Speakers at AU

Speakers at Ashland University

At AU we bring in several guest speakers each year as part of our Environmental Lecture Series and our Biology/Toxicology Workshop series. In addition, the student honor society Beta Beta Beta hosts regional scientists for both research seminars and practical seminars on topics such as admission to professional and graduate programs.

As part of the Environmental Lecture Series, our students have the opportunity to attend dinner with the speaker, and to talk informally with him or her before the lecture. Our Workshop speakers spend two days on campus, teach an upper level lab class, give a research seminar, and are also available for informal interaction with students.

Here are a few of the many speakers who have visited our campus:

	2006 Dr. Daniel Fagre U.S.Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center "How Glacier National Park Responds to Climate Change: Cascading Ecological Effects Reflect Rising Temperatures"		2006 Dr. Dan Childers Florida International University "Restoration of the Florida Everglades"
	2005 Dr. Bill Mitsch The Ohio State University "Using Science to Conserve and Restore the World's Wetlands"		2004 Dr. G. Thomas Watters The Ohio State University Museum of Biological Diversity "Freshwater Mussels: From Living Rocks to Mean Mothers"
	2003 Dr. Paul Ehrlich Stanford University "Darwin's Theory and Human Nature"		2003 Dr. Steven Pinker Harvard University "The Blank Slate"
	2003 Dr. John Turner Center for Basic Sciences National Renewable Energy Lab "Renewable Energy Systems, Energy Storage and Hydrogen"		2002 Dr. Robert S. Steneck School of Marine Sciences University of Maine "Coral Reefs: Beautiful, Diverse and Fragile Ecosystems"
	2001 Dr. Ross MacPhee American Museum of Natural History "Death in the Pleistocene: Did Emerging Infectious Diseases Cause Quaternary Megafaunal Extinctions?"		2001 Dr. JoAnn Burkholder North Carolina State University "Harmful Algal Blooms and Nutrient Pollution: Are We Winning the Battle for Water Pollution Control?"
	2000 Dr. Andrew Blaustein Oregon State University "Amphibian Population Declines, Deformed Frogs and the Media"		1999 Werner Fornos The Population Institute "Gaining People, Losing Ground"
	1998 Dr. Daniel Hillel Center for Environmental Studies, Israel "The Struggle for Water and the Quest for Peace in the Middle East"		1996 Dr. Thomas Eisner Cornell University "The Hidden Value of Nature"
	1995 Dr. William Farland U.S. Environmental Protection Agency "Environmental Risk Characterization"		1994 Dr. Lonnie Thompson Ohio State University "Evidence for Recent Global Warming"