Science Seminars at the Academy

The Academy host a series of scientific seminars throughout the year sponsored by the Academy's chapter of Sigma Xi. These technical seminars are intended for scientists and college-level students. Guests from other research and higher education institutions and organizations are encouraged to attend.

Those interested in presenting their research at the Academy should contact Katriina L. Ilves at .

These seminars are typically held during the Fall, Winter, and Spring. All seminars are held at 12 noon in the Academy's Darwin Room unless otherwise noted.

Upcoming Seminars

Friday, March 5, 12 noon, Darwin Room
David Hewitt, AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow
“Fitting science into policy”
Friday, March 26, 12 noon, Darwin Room
Tonia Hsieh, Temple University
Friday, April 16, 12 noon, Darwin Room
Makiri Sei, Arcadia University
“The Biodiversity Survey of Northern Chihuahuan Springs”
Friday, April 30, 12 noon, Darwin Room
John Lundberg, the Academy of Natural Sciences
Friday, May 7, noon, Darwin Room
Alain Maasri, the Academy of Natural Sciences
Friday, May 14, noon, Darwin Room
Todd D. Lewis, Murry State University

Recent Seminars

Wednesday, February 3, 12 noon, Dawin Room
Emily Basile, Drexel University
“Organohalogen contaminant concentrations in diamondback terrapins from Barnegat Bay, New Jersey”
Friday, January 29, 2010, 12 noon, Darwin Room
Fabio Laurindo da Silva, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil
“Systematics and biogeography of the aquatic midge genus Labrundinia Fittkau 1962 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae): a morphological and molecular approach”
Alexey Reshchikov, St Petersburg State University, Russia
“Ichneumon wasps of the tribe Perilissini (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) new findings in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia”

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