Ashland Science on Tap
OUR SCHEDULE
April 19, 2017
John Magnson PhD
Professor Emeritus, Limnology
Department of Zoology
University of Wisconsin - Madison
“Coastal Wetlands as 'Metabolic Gates', 'Pollution Filters', 'Swiss Army Knife Habitats', Biogeochemical Hotspots', and Various Other Apt Metaphors ”
“The Search for Living Worlds Around Other Suns: Will There Ever Be Another Earth?”
“Bird Migration in the Western Lake Superior Region”
October 17, 2017
Margaret Turnbull PhD
Astrobiologist
SETI
Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe
“Renewing the Farm Economy: Life Lessons from Women Farmers in Wisconsin and Minnesota”
March 21, 2017
Matthew Cooper PhD
Research Scientist
Northland College and Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation
“Bringing Back the Firebird: Sharp-Tailed Grouse in the Lake Superior Watershed and Beyond”
“Microplastics Emerging Contaminants: A New Source of Toxic Compounds in Waters from Great Lakes and Oceans”
Previous Speakers 2017
November 14, 2017
Stephen Kolbe
Graduate Student
Integrated Biosciences Program
University of Minnesota - Duluth
“What Does Lake Ice Seasonality Tell Us About Climate Change?”
This talk presented in partnership with the UW Speakers Bureau.
June 20, 2017
Louise Levy MS
ISA Certified Arborist
Levy Tree Care
May 16, 2017
Nicholas Robertson PhD
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Northland College
February 21, 2017
Lorena Rios Mendoza PhD
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Department of Natural Sciences
University of Wisconsin - Superior
January 17, 2017
Clare Hintz PhD
Owner, Proprietor
Elsewhere Farm, Herbster WI
“Aspen's Creative Chemistry”
September 19, 2017
Brian Heeringa
District Wildlife Biologist
Chequamegon-Nicollet National Forest
Washburn Ranger District
“The Ecological Amplitude of Trees: What that Means for the Future of Our Forests”
July 18, 2017
L. Kal Tuominen PhD
Community Faculty
Metropolitan State University (St. Paul MN)
“The Perplexing Plastic Problem: What Is It, Where Does It Come From, and How Do We Fix It?”