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    Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

    Princeton University
    October 3, 2007 - Princeton Environmental Institute
    Dr. Cristian Samper, acting secretary of The Smithsonian Institution: Ecosystems and
    Human Well-Being: Our Human Planet
    April 15, 2007 - Pasquale Scaturro, Leader, First Nile Descent Expedition (2003-2004):
    The Exploration of the Great Rivers of Africa
    January 9, 2007 - Peter Ward, Professor of Biology and Earth and Space Sciences,
    University of Washington: The Undesigned Universe: Part 1: Designs on Life
    January 10, 2007 - Peter Ward, Professor of Biology and Earth and Space Sciences,
    University of Washington: The Undesigned Universe: Part 2: Designing a Habitable Solar
    System
    January 11, 2007 - Peter Ward, Professor of Biology and Earth and Space Sciences,
    University of Washington: The Undesigned Universe: Part 3: The Construction of the
    Cosmos
    March 30, 2006 - Steven Chu, Director of Lawrence Berkeley Labs: The energy problem:
    our current choices and future hopes
    March 1, 2006 - Gerald Galloway, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
    University of Maryland: In Search of a National Water Policy: Learning from Katrina, Dry
    Canals, and Pallid Sturgeon  

    UC Berkeley
    Energy Science, Technology, and Policy for a Planet on a Low Carbon Diet,
    Professor Dan Kammen, October 13, 2007
    Dan Kammen leads Berkeley's Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory.
    He has been featured in The New Yorker and on 60 Minutes. In 2007 he
    received a "Distinguished Citizen Award" for renewable energy from the
    Commonwealth Club of California. He will explore the history of fossil fuels and
    exciting changes underway with solar, wind, hydrogen, and other forms of
    renewable energy.
    Synthetic Biology: From Bugs to Drugs and Fuels, Professor Jay Keasling, April
    21, 2007
    Jay Keasling, director of the Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center,
    was recently named CEO of the Department of Energy's newly-funded Joint
    BioEnergy Institute located at Berkeley. He was named "Scientist of the Year"
    by Discover Magazine in 2006. Professor Keasling will describe recent advances
    in synthetic biology that allow the production of new anti-malaria drugs and
    biofuels.
    Distinguished Innovator Lecture - Sabeer Bhatia, October 31, 2007
    Sabeer Bhatia, Founder, nanocity