Fall seminar series scheduled

Valdosta State University's Biology, Chemistry, and Geosciences departments are sponsoring a fall seminar series featuring guest professors lecturing on many topics.

?We hope this seminar series will provide opportunities for faculty and students alike to be exposed to current research developments as well as to make valuable, off campus, professional connections among colleagues in their respective disciplines,? said Dr. John Elder, associate professor of biology.

The following lectures are open to public free of charge:

?Sept. 19, at 4:30 p.m., in the large auditorium of the Biology/Chemistry Building, guest speaker Dr. Dean Martin, will talk about two views of the environment.

?Oct. 3, at 4:30 p.m., in the large auditorium of the Biology/Chemistry Building, guest speaker Dr. Joe Bidwell, will lecture on ecotoxicology.

?Oct. 10, at 4:30 p.m., in the large auditorium of the Biology/Chemistry Building, guest speaker Dr. Bill Baker, will speak about natural products from marine organisms.

?Oct. 17, at 4:30 p.m., in the large auditorium of the Biology/Chemistry Building, guest speaker Dr. Bill Landing, will give a lecture titled ?Desert Dust and Iron Fertilization in the Oceans.?

?Oct. 24, at 4:30 p.m., in the large auditorium of the Biology/Chemistry Building, guest speaker Dr. Ken Weston, will talk about single molecule fluorescence.

?Oct. 31, at 4:30 p.m., in the large auditorium of the Biology/Chemistry Building, guest speaker Dr. Kirstin E. Ross, will lecture on molecular genetics and stripped bass ecotoxicology.

?Nov. 7, at 4:30 p.m., in the large auditorium of the Biology/Chemistry Building, guest speaker Dr. Thomas Potter, will speak on estimating pesticide exposure in food quality protection act risk assessments.

?Nov. 14, at 4:30 p.m., in the large auditorium of the Biology/Chemistry Building, guest speaker Dr. F. Joseph Schork will give a lecture titled ?Miniemulsion Polymerization: New Polymer Products Through Green Chemistry.?

For more information, contact Dr. John Elder at 333?5762 or Dr. Thomas Manning at 333?7178.