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