Challenge Adjunct Investigator, National Cancer Institute Mark Plotkin, Ph.D. President of the Amazon Rainforest Conservation Conservation Team and the Search for New Jungle Medicines Academic Year Name Title Talk 2005-2006 Mark A. Norell, Ph.D. Chairman and Curator of the Dinosaur Feathers: How Division of Paleontology, Fossils Inform Us About American Museum of Natural the Evolution of Birds History, NY Henry Petroski, Ph.D. Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Success and Failure in Civil Engineering and Professor Engineering of History, Duke University Peter Brown, Ph.D. Professor of Paleoanthropology, Discovery, Story and School of Human and Implications of Homo Environmental Studies, floresiensis—the University of New England, Hobbits Armidale, New South Wales, Australia May R. Berenbaum, Professor of Entomology, Phytochemicals: Plant Ph.D. Swanlund Chair and Chair of the Sex, Human Drugs, and Department of Entomology at Insect Rock and Roll University of Illinois, Edward T. McDonough, Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, Forensic Pathology: Art M.D. State of Connecticut or Science? Member of the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science, University of New Haven Academic Year Name Title Talk 2006-2007 Dr. Christian Samper Director of the National Biodiversity on the Museum of Natural History, Edge: How Real is the Smithsonian Institution 2010 Target? William W. Parsons Deputy Director, John F. The Shuttle’s Return to Kennedy Space Center Flight Following the Columbia Disaster William G. Perry Professor of Computer The Science of Information Systems, College of Protecting the Nation’s Business, Western Carolina Critical Infrastructure University W. Randolph Chitwood Professor of Surgery and Senior Medical Discoveries and
Adjunct Investigator, National Cancer Institute Challenge Mark Plotkin, Ph.D. President of the Amazon Conservation Team Rainforest Conservation and the Search for New Jungle Medicines Academic Year Name Title Talk 2005-2006 Mark A. Norell, Ph.D. Chairman and Curator of the Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, NY Dinosaur Feathers: How Fossils Inform Us About the Evolution of Birds Henry Petroski, Ph.D. Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and Professor of History, Duke University Success and Failure in Engineering Peter Brown, Ph.D. Professor of Paleoanthropology, School of Human and Environmental Studies, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia Discovery, Story and Implications of Homo floresiensis—the Hobbits May R. Berenbaum, Ph.D. Professor of Entomology, Swanlund Chair and Chair of the Department of Entomology at University of Illinois, Phytochemicals: Plant Sex, Human Drugs, and Insect Rock and Roll Edward T. McDonough, M.D. Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, State of Connecticut Member of the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science, University of New Haven Forensic Pathology: Art or Science? Academic Year Name Title Talk 2006-2007 Dr. Christian Samper Director of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Biodiversity on the Edge: How Real is the 2010 Target? William W. Parsons Deputy Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center The Shuttle’s Return to Flight Following the Columbia Disaster William G. Perry Professor of Computer Information Systems, College of Business, Western Carolina University The Science of Protecting the Nation’s Critical Infrastructure W. Randolph Chitwood Professor of Surgery and Senior Medical Discoveries and
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