Science Institute Calendar of Events!

All lectures will be held in-person on the following Wednesdays at Noon in the Library Multimedia Auditorium - 101. Refreshments will be provided.

September 27, 2023 

Sarah Knutie, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Institute for Systems Genomics, University of Connecticut

Finch in a pinch: Effect of human activity on Darwin’s finches in the Galápagos Islands

October 25, 2023

Mike Certo ’04, PhD, Vice President, Research and Technology Development, 2Seventy Bio

Development and application of genome editing technology for cell-based therapeutics in oncology and beyond: From writing papers at Fairfield to writing genomes in biotech

November 29, 2023

Jason Ramsay, PhD, Associate Professor, Biology Department, Westfield State University

Prey processing in sharks, rays and basal vertebrates, new insights on the origin of chewing

January 24, 2024

Gabriela Vida ’18, PhD Candidate, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Pennsylvania

Investigating how niche shape coordinates stem cell behavior

February 21, 2024

Matt Schuler, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Montclair State University

Investigating how urban landscapes alter freshwater environments

March 20, 2024

Zac Freedman ’05, PhD, Assistant Professor and O.N. Allen Professor of Soil Microbiology, Department of Soil Science, UW-Madison

It’s the little things that count: Unraveling the link between microbial ecology and the future fate of soil carbon

April 17, 2024

Shelley Phelan, PhD, Professor, Biology Department, Fairfield University

Natural products as anti-cancer agents? Investigating the effect and mechanism of plant compounds on human breast cancer cells

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY and BIOCHEMISTRY

All meetings will be held on the following Fridays from 2:00 – 3:15 pm.

September 15, 2023 (Past)

Welcome Gathering in BNW 254

September 22, 2023 (Past)

Science Careers Workshop w/ Career Planning in the Kelley Center

September 29, 2023

Prof. Esther Braselmann, Clare Booth Luce Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Georgetown University

Seminar in BNW 254

October 20, 2023

Raquel “Rocky” Reilly (‘20), Ph.D. candidate at Yale

Alumni Seminar in BNW 254

November 10, 2023

Dr. Stephen Zambrzycki, American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow, Medical University of South Carolina

Seminar in BNW 254

November 17, 2023

Undergraduate Research Seminars - TBD

BNW 254

December 1, 2023

Undergraduate Research Seminars - TBD

BNW 254

December 8, 2023

Undergraduate Research Seminars - TBD

BNW 254

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

September 15, 2023 (Past)

4:00 - 6:00 pm in NHS 224

The Keynote Speaker: Dr. Chad Topaz

Mini Symposium: “Breaking the Stereotype on Who Math Majors Are and What They Do”

Open to faculty, students, and high school students

October 18

5:00-6:00 PM

Speakers: Julia Jammalo and Lingran Zhang

Math Colloquium 

Open to faculty and students

November 9, 2023

5:00 pm

Speakers: Ashley Zhang and Michaela Thompson

Math Colloquium

Open to faculty and students

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL & BRAIN SCIENCES

December 4, 2023

5:00 - 7:00 pm, Alumni House

Speakers: Joseph S. DeLuca, Ph.D., Julie Berrett-Abebe, PhD, LICSW (MA), & Michelle Pagnotta, LPC (MA), NCC

Clinical Presentation and Networking Event: Early-stage Psychosis Screening and Referral: Best Practices in Interdisciplinary Care

Registration details will be sent out soon, and interested graduate student/undergraduate students/faculty may contact: jdeluca@fairfield.edu