Science Speaker Series

Each fall, JSC's Department of Environmental and Health Sciences hosts a popular speaker series on Wednesday afternoons featuring experts on topics in science. Each presentation runs from 4:00 to 5:15 p.m. in Bentley Hall, Room 206, unless otherwise noted. Contact Les Kanat at 635-1327 for more information.

All presentations are free and open to the public. Ample free parking is available. Please join us.

Fall 2013 speakers will be posted near the end of the summer.

 

Fall 2012 Current Topics in Science
date speaker and affiliation title

5 Sep 2012

Drs. Bacchus, Dolci, Genter, and Kanat,
EHS Faculty at JSC

The Lamoille River Watershed Research Project

12 Sep 2012

Lawrence Hayes,

Meteorologist at the Fairbanks Museum and Lyndon State College

 Soil Moisture and its Effect on Weather

19 Sep 2012

Deb Katz,

Director, Citizens Awareness Network

NOTE: This talk will be held in the Stearns Student Center Performance Space

 Life After Vermont Yankee: Creating A Green Energy Future

26 Sep 2012

Marjie Gale,
Geologist, Vermont Geological Survey

The Vermont Geological Map
3 Oct 2012

Alan Giese, Ph.D.,

Associate Professor of Biology and Director of the Vermont Science Initiative, LSC

 Ticks in Vermont: What We Wish We Knew and Why
17 Oct 2012

Kathryn Blume,

Actor, Writer and Activist, from Shelburne, VT

NOTE: This talk will be held in the Stearns Student Center Performance Space

Art, Activism, and Inspiration
24 Oct 2012

Michael Smith,

Waste Management, VT Department of Environmental Conservation

 Characterizing Sites Contaminated with DNAPLs
31 Oct 2011

Tania Bacchus, Ph.D.,

Professor of Environmental Science, Johnson State College

 The Climate at JSC and its Link to Climate Change
7 Nov 2012

Scott Sawyer, Ph.D.,

Research, Evaluation and Communications Coordinator, VT Sustainable Jobs Fund

 Farm to Plate Initiative: Strengthening Vermont's Food System
14 Nov 2012

Darlene M. Olsen, Ph.D.,

Department of Mathematics, Norwich University

 Analyzing the Effects of an Environmental Toxin by Statistically Modeling Time Course Microarray Data
28 Nov 2012

Jon Kim, Ph.D.,

Geologist, Vermont Geological Survey

 Acquiring Groundwater Temperatures in Vermont through Modern Well Logging Techniques
5 Dec 2012

Kevin Johnston, Ph.D.,

Product Engineer, Environmental Systems Research Institute

 Modeling the Potential Affect on Wildlife Habitat Resulting From Predicted Climate Change
12 Dec 2012

Jim Ryan,

Watershed Coordinator, VT Department of Environmental Conservation

Tropical Storm Irene Impacts: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly; Working Towards Stream Equilibrium and Flood Resilient Communities

 

 

Speakers From Previous Semesters

Interested in seeing who EHS has had speak in previous semesters? Click on this link to view previous EHS Science Speaker Series presentations.