm

Thanksgiving Break

 

 

 

The Evolutionary History of Macadamias and their Relatives

Dr. Austin Mast

Florida State University

Hosting Dept: Biology

Thursday, December 2 , 2010 4pm

 

End of semester