August 20, 2019
Mary Kay Bates, MS
Senior Global Applications Scientist
Thermo Fisher Scientific
"Lake Superior and the Younger Dryas Cold Period: Observing Our Last Ice Age Through Cosmogenic Nuclides"
"Curing Cancer Using Cell Therapy: How Does It Work?"
January 15, 2019
Toben Lafrancois, PhD
Research Associate
Northland College
April 16, 2019
Michael R. Olson, PhD
NADP Coordinator
Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
University of Wisconsin – Madison
"Facing the Challenges of Mining, Resource Demand, and Environmental Stewardship in a Changing World"
"The National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP): The Past, Present, and Future of Monitoring Pollutants in Precipitation"
Previous Speakers 2019
"Monitoring Bat Populations at Great Lakes National Parks and Assessing the Impacts of White-nose Syndrome"
"How Does Sulfur Affect Wild Rice?"
May 21, 2019
Sophie LaFond-Hudson, MS
Graduate Student
Water Resource Science
University of Minnesota - Duluth
"Emergence of Tick-Borne Diseases in the Upper Midwest"
March 19, 2019
Stephen Ballou
Aquatics and Invasives Outreach Ranger
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
TUESDAY MAY 21, 6:30 PM
"Invasive Zebra Mussels and Native Mussel Communities in the Apostle Islands: Results from Recent SCUBA Surveys and Genetic Source Population Analysis"
October 15, 2019
Katy R. Goodwin MS
Bat Monitoring Project Coordinator
NPS Great Lakes Inventory & Monitoring Network /
Research Biologist, North Dakota State University
July 16, 2019
Benjamin Clarke, PhD
Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences
University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth
Ashland Science on Tap
"The Issues with Disposing of and Recycling Plastics"
"Meteorite Hunting in Antarctica"
February 19, 2019
Michelle Morency and Karlee Prince
Undergraduate Researchers
Northland College
September 17, 2019
Tom Fitz PhD
Professor of Geoscience
Northland College
June 18, 2019
Mike Bunch
Registered Professional Engineer
Retired Consultant
Plastics Molding