General and High School

Hubble Space Telescope and UA Astronomy

Don McCarthy

Phone
(520) 621-4079
Location
Tucson

Astronomer, Steward Observatory
Lecturer, Astronomy
Distinguished Professor, UA University Outreach

Dr. McCarthy has a passion for combining astronomical research and inquiry-based science education. He pioneered techniques for achieving high angular resolution at infrared wavelengths from both ground and space based telescopes by developing new techniques and instrumentation for interferometry, speckle imaging, active tip/tilt correction, and adaptive optics. With these tools, he initiated the direct detection of low mass companions to nearby stars, imaged the near-infrared emission from the Galactic Center source Sgr A*, examined the surface characteristics of asteroids, moons, and Kuiper Belt Objects, and recently detected atmospheric waves on Pluto. Since 1989, his Astronomy Camps have attracted teenage students, educators, schools, and general adults from around the world.

Comments

3-4 weeks advance notice required.

Mapping and Monitoring the Environment: Forty Years of Remote Sensing of Planet Earth

Stuart Marsh

Phone
(520) 621-8574
Location
Tucson

Associate Director, Natural Resources and the Environment
Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment
Professor, Renewable Natural Resources
Professor, Geography
Professor, Arid Lands Resources Sciences - GIDP
Professor, Global Change - GIDP
Professor, Remote Sensing / Spatial Analysis - GIDP

Stuart Marsh's research focuses on the integration and analysis of multitemporal airborne and satellite remote sensing data with GIS technologies to better map land cover and monitor change, and the development of integrated models for the analysis of land-cover change. He has worked on mapping land-cover change in environmentally sensitive areas of Africa, the Middle East, Mexico, and the U.S., developed new techniques to map land-cover change at global scales, develop rule-based and geostatistical models of vegetation distribution under varying climatic regimes within southern Arizona, and evaluated the environmental impacts of land-cover change within urban riparian and rural/urban fringe habitats.

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The Chemistry of Human Behavior

Victor Hruby

Phone
(520) 621-6332
Location
Tucson

Regents' Professor Emeritus, UA Department of Chemistry

Research Interests: 
The chemistry of human behavior especially peptide hormones and neurotransmitters; drug design, discovery and development; pain, addiction, feeding behavior, sexual behavior, pigmentation disease, cancer, diabetes, immune response; GPCRs; biophysics/biochemistry of health and disease.

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Tanning Without Sun

Victor Hruby

Phone
(520) 621-6332
Location
Tucson

Regents' Professor Emeritus, UA Department of Chemistry

Research Interests: 
The chemistry of human behavior especially peptide hormones and neurotransmitters; drug design, discovery and development; pain, addiction, feeding behavior, sexual behavior, pigmentation disease, cancer, diabetes, immune response; GPCRs; biophysics/biochemistry of health and disease.

Comments

Talk should be scheduled a few days in advance.

Pain and Addiction: Are They Related?

Victor Hruby

Phone
(520) 621-6332
Location
Tucson

Regents' Professor Emeritus, UA Department of Chemistry

Research Interests: 
The chemistry of human behavior especially peptide hormones and neurotransmitters; drug design, discovery and development; pain, addiction, feeding behavior, sexual behavior, pigmentation disease, cancer, diabetes, immune response; GPCRs; biophysics/biochemistry of health and disease.

Comments

Talk should be scheduled a few days in advance.

How the Brain Works: Brain Chemistry

Victor Hruby

Phone
(520) 621-6332
Location
Tucson

Regents' Professor Emeritus, UA Department of Chemistry

Research Interests: 
The chemistry of human behavior especially peptide hormones and neurotransmitters; drug design, discovery and development; pain, addiction, feeding behavior, sexual behavior, pigmentation disease, cancer, diabetes, immune response; GPCRs; biophysics/biochemistry of health and disease.

Comments

Talk should be scheduled a few days in advance.

How Do Hormones Work?

Victor Hruby

Phone
(520) 621-6332
Location
Tucson

Regents' Professor Emeritus, UA Department of Chemistry

Research Interests: 
The chemistry of human behavior especially peptide hormones and neurotransmitters; drug design, discovery and development; pain, addiction, feeding behavior, sexual behavior, pigmentation disease, cancer, diabetes, immune response; GPCRs; biophysics/biochemistry of health and disease.

Comments

Talk should be scheduled a few days in advance.

How Do Cells Communicate?

Victor Hruby

Phone
(520) 621-6332
Location
Tucson

Regents' Professor Emeritus, UA Department of Chemistry

Research Interests: 
The chemistry of human behavior especially peptide hormones and neurotransmitters; drug design, discovery and development; pain, addiction, feeding behavior, sexual behavior, pigmentation disease, cancer, diabetes, immune response; GPCRs; biophysics/biochemistry of health and disease.

Comments

Talk should be scheduled a few days in advance.