Speaker Series
The Consortium has a database of speakers who are willing to visit other consortium campuses to
give a colloquium. Consortium funds are available to pay for travel, lodging, and meals
and the online application process is simple.
- Search the Speaker Database. Identify a potential speaker and contact them about visit dates. If you'd like to invite a speaker who is not in the current database, but is at one of the consortium campuses, go ahead. We will add their name and seminar title to the database.
- Apply for MCMS Speaker Funding request for the visit.
- Add yourself and your seminar title to the database.
Recent Visits
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Fri May 25th 2012
Devavani Chatterjea, Professor of Biology at Macalester College spoke at Lawrence University
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Fri Apr 6th 2012
Muhammed Abu Baker, Professor of Biology at Gustavus Adolphus spoke at Lawrence University
"Cape to Cairo: Habitat Selection and Community Structure of South Africa and Egyptian Small Mammals"
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Fri Mar 23rd 2012
Jeff Johnson, Professor of Chemistry at Hope College spoke at Gustavus Adolphus College
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Fri Dec 2nd 2011
Sara Emerson, Professor of Biology at Lawrence University spoke at Gustavus Adolphus College
"Lecture on Predation risk, habitat use, diet selection of Samango monkeys in South Africa"
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Wed Sep 21st 2011
Liviu Mirica, Professor of Chemistry at Washington University spoke at Macalester College
"Late Transition Metal Catalysts for Small Molecule Activation: Relevance to Renewable Energy Catalysis"
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Fri Apr 22nd 2011
Sarah Boyer, Professor of Biology at Macalester College spoke at Grinnell College
"From New Zealand to the globe: Historical biogeography of mite harvestman arachnids"
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Fri Apr 8th 2011
Bruce Carlson, Professor of Biology at Washington University spoke at Grinnell College
"Sensory Coding and Evolution in Electric Fishes: It’s All in the Timing"
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Thu Feb 24th 2011
Tim Pennings and his corgi Elvis, Professor of Mathematics at Hope College spoke at Beloit College
"Do Dogs Know Calculus?"
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Fri Dec 3rd 2010
Karen Pearson, Director of the Midstates Consortium for Math & Science at Hope College spoke at Gustavus Adolphus College
"Chemistry's central role in Nanoscience"
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Thu Oct 21st 2010
Clark Lindgren, Professor of Biology at Grinnell College spoke at Luther College
"The Neuromuscular Junction: smarter than you think"
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Wed Oct 20th 2010
Bruce Voyles, Professor of Biology at Grinnell College spoke at Lawrence University
"Surviving famine: Acinetobacter baylyi starvation-induced genes identified through incubation in long-term stationary phase"
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Thu Sep 23rd 2010
Paul Fischer, Professor of Chemistry at Macalester College spoke at Lawrence University
"Reactions of Heterobiametallic Allyl Complexes and Organic Free Radicals: Does a Metal-Metal Bond Matter?"
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Mon Apr 26th 2010
Jackie Brown, Professor of Biology at Grinnell College spoke at Macalester College
"Food, Sex, and the Origin of Species"
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Wed Apr 7th 2010
Paul Fischer, Associate Professor of Chemistry at Macalester spoke at Grinnell College
"Searching for a Heterobimetallic Effect via Reactions with Organic Radicals"
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Fri Mar 19th 2010
Elaine Marzluff, Associate Professor of Chemistry at Grinnell College spoke at Gustavus Adolphus College
"Gas Phase Peptide Structure and Reactivity"
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Mon Feb 22nd 2010
Suzanne Savanick Hansen, Sustainability Manager at Macalester College spoke at Grinnell College
"Building Campus Sustainability"
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Fri Sep 25th 2009
Kimberly Dickson, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Lawrence University spoke at Grinnell College
"The Mechanism of Angiogenin: Insights to Cancer, ALS, and Protein Engineering"
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Thu Sep 24th 2009
Robert Hanson, Professor of Chemistry at St. Olaf College spoke at Washington University
"Using Quaternions to Identify and Describe Protein and Nucleic Acid Secondary Structure"
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Fri Apr 17th 2009
Daniel McGehee, Professor of Biology at The University of Chicago spoke at Hope College
"Cellular mechanisms of nicotine addiction"
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Thu Apr 16th 2009
Ellen Damschen, Professor of Biology at Washington University spoke at
"Corridors and plant species richness"
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Mon Mar 23rd 2009
Demetrius Gravis, Assistant Professor of Biology at Beloit College spoke at Carthage College
"The CREB Transcription Factor in Immune Cell Signaling and Gene Expression"
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Fri Mar 13th 2009
Jason Gilmore, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Hope College spoke at Gustavus Adolphus College
"Photochromic Photooxidants - a new application of old photochromes"
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Fri Feb 13th 2009
Sophia Hayes, Associate Professor of Chemistry at Washington University spoke at St. Olaf College
"Studying defects and photogenerated carriers in semiconductors with light + NMR -- prospects for solar energy applications"
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Fri Feb 13th 2009
Sophia Hayes, Associate Professor of Chemistry at Washington University spoke at St. Olaf
"Studying defects and photogenerated carriers in semiconductors with light + NM--prospects for solar energy applications"
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Fri Jan 30th 2009
Brandy Russell, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Gustavus Adolphus College spoke at Hope college
"Folding, Metal Site Assembly, and Metal Binding Specificity in Metalloproteins"
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Fri Jan 30th 2009
Brandy Russell, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Gustavus Adolphus College spoke at Hope College
"Folding, Metal Site Assembly, and Metal Binding Specificity in Metalloproteins"
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Tue Oct 21st 2008
Marge Coahran, Instructor Computer Science at Grinnell College spoke at Knox College
"Sketch-based Bargello Quilt Design"
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Mon Sep 29th 2008
Dan McGehee, Associate Professor Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care at The University of Chicago spoke at Carthage College
"Cellular Mechanisms of Nicotine Addiction"
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Fri May 2nd 2008
Brianna Gross, Professor of Biology at Washington University spoke at Luther College
"The Origin and Evolution of the Homoploid Hybrid Species Helianthus Deserticola"
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Fri Apr 25th 2008
Wallace Fu, Visiting Instructor of Chemistry at Hope College spoke at Lawrence University
"Industrial Green Chemistry -- The History of Quinapril (Accupril) Process Development"
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Wed Apr 23rd 2008
Brian Borovsky, Assistant Professor of Physics at St. Olaf College spoke at Luther College
"The Origins of Friction Study: Studying molecular monolayers as lubricants for high-speed microscopic machines"
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Thu Apr 17th 2008
Maria-Luisa Alegre, Assoc. Prof., Rheumatology, Medicine, BSD at The University of Chicago spoke at Luther College
"The immune system and graft transplantation"
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Mon Feb 18th 2008
Janet Davis, Professor of Computer Science at Grinnell College spoke at Knox College
"Engaging and Informing Citizens with Household Indicators"
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Fri Nov 9th 2007
David Thompson, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Lawrence University spoke at Hope College
"Exploring Surface Enhanced Raman Signals at Three Dimensional Regularly Arrayed Gold Nanoparticle Surfaces: A Research Program in Development"
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Tue Apr 17th 2007
David Bunde, Professor of Computer Science at Knox College spoke at Grinnell College
"Power-Aware Scheduling"
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Wed Apr 4th 2007
John Bleeke, Professor of Chemistry at Washington University spoke at Carthage College
"Metallabenzenes and Other Aromatic Metallacycles"
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Tue Apr 3rd 2007
Tonnis TerVeldhuis, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Macalester College spoke at Grinnell College
"Beyond the Standard Model"
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Mon Mar 26th 2007
Marc Chamberlain, Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Grinnell College spoke at Grinnell College
"The Many Faces of Pi"
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Wed Mar 21st 2007
Erin Flater, Professor of Physics at Luther College spoke at St. Olaf
"Fractional Properites of the Molecularly-thin Organic Coatings: Discovering the Fundamental Mechanisms of Friction"
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Tue Mar 13th 2007
Karen Shuman, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at Grinnell College spoke at Macalester College
"Game Theory"
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Mon Mar 12th 2007
Mark Levandoski, Associate Professor of Chemistry at Grinnell College spoke at Colorado College
"Molecular Hide and Seek: Finding Nicotinic Acetylcholine"
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Thu Feb 15th 2007
Henry Walker, Professor of Computer Science at Grinnell College spoke at Carthage College
"Are Computers Intelligent, or Could They Be in the Future?"
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Mon Dec 4th 2006
Marcia Bjornerud, Professor of Geology at Lawrence University spoke at Carthage College
"Marcia Bjornerud"
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Mon Oct 9th 2006
Jennifer Smith, Assistant Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences at Washington University spoke at Carthage College
"When the Dessert was Green: Climate Change and Prehistoric Human Occupation in the Sahara"
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Thu Sep 28th 2006
William Case, Professor of Physics at Grinnell College spoke at St. Olaf College
"What's so Strange about Quantum Mechanics"
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Fri Sep 22nd 2006
Richard Loomis, Professor of Chemistry at Washington University spoke at Hope College
"Probing Intermolecular Interactions with Atomic Resolution"
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Wed Dec 31st 1969
David Jones, at Washington University spoke at Luther College
"The Ordovician Mass Extinction and Glaciation; Insights from the Stratigraphy and Geochemistry of Anticosti, Island, Quebec"