Fall 2016
School of Science Colloquium Series – Fall 2016
Sept. 27, 2016 (Tues.)
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Dr. Lynden A. Archer, Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY – “Lithium Metal Batteries for High Energy Storage Devices” |
Oct. 12, 2016 (Wed.)
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Special Presentation – Dr. Kelly Hogan, University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill- “Including Everyone in Learning in the Science Classroom” |
Oct. 25, 2016 (Tues.)
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Faculty Research Colloquium – High-Performance Computing (HPC) across the School of Science
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Nov. 22, 2016 (Tues.)
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Faculty Research Colloquium – Sabbatical Presentations
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Biology Colloquium Series – Fall 2016
Sept. 23, 2016 (Fri.)
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Holly Ramage, University of Pennsylvania Medical School – “Discovery of Novel Host Factors Important for Viral Infection“ |
Oct. 28, 2016 (Fri.)
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Lynda Delph, Indiana University Department of Biology – “Sexual dimorphism in a dioecious plant: patterns, selection, and sexual antagonism” |
Nov. 11, 2016 (Fri.)
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Daniel Rittschof, Duke University Marine Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment – “Barnacle Biology” |
Chemistry Colloquium Series – Fall 2016
Sept. 21, 2016 (Wed.)
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CANCELLED – Dr. Amy Sarjeant, Outreach and Education Manager at The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
Area – Crystallography This event has been cancelled. |
Oct. 5, 2016 (Wed.)
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Dr. George Heard, University of North Carolina – Asheville – “Applications of Computational Chemistry to Experimental Design” |
Oct. 19, 2016 (Wed.)
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Dr. Monika Raj, Seton Hall University – “Selective Chemical Modification of Peptides and Its Applications” |
Nov. 2, 2016 (Wed.)
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Dr. Martin McCullagh, Colorado State University – “The Physics Behind the Hydrophobic Effect” |
Nov. 16, 2016 (Wed.)
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Dr. Kelsey Van Gelder, Merck, TCNJ Alumna
Area – Organic , industry |
Computer Science Colloquium Series – Fall 2016
Sept. 20, 2016 (Tues.)
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Babak Saleh, PhD candidate in Computer Science at Rutgers University – “Artistic AI: Analyzing Visual Culture Through the Eyes of a Machine“ |
Oct. 18, 2016 (Tues.)
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Dr. Amanda Stent, Natural Language Processing Researcher at Bloomberg – “State Tracking for Multi-Task Conversational Agents” |
Nov. 15, 2016 (Tue.)
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Jeanna Matthews, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Clarkson University, ACM Distinguished Speaker – “Big Data? Big Promise, Big Problems” |
Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium Series – Fall 2016
Sept. 16, 2016 (Fri.)
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Fred Rickey, Professor Emeritus, West Point Academy – “E228”
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Sept. 21, 2016 (Wed.)
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“Mathematics Education Faculty Panel”
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Sept. 28, 2016 (Wed.)
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REU Experiences
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Sept. 28, 2016 (Wed.)
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2nd Math Teacher Alumni Symposium
An afternoon full of presentations by former students who are not math teachers as well as some faculty speakers! Please email Dr. Liebars (leibars@tcnj.edu) by September 23 is you plan to attend for all or part of the afternoon. |
Oct. 28, 2016 (Wed.)
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Mathematics Education Student Research Talks
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Nov. 4, 2016 (Fri.)
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Joseph O’ Rourke, Olin Professor of Computer Science; Professor of Mathematics, Director of the Statistical and Data Mining Program, Smith College – “How to fold it: the mathematics of Linkages, Origami and Polyhedra”
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Nov. 30, 2016 (Wed.)
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Dr. Cathy Liebars, EdTPA- What is it? How will it affect your student teaching evaluation process? |
Physics Colloquium Series – Fall 2016
Sept. 16, 2016 (Fri.)
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Summer Research Experiences |
Oct. 21, 2016 (Fri.)
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Michael Ambyth, Edmund Optics |
Nov. 1, 2016 (Tues.)
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Dr. Craig Kletzing, University of Iowa Stormy (Space) Weather: An “Emfisis” on the Radiation Belt Storm Probes |
Nov. 18, 2016 (Fri.)
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Stephanie Thomas, Princeton Satellite Systems |
Spring 2017
School of Science Colloquium Series – Spring 2017
Feb. 3, 2017 (Fri.)
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Special Science-Art Brown Bag LectureExploring the Sensory World of Bees Through Science and Art – Dr. Anne Leonard, University of Nevada, Reno |
Feb. 8, 2017 (Wed.)
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Dr. Donald Lovett, TCNJ Professor of Biology – “How Science in the Public School Classroom is Under Attack (And Why It Matters)” |
Feb. 28, 2017 (Tues.)
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SoS Guest Colloquium and Special Campus-Wide, Science Themed LunchNyree Zerega, Northwestern university and Chicago Botanic Garden – “Evolving Food: Exploring Food Biodiversity Across the Tree of Life“ |
March 21, 2017
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TCNJ Annual Pelson Lecture in Faculty-Student Engagement
Dr. Sylvester Gates, University of Maryland – “Einstein vs. Roberts, Diversity & Faculty Engagement” |
Mar. 28, 2017 (Tues.)
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SoS Faculty Research Colloquium |
Apr. 25, 2017 (Fri.)
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SoS Faculty Research Colloquium |
Biology Colloquium Series – Spring 2017
Feb. 3, 2017 (Fri.)
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Special Science-Art Brown Bag Lecture
Exploring the Sensory World of Bees Through Science and Art – Anne Leonard, University of Nevada, Reno |
Jan. 27, 2017 (Fri.)
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Alita Miller, Head of Biology at Entasis Therapeutics – “Research Strategies to Combat Emerging Antibiotic Resistance” Read more about Dr. Miller’s talk in The Signal |
Feb. 8, 2017 (Wed.)
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Donald Lovett, TCNJ Professor of Biology – “How Science in the Public School Classroom is Under Attack (And Why It Matters)” |
Feb. 10, 2017 (Fri.)
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Brittany Graf, Rutgers University – “Exploration of therapeutic properties of Latin American plants through a community-building approach“ |
Mar. 10, 2017 (Fri.)
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Rebecca Lyczak, Ursinis University – “Uncovering the role of the centrosome in polarization of the C. elegans embryo” |
Mar. 24, 2017 (Fri.)
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Rob Kulathinal, Temple University – “The genomic architecture of speciation:Dynamic reproductive systems and the genetics of rapid evolutionary change” |
Apr. 28, 2017 (Fri.)
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Andrea S. Sequeira, Wellesley College – “The Challenges Faced by Endemic Galapagos Weevils, and How Do Introduced Species Succeed Anyway?” |
Chemistry Colloquium Series – Spring 2017
Feb. 1, 2017 (Wed.)
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Devon Cocuzza, TCNJ Alum – affiliation AkzoNobe, “The Science Behind Sunscreens” |
Feb. 15, 2017 (Wed.)
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PharmaTech Day |
Mar. 1, 2017 (Wed.)
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Dr. Amy Sarjeant, – affiliation Outreach and Education Manager, The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, “How 875,843 Structures Can Improve our Understanding of Chemistry“ |
Apr. 19, 2017 (Wed.)
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Tom Colacot, – affiliation Johnson Matthey, Research Fellow, R&D Manager Area – Organometallic, Industry |
Computer Science Colloquium Series – Spring 2017
Feb. 3, 2017 (Fri.)
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Dr. Steven Skiena, Distinguished Teaching Professor of Computer Science at Stony Brook University – “Actions of Word Embeddings” |
Mar. 3, 2017 (Fri.)
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Frank Depierro, TCNJ Alum, Pfizer – “Addressing the Tech Needs for the Future of Pharmaceutical Clinical Science and Improving Information System Capabilities within Vaccine R&D” |
Apr. 18, 2017 (Tues.)
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Andy Keep, Cisco Systems, Inc, Technical Lead – “Writing Compilers in Industry” |
Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium Series – Spring 2017
Jan. 31, 2017 (Tues.)
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Alma Steingart, Harvard University – “Contested Boundaries: Applied Mathematics from an Historical Perspective” (Talk 1) |
Feb. 1, 2017 (Wed.)
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Alma Steingart, Harvard University – “Contested Boundaries: Applied Mathematics from an Historical Perspective” (Talk 2) |
Feb. 15, 2017 (Wed.)
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Dr. Dhruv Ranganathan, CLE Moore Instructor at MIT, Institute for Advanced Study – “The Unreasonable Unruliness of Lines in the Plane“ |
Mar. 22, 2017 (Wed.)
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Randolph Leiser, NJIT – “Frequency Response Alternating Map: A Mutually Forced Approach to Resonant Networks” |
Apr. 11, 2017 (Tues.)
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Matthew Wirght, CFE, CPIP, Data Miner, Medical Review Analyst, Medicaid Fraud Division, Office of the State Comptroller – “Data Mining and Statistical Analysis to Detect and Deter Medicaid Fraud, Waste, and Abuse” |
Apr. 26, 2017 (Weds.)
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TBD |
Physics Colloquium Series – Spring 2017
Feb. 7, 2017 (Tues.)
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Rezwan Razani, – Footprint to Wings, “Scoring the Race to Zero Carbon” |
Feb. 17, 2017 (Fri.)
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Mark Kushner, University of Michigan, APS Distinguished Lecturer – “Plasma-Surface Interactions with Complex (Inorganic, Liquid, Living) Materials“ |
Mar. 7, 2017 (Tues.)
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Mike Hvasta, TCNJ Alum, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory – “The Importance of Getting Involved with Research” |
March 21, 2017
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TCNJ Annual Pelson Lecture in Faculty-Student Engagement – Sylvester Gates, University of Maryland – “Einstein vs. Roberts, Diversity & Faculty Engagement” |
March 21, 2017
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Sylvester Gates, University of Mayland – “The 1,358,954,496 Matrix Elements to Get From SUSY Diff EQ’s to Pictures, Codes, Card Games, Musics, Computers, and Back Again” |
Apr. 4, 2017 (Tues.)
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Morgan Pattison, Solid State Lighting Services, Inc. “The LED Revolution: Science, Technology, and Impacts of LED Lighting“ |
Apr. 21, 2017 (Fri.)
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Lt. Bill Pauli, Collision Reconstruction Specialist, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office |