College of Sciences Newsletter

Edition 11

April 1, 2002

Distinguished Visitors Lecture Series

The College of Sciences Distinguished Visitor Lecture Series began in 1995 when a former dean, Richard D. Ringeisen, started funding it. Past series were:

· 1995 Chaos and the Environment
· 1996 Global Change and ‘Geophysiology’: Man’s Impact on Biogeochemical Cycles
· 1997 The Frigid World of Ultracold Matter: From Bose-Einstein Condensation to Optical Tweezers
· 1998 Naturally Occurring Rapid Change in Global Climate
· 1999 Emerging Infectious Diseases
· 2000 Investigating Modern Pseudoscience
· 2001 Bioinformatics

The 2002 series is “Emerging Scientists.” Each of our 7 departments has invited an outstanding scientist from one of its disciplines. Each distinguished visitors will have received a prestigious national award such as the NSF Faculty Early Career Development, NSF Presidential Early Career Development, the Dryfus (teacher-scholar) award or the equivalent in her/his field. The focus is the interdisciplinary nature of the sciences; thus, this series brings together faculty and students from all disciplines to participate and interact in a myriad of topics.

For additional information on the Distinguished Visiting Lecture Series or for a complete listing of the guest speakers and their abstracts, go to www.odu.edu/webroot/orgs/sci/colsciences.nsf/pages/lecture_series