Monday, March 1
DMCS Spring 2021 Seminar Series
Speaker: Dr. Jesse Cusack
When: 3:45–4:45 p.m.
Where: Virtual, Marine Sciences Building, George H. Cook Campus
Sponsor: Department of Marine and Coastal Science
Contact: QUINTIN DIOU-CASS, 207-213-3373
Tuesday, March 2
Alternative Careers in Science
When: 5:30–7:30 p.m.
Where: Off-Campus Location
Sponsor: SEBS Office of Academic Programs
Contact: Stacey Pontoriero, 848-932-7501
Wednesday, March 3
Conversion, Circumcision, and Ritual Murder: A Medieval Mystery, Unraveled
Speaker: Dr. Paola Tartakoff, Rutgers University
When: 7–8 p.m.
Where: Off-Campus Location
Sponsor: The Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life
Contact: Darcy, 732-406-6584
Conversion, Circumcision, and Ritual Murder: A Medieval Mystery, Unraveled
Speaker: Dr. Paola Tartakoff, Chair, Department of Jewish Studies
When: 7–8 p.m.
Where: Off-Campus Location
Sponsor: The Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life
Contact: Jenny Gehrmann, 848-932-3571
Thursday, March 4
Rutgers-NASA ENIGMA: One Day Bioinformatics Boot Camp
Speaker: Various
When: 10 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Where: Off-Campus Location
Sponsor: Rutgers ENIGMA Astrobiology Program
Contact: Beatrice Birrer, 848-932-3436
Advancing Climate Justice: A Case Study From Providence Rhode Island
Speaker: Leah Bamberger, Jazandra Barros, Jesus Holguin, Monica Huertes
When: 12 Noon – 1 p.m.
Where: Environmental Science Building, George H. Cook Campus
Sponsor: New Jersey Climate Change Alliance
Contact: Marjorie Kaplan, 848-932-5739
Enabling evolutionary genomics with high-quality reference genome assemblies
Speaker: Dr. Anthony Geneva
When: 4–5 p.m.
Where: Off-Campus Location
Sponsor: Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolution
Contact: Marsha Morin, 848-932-3213
Friday, March 5
A lot to swallow: animal model insights into the biomechanical and neurological basis of infant feeding deficits
Speaker: Francois D.H. Gould, Ph.D.
When: 9:15–10:30 a.m.
Where: Off-Campus Location
Sponsor: Graduate Program in Endocrinology and Animal Biosciences and Department of Animal Sciences
Contact: Dr. Troy Roepke, 848-932-9454
Perspectives of entomologists in industry.
Speaker: Richard Cooper (Terminix), Erin Hitchner (Syngenta), Greg Rogers (Certis)
When: 11 a.m. – 12 Noon
Where: Off-Campus Location
Sponsor: Entomology
Contact: Francine Botti, 848-932-9774
Impact of spectra and light intensity on horticultural crops
When: 12:30–1:30 p.m.
Where: Off-Campus Location
Sponsor: Department of Plant Biology
Contact: Nalini Kaul, 848-932-6311
A Multi-platform Perspective of Shallow Convective Cloud Dynamics
Speaker: Dr. Katia Lamer
When: 2:30–3:30 p.m.
Where: VIRTUAL - SEE URL ABOVE FOR CALL , Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, George H. Cook Campus
Sponsor: Dept. of Environmental Science, Mark Miller
Contact: Jeannie Nicewicz, 848-932-5762
An innovative, integrated technological prototype to enhance food safety and FSMA practices during cold chain transportation of fresh food
Speaker: Carl Sciacchitano
When: 3–5 p.m.
Where: 120, Food Science & Nutritional Sciences West, George H. Cook Campus
Sponsor: Department of Food Science
Contact: Deborah Koch, 848-932-5429
Identification of key flavor-active compounds of fresh and roasted Zanthoxylum piperitum
Speaker: Yue Ji
When: 3–5 p.m.
Where: 120, Food Science & Nutritional Sciences West, George H. Cook Campus
Sponsor: Department of Food Science
Contact: Deborah Koch, 848-932-5429