November 13, 2012
Irina Haller PhD
Interim Manager
Research Informatics and Biostatistics
Essentia Institute of Rural Health
January 17, 2012
Bill Route MS
Program Coordinator/Ecologist
National Park Service Great Lakes Inventory and Monitoring Network
"Moose and the Boreal Forest"
"To D or Not to D? Separating Fact From Fiction in the Vitamin D Debate"
"Can Humans Hibernate?"
August 21, 2012
Diane Desotelle MS
Climate Extension Educator
Minnesota Sea Grant
September 18, 2012
John Pastor PhD
Professor of Biology
University of Minnesota - Duluth
April 10, 2012
Suzanne Sanders PhD
Terrestrial Ecologist
National Park Service Great Lakes Inventory and Monitoring Network
March 20, 2012
Lindsey Tuominen MS
Adjunct Instructor
Northland College
"Infrared Astronomy Aboard NASA's SOFIA"
"The Poop on Beach Monitoring"
April 15, 2014
Mike Michaud MS
Consultant, Renewable Energy
"Obesity-Related Illness: A Biological Look at a Key Contributor to the Health Care Crisis"
"The Science and Ecology of Restoring Urban Shoreland"
Previous Speakers 2012
October 16, 2012
Brick Fevold MS
Natural Resources Research Specialist
Bureau of Science Services
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
September 20, 2011
Tom Fitz PhD
Associate Professor of Geoscience
Northland College
May 15, 2010
Matthew Andrews PhD
Professor of Biology
University of Minnesota - Duluth
"Simulation Science in Engineering"
"The Forests of the Apostle Islands: How Healthy Are They?"
"Magnetite Processing: Getting Rock into Usable Iron"
April 15, 2014
Mike Michaud MS
Consultant, Renewable Energy
April 19, 2011
James Hagstrom PhD
President, Founder and Owner
Mirus Bio LLC
Previous Speakers 2011
"Discovery of a New Virus in Wisconsin Bluegills"
Ashland Science on Tap
"The Bald Eagle as a Sentinel for Monitoring Mercury, Flame Retardants and Other Environmental Contaminants"
June 21, 2011
Mike Hoffman PhD
Professor of Microbiology
University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse
June 16, 2012
Owen Gorman PhD
Research Fishery Biologist
Lake Superior Biological Station
U.S. Geological Survey
"Getting Ready for the Future: Adapting to a Changing Climate in the Great Lakes Region"
July 17, 2012
Paul Bates PhD
Assistant Professor of Biology
University of Minnesota - Duluth
"35 Years Studying the Fish Community of the World's Largest Lake: Where We've Been and What We've Learned"
August 16, 2011
Theresa Paulsen MS
Science Teacher
Mellen High School
Airborne Astronomy Ambassador for NASA
"Starting From Zero (Gravity): The Benefits and Challenges of Plants for Sustaining Human Life in Space"
"Nature Simplified: Using Dynamic Nanotechnology to Treat Disease"
"Science, Education and Stewardship: The Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve"
February 21, 2012
Wendy Gorman PhD
Professor of Biology
Northland College
"Biomass as a Renewable Energy Fuel"
"A Geologic Perspective on Climate Change"
October 18, 2011
David Donovan MS
Manager, Regulatory Policy
Xcel Energy
March 8, 2011
Our Inaugural Event!
Randy Lehr PhD
Bro Professor of Sustainable Regional Development
Northland College
July 19, 2011
Bill Williams
President
Gogebic Taconite
May 10, 2011
David Vedder
Director of Engineering
C.G. Bretting Manufacturing
"Fishing for Solutions - What Can Fish Tell Us About Environmental Restoration?"
November 15, 2011
Shon Schooler PhD
Research Coordinator
Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve