Tucson Science Speaker Presentations | Arizona Space Grant Consortium

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Presentation	Presenter	Comments
Pesticides	Paul Baker	2-3 weeks advance notice required.
Termites	Paul Baker	4 weeks advance notice required.
Environmental Issues	Paul Baker	2-3 weeks advance notice required.
How to Detect a Virus using Paper, Chemistry, and a Phone!	Lane Breshears	Topic: STEM, Graduate School, Research, Engineering, Biomedical Engineering 1-3 weeks advanced notice, Focuses on wide range of topics included in BME degrees
Lakes	Andrew Cohen	A few weeks advance notice required.
Summary of Antarctic Research	Salvatore Consalvi	1 Month Advance Notice
Deep Field Camps: Working in Remote and Isolated	Salvatore Consalvi	1 month advance, can adjust for any audience
Opportunities and Adventures for the Earth Scientist	Salvatore Consalvi	1 month Advance, can alter for any audience
Glacier Studies in Alaska and Antarctica	Salvatore Consalvi	1 month advance, can adjust for any audience
The continuing search for extra-terrestrial societies. What should we do if we find one?	Carl DeVito	Topic: The science and mathematics behind the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence For high school students or general groups of people that are high school aged or older. Usually all I need is a white board and some colored markers.
Satellite Remote Sensing and the Environment	Barry D. Ganapol	3 weeks advance notice required.
How Climate Change Affects the Southwest United States	Gregg Garfin	Topic: Climate Change 1 month notice preferred; projector needed; consultation preferred, in order to home in on best match between audience and topic
From the Parched Past to 2014 and Beyond	Gregg Garfin	Topic: Climatology 1 month notice preferred; projector needed; consultation preferred, in order to home in on best match between audience and topic
Climate Change in the Southwest United States	Gregg Garfin	Topic: Climatology and society 2 Weeks advanced notice
Increasing Adaptation Resilience to Climate Extremes	Gregg Garfin	Topic: Climatology and society 1 month advanced notice
Working with decision makers to plan for environmental challenges	Gregg Garfin	Topic: Climatology and society 1 month advanced notice
Use of Geographic Information Systems for Natural Resource Management	D. Phillip Guertin	A few days advance notice required. Suitable for grades 3-5.
Knowledge from Decay: how Radiocarbon Dating illuminates the past	Greg Hodgins	1 month advanced notice required.
Sirius the brightest diamond in the night sky	Jay Holberg	Topic: Astronomy 1 week advance notice required.
White Dwarf Stars	Jay Holberg	1 week advance notice required.
How Do Cells Communicate?	Victor Hruby	Talk should be scheduled a few days in advance.
How Do Hormones Work?	Victor Hruby	Talk should be scheduled a few days in advance.
How the Brain Works: Brain Chemistry	Victor Hruby	Talk should be scheduled a few days in advance.
Pain and Addiction: Are They Related?	Victor Hruby	Talk should be scheduled a few days in advance.
Tanning Without Sun	Victor Hruby	Talk should be scheduled a few days in advance.
The Chemistry of Human Behavior	Victor Hruby
Telemedicine: Getting Healthcare to People Far Away - Including Space!	Elizabeth Krupinski	2 weeks advance notice recommended.
Using Solar, Wind, and/or Biomass Energy	Dennis Larson
Prospecting for Planets Beyond Neptune	Renu Malhotra	Topic: Astronomy 1 month advance notice; projector and screen needed.
Mapping and Monitoring the Environment: Forty Years of Remote Sensing of Planet Earth	Stuart Marsh
Hubble Space Telescope and UA Astronomy	Don McCarthy	3-4 weeks advance notice required.
Liquid Nitrogen Demonstration and Miscellaneous Astronomy	Don McCarthy	3-4 weeks advance notice required.
Mount Graham and Large Telescopes	Don McCarthy	3-4 weeks advance notice required.
Searches for Other Planetary Systems	Don McCarthy	3-4 weeks advance notice required.
Adaptive Optics	Don McCarthy	3-4 weeks advance notice required.
Hydrology: The Science of Water	Thomas Meixner	Topic: Hydrology and Water Resources Need 1 month and projector. Presentation also focuses on water sources and challenges for Tucson.
The Cosmic Horizon	Fulvio Melia	2-3 weeks advance notice required.
Black Hole at the Center of our Galaxy	Fulvio Melia	2-3 weeks advance notice required.
Supermassive Black Holes in the Universe	Fulvio Melia	2-3 weeks advance notice required.
The Phases of Matter	Anthony Muscat	2 weeks advance notice required.
The Next Generation of Computer Chips	Anthony Muscat	2 weeks advance notice required.
Where did Earth water come from?	Ilaria Pascucci	Topic: Astronomy: Earth 1 month advanced notice, projector needed
Strange New Worlds	Ilaria Pascucci	Topic: Astronomy: Exoplanets 1 month advanced notice, projector needed
Modeling Carbon monoxide and dust emissions	Aishwarya Raman	Topic: Atmospheric chemistry 1 month advanced notice, projector needed
High-Tech Toys in our Future and Space Spinoffs	Kumar Ramohalli	1 week advance notice required.
The Space Debris Environmental Problem	Aaron J Rosengren	Topic: Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics, Engineering 1 Month Advanced Notice, Projector Needed
Agriculture and the Environment	Jeff Silvertooth	1 month advance notice required.
Environmental Science and Sustainability	Jeff Silvertooth	1 month advance notice required.
Soil and Water Conservation and Sustainability	Jeff Silvertooth	1 month advance notice required.
Meteorites: Rocks from Space	Tim Swindle	Topic: Astronomy or Earth Sciences Grades 3 and up; 1 month advance notice; screen needed
Working (and Living) in Antarctica	Tim Swindle	Topic: Geography, Earth Science Grades 3 and up; 1 month advance notice; screen needed
The Searches for Life on Mars	Tim Swindle	1 month advance notice; screen needed
Where Stars and Planets Are Born	Shirley Yancy	Topic: Astronomy Projector needed for laptop