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”