Saturday Morning Science - Past Presentations:
the science of jams, preserves and marmalade
Tara Grey, Jam Maker and Owner
Detroit, Mich.
a new look at handedness: from the laboratory to the nation
April 1, 2023
Department of Psychology
The University of Toledo
observing the birth of stars with the james webb space telescope: a toledo odyssey
March 25, 2023
Department of Physics and Astronomy
The University of Toledo
"Bon Bon Bon and the Chemistry of Chocolate"
February 29, 2020
Alexandra Clark, Chocolatier and Owner
Bon Bon Bon, Hamtramck, Mich.
"Glass is a verb, and so are you"
February 22, 2020
Jane Cook, Ph.D., Director, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
Museum & Art Gallery
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa.
"Gene Editing with CRISPS/Cas9"
March 16, 2019
Dr. Ron Conlon, Associate Professor
Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences
Case Western Reserve University
"Archaeology and Shipwrecks"
February 23, 2019
Carrie Sowden, Archaeology Director
National Museum of the Great Lakes
"And Then There Was Light"
February 16, 2019
Dr. Ajith Karunarathne
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
"Regional Water Resources Management: A Great Lakes Prospective"
February 2, 2019
Dr. Andrew Gronewold, Associate Professor
School for Environment and Sustainability
University of Michigan
"The Physics of Baseball"
April 28, 2018
Dr. Alan Nathan, Professor Emeritus
Department of Physics
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
"The Great Green Goo of Lake Erie: Harmful Algal Blooms and Your Drinking Water"
April 21, 2018
Dr. Thomas Bridgeman, Professor
Department of Environmental Sciences and the UToledo Lake Erie Center
The University of Toledo
"Talking Trees and Babbling Bushes: How Plants Communicate with Each Other"
March 17, 2018
Dr. Jack C. Schultz
Senior Executive Director of Research Development
The University of Toledo
"From Fork to Fauna: Unlocking The Secrets of Nutrition to Optimize Our Health"
February 24, 2018
Sally Itawi and Manish Karamchandani
Medical Students
The University of Toledo, College of Medicine and Life Sciences
"Bio-Inspired, Bio-Hybrid and Organic Robots: The Many Roles of Nature in Robotic Development"
February 17, 2018
Dr. Roger Quinn and Dr. Victoria Webster-Wood
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
"A Brief History of Twisty Puzzles"
February 3, 2018
Dr. Nathaniel Iverson
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, UToledo
"From the Stone Age to Today: Why do Humans Love Music and what Has Physics Got to do With It?"
April 29, 2017
Dr. Steven Errede
Emeritus Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, UToledo
"From Science Labs to Your Home: Be Citizen Scientists during the Solar Eclipse (08/21/2017)"
February 25, 2017
Dr. Kevin Czajkowski
Lead Director for GLOBE Mission EARTH
Department of Geography and Planning, UToledo
"From the River to Our Taps: The Poisoning of a City"
February 18, 2017
Monique Wilhelm
Laboratory Manager and Lecturer, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Michigan-Flint
"From Scorpion Skin to Photonic Devices: New Technology Inspired by Nature"
February 4, 2017
Bruno Ullrich
Owner, Ullrich Photonics LLC, Wayne, Oh.