Since 2010, our speaker series has been engaging the public in cutting edge research at the University of Washington. Each winter/spring, emerging scientists venture outside of the ivory tower to tell stories about their research. Since 2011, all speakers have been graduates of the Engage seminar course. Browse our blog for videos, podcasts, and speaker bios.
2013
We’re proud to announce that our 2013 Speaker Series will again take place at Town Hall Seattle. Students will be opening for and/or following exciting science talks (see the Town Hall schedule for details) and we’re thankful that Town Hall will again let in University of Washington students for free. Subscribe to our google calendar to stay up to date on upcoming talks! Our lineup this year is very diverse, including graduate students from several UW departments, schools, and divisions, including:
- Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
Juliana Houghton - Astronomy
Patti Carroll - Biology
Laura Newcomb, Sonia Singhal - Computer Science & Engineering
Makrand Sinha - Electrical Engineering
Jingda Wu - Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Liz Burton - Earth and Space Sciences
Adam Campbell, Derya Dilmen, Megan Smith - Environmental and Forest Resources
Erik Budsberg, Natalie Footen - Mechanical Engineering
Shazib Vijlee - Molecular & Cellular Biology
Ethan Ahler - Oceanography
Sara Bender, Kirsten Feifel, Megan Gambs - Physics
Alan Jamison, Jared Kofron
2012
After our last season, we decided that to better reach the public, we should move our lecture series off campus. Many of our amazing sponsors and supports assisted us in holding our talks at Town Hall Seattle, where some of our speakers were paired with nationally recognized scientists with common research interests. Speakers represented several UW departments, schools, and divisions, including:
Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Jennifer Griffiths, Jessica Rohde- Computer Science and Engineering
Katie Kuksenok - Environmental and Forest Resources
Paul Fischer, Camila Tejo Haristoy, Kelly Huang, Andrea Watts - Earth and Space Sciences
Karl Lang - Genome Sciences
Katrina Claw - Information
Shawn Walker - Neurology and Behavior
Susan Fung - Pathobiology
Laura E. Martinez
One of the 2012 students will be staying on to teach next year’s seminar, and several have stayed on as co-directors. Browse all 2012 talks.
2011
Our first set of speakers who graduated from the seminar course. Our 12 speakers were from several UW colleges, departments, and interdisciplinary programs:
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Jens von der Linden- Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Neala Kendall - Atmospheric Sciences
Brian Smoliak - Bioengineering
Jonathan Cheng, Julie Shi - Biological Physics, Structure and Design
Andrew McMillian - Biomedical and Health Informatics
Melissa Clarkson - Environmental and Forest Resources
Micheal Hannam - Neurology and Behavior
William Marrs - Toxicology and Environmental Health
Wes Smith - Rehabilitation Medicine
Andrew Sawers
Several of the speakers have stayed on as co-directors to keep this project going. Browse all 2011 talks.
2010
Our pilot season! We did the 2010 speaker series to drum up support for our (then non-existant) seminar course. There were 10 speakers representing the Department of Astronomy and the College of Forestry:
- Astronomy
Charlotte Christensen, Eric Hilton, Cliff Johnson,
Chelsea Macleod, Ty Robinson, Phil Rosenfield - Forestry
Rachel Mitchell, Katie Murphy
