Tucson Science Speaker Presentations

General and high school

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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.
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
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.

 
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.
Satellite Remote Sensing and the Environment Barry D. Ganapol

3 weeks advance notice required.
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.
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
Using Solar, Wind, and/or Biomass Energy Dennis Larson
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.
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.
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.
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 Yancy Shirley

Topic: Astronomy

Projector needed for laptop
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
Public Awareness Towards SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute Palak Sharma

Topic: Astronomy
*This is a virtual program only.
21 Speakers
42 Presentations