Guest Speakers

Past Speakers

"Laser Cooling: Applying Optical Forces to Atoms";

• Dr. Greg Sherman - Physics Department
• Collin County Community College

"What Happens When You Tilt the Floor? An Introduction to Chaos Theory"

• Dr. Bruce Miller - Department of Physics and Astronomy
• Texas Christian University

The Natural History of Australia

• Dr. Sidney Dunkle - Biology Department
• Collin County Community College

Future Issues for Science and Society: An Invitation to Dialogue

• Dr. William F. Carroll, Jr. - President of the American Chemical Society

"The Use of In Vitro Organ Culture Systems to Investigate Mechanisms Regulating Gonadal Development"

• Dr. Andrea S. Cupp - Department of Animal Science
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln

“Mars: Follow the Water”

• Dr. John Hoffman - Department of Physics
• University of Texas at Dallas

"Genetically Engineered Plants: New Horizons for World Food Production"

• Dr. Allen Knutson - Professor and Extension Entomologist
• Texas A & M Research & Extension Center

"Synthetic Ligands as Protein Capture Agents"

• Dr. Kiran Bachhawat-Sikder - Center for Translational Research
• UT Southwestern Medical Center

"In Situ Localization of a Late Stage Embryonic Gene in Strongylocentrotus purpuratus"

• Sterling G. Smith - National Science Foundation - Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program
• University of South Carolina

“Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer: The University Role”

• Ray Wheatley - Director for Technology Transfer & Cooperative Research
• Office of Technology Development
• UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

"The Biochemistry/Nanotechnology Interface: Design of Proteins That Bind Carbon"

• Dr. Gregg Dieckmann - Department of Chemistry
• The University of Texas at Dallas