Environmental Science

Previous Speakers Environmental Science Program

January 15, 2013

	Allen Solomon, Ph.D. Climate Change Specialist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory "Scientific Constraints and Policy Implications of Global Environmental Change"
	Naresh Kumar, Ph.D. Petroleum Geologist President, Growth Oil and Gas, Inc. "Exploring For Oil And Gas in The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) on the North Slope of Alaska: Shoring Up Domestic Supply or Defiling the Environment?"
	Peter Pritchard, Ph.D. Conservation Biologist Chelonian Research Institute "Conservation in the Field: The Search for the Con Giai (Conzai), the World's Largest and Rarest Freshwater Turtle, and How it's Important to YOU!"
	Melinda Taylor, Ph.D. Senior Attorney Environment Defense "Using the Law to Protect Nature"
	Charles Kreitler, Ph.D. Hydrogeologist Principal, LBG-Guyton Associates "A Pragmatic Perspective Toward Water Resource Sustainability: Examples from Texas
	Eva Oberdörster, Ph.D. Lecturer Department of Biological Sciences, SMU "Where's the Beef? Egg Yolk is Induced in Turtle and Fish by Estrogen in Runoff from Beef Farms"
	Peter Crane, Ph.D. Director Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (London) "Exploring the World of Plants: Unfinished Business"
	Dr. Troy Stuckey, Ph.D. Regional Science Correspondent, EPA, Washington, D.C., and Adjunct Assistant Professor, SMU *"EPA, Environmental Issues, and Public Responsibility"*
	Dr. Laura Gough, Ph.D. Department of Biology, University of Texas at Arlington "If It Still Snows in July, Why Be Concerned About Global Warming in the Arctic?"
	Dr. Catherine Badgley, Ph.D. Research Scientist, Museum of Paleontology University of Michigan, Ann Arbor "Impacts of Agriculture on Global Biodiversity."
	Dr. John Janovec, Ph.D. Research Botanist, Head, 'Andes to Amazon Botany Program' Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) Fort Worth, Texas "Impacts of Botanical Research on Conservation: Examples from the Peruvian Amazon."
	Larry D. McKinney, Ph.D. Senior Director Aquatic Resources, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin Texas "Water, Water Everywhere...and All the Rivers did Shrink."
	Albert A. Bartlett, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder "Arithmetic, Population and Energy."
	Matthew R. Simmons Chairman & Former CEO of Simmons & Company Int'l, Author of "Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and The World Economy." James Howard Kunstler Urban Planning Advocate, Journalist and Novelist Author of: "The City in Mind, The Geography of Nowhere, and Home from Nowhere. His most recent book, The Long Emergency, deals with the problem of suburban sprawl and how it could be impacted by the energy crisis. "The Unfolding Energy Crisis and its Impact on Development Patterns."
	Douglas La Follette, Ph.D. Secretary of State Wisconsin, Environmental Activist "Black Smoke to Backlash - A History of Earth Days
	Andrew Dessler, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University "What Are The Impacts of Climate Change and What Can We Do to Head Them Off?"