I-CARES Distinguished Speaker Series 2009-2010

Jay Keasling, Ph.D.
Director, Physical Biosciences Division, LBL and Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center
Department of Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
"Synthetic Biology for Synthetic Chemistry: From Bugs to Drugs and Fuels"
October 30, 2009
11:00AM-12:00PM, Reception following
Whittaker Auditorium

Sossina Haile, Ph.D.
Professor of Materials Science and of Chemical Engineering
Californial Institute of Technology
"Is There A Role for Nano-Materials in Fuel Cells?"
November 19, 2009
4:00-5:30 PM, Reception Following
Lab Sciences 300

Past I-CARES Distinguished Speakers

Nate Lewis, Ph.D.
George L. Argyros Professor of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology
"Where in the World Will Our Energy Come From?"
September 23, 2008
4:00-5:30 PM, Reception Following
Lab Sciences 300


Russell Schnell, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Earth Systems Research Laboratory, Global Monitoring Division National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
"The Air We Breathe - It Ain't What it Used to Be"
January 20, 2009
4:00-5:30 PM, Reception Following
Lab Sciences 300


Serdar Sariciftci
Director of the Linz Institute for Organic Solar Cells, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
"Solar Energy Conversion, Fuel Production and Implications for Society"
March 5, 2009
4:00-5:30 PM, Reception Following
Location: Lab Sciences 300


Osvaldo Sala
Sloan Lindemann Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University
"Scenarios of Biodiversity Change for the Next 50 Years"
April 2, 2009
4:00-5:30 PM, Reception Following
Lab Sciences 300

I-CARES Director, Himadri Pakrasi: Wilson Hall 308, phone 935-6853, pakrasi@wustl.edu
Washington University in St. Louis | Campus Box 1137 | Wilson Hall | p:(314) 935-9541 | f:(314) 935-8818