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Academy Fellows Speaker Series

Presented by the Presidential Task Force on Research Excellence

In partnership with the President and Academic Affairs, the Office of Research, Economic Development, and Knowledge Enterprise (REDKE) has launched a series of lectures by prominent Academy Fellows. The series began in spring 2019 in concert with the celebration of UTSA’s 50th anniversary with the goal of exposing the campus community to the internationally recognized innovations of these scholars while showcasing the talent and expertise of our own faculty, staff and students. Becoming a member of a national or international academy solidifies a faculty member’s scholarly and research accomplishments, celebrating not only the scholar’s accomplishments but also the institution in being recognized as a premier academic and research university.

Speakers represent a variety of disciplines that intersect with research specialties across the UTSA knowledge enterprise. Information about past and upcoming lectures is provided below.

UPCOMING LECTURES

March 23-24, 2020
Vicki L. Ruiz, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor Emerita of History and Chicano/Latino Studies, School of Humanities
University of California, Irvine
>> Biography

March 23, 2020 | 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location:  JPL 4.04.22A – Assembly Room (Side A)
Workshop One: Twenty-One Tips Toward Tenure
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March 24, 2020 | 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location:  JPL 4.04.22A – Assembly Room (Side A)
Workshop Two: Groundhog Day: A Workshop for Assoc. Professors
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>> Workshop details

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April 16, 2020
Randall Poston, Ph.D., P.E., S.E., NAE
Sr. Principal, Pivot Engineers
President, American Concrete Institute
Neal Armstrong Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Purdue University College of Engineering
>> Biography

Lessons Learned from Structural Failures

UTSA Main Campus, John Peace Library, Assembly Room (JPL 4.04.22)

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PAST LECTURES

February 6, 2020 | 6:00pm-7:30pm
Berrien Moore III, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Atmospheric & Geographic Sciences and Chesapeake Energy Corporation Chair in Climate Studies, University of Oklahoma
Director, National Weather Center
>> Biography

Geostationary Carbon Cycle Observatory (GeoCarb): Unraveling the Carbon-Weather Climate System

Location:  UTSA Main Campus, John Peace Library, Assembly Room (JPL 4.04.22)
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November 14, 2019
Sergio Alcocer, Ph.D. – “The Role of Mexican & U.S. Universities:  Societal Fatigue & Frustration in an Era of Change”
Research Professor, Institute of Engineering, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
Former Undersecretary for North America, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
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May 15, 2019
William R. Jacobs, Ph.D. – “Pursuing Edward Jenner’s Revenge: Progress Towards Sterilizing
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections”
Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Department of Genetics
Leo & Julia Forchheimer Chair in Microbiology & Immunology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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April 30, 2019
Victor Klimov, Ph.D. – “Hidden Powers of Tiny Particles: From Solar Windows and Lighting Panels to Nanolasers and Ultrastable Sources of Quantum Light”
Team Lead, Nanotechnology & Advanced Spectroscopy
Director, Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics (CASP)
Los Alamos National Laboratory
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April 24, 2019
T. Randall Lee, Ph.D. – “Photonic and Magnetic Nanoparticles for Health, Energy, and Biosensing”
Cullen Distinguished University Chair & Associate Dean for Research
College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics
University of Houston
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April 17, 2019
Joan W. Bennett, Ph.D. – “The XX Factor: Women in Science, Engineering and Medicine”
Distinguished Professor of Plant Biology & Pathology
Rutgers University
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April 16, 2019
Joan W. Bennett, Ph.D. – “The molds that ate my house: A living lab for ‘sick building syndrome’ in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans”
Distinguished Professor of Plant Biology & Pathology
Rutgers University
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March 28, 2019
Fred Schneider, Ph.D. – “Impediments to Incentivizing Cyber-security Investment”
Samuel B. Eckert Professor of Computer Science
Cornell University
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February 18, 2019
C. Mohan, Ph.D. – “State of Public and Private Blockchains: Myths and Reality”
IBM Fellow, IBM Almaden Research Center
Visiting Professor, Tsinghua University, Beijing China
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