Hudson Valley
| Flaming Grill & Buffet south end of Newburgh Mall (1399 Route 300) |
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| Wednesdays, 7PM | |
Hudson Valley science cafe meets in the back party room at Flaming Grill & Buffet, Newburgh Mall.
Whenyou arrive, please tell reception if you want to have dinner. You can arrive at 6pm or earlier, and have as many portions as you like, but please have your last plate in place before the speaker presents at 7:15pm. The Buffet is open until 10:00pm, so you can have your dessert after the cafe.
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| Toby Rossman | |
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April 25To Bee or Not to Bee. Neonicotinoid Pesticides and Bee DeclineJohn McLaughlin, Ph.D., Research Entomologist, Agricultural Research Service, USDA (retired)
May 23Living in the Polymer World: Polymers and Macromolecules in our Daily LivesJoseph Krumpfer, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Pace University.
June 27Fashions in Science and National PolicyIrwin Sperber, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Sociology Department, SUNY New Paltz
July 25Teaching Science Research in High SchoolLisa Reece, teacher, Warwick High School, New York
August 22Quality Control of pharmaceuticals and water in Cameroon, AfricaRolande R. Hodel, Ph.D., President & Founder, AIDSfreeAFRICA, 125 South Highland Ave. #3-B1, Ossining, NY 10562
September 26Climate change: latest data on the mid-Hudson region and NYC, historical data on length of seasons, loss of commercial activities, and changing bird migrationsWilliam Makofske, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Physics and Environmental Sciences, Ramapo College
October 24Saliva: The New Fingerprint of Taste Preference and SelectionGlen Roy, Ph.D., Research Fellow, Ingredients Science and Technology, Pepsico Global R&D, Valhalla, NY (retired)
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Wednesday November 29 Evolution, Altruism, and the Advent of Positive Evolutionary Psychology Glen Geher, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology and Founding Director of Evolutionary Studies, SUNY New Paltz
Wednesday October 25 Genetically-modified food Julianna LeMieux, PhD, Senior Fellow in Molecular Biology American Council on Science and Health and Adjunct Instructor of 'Science Forward' at CUNY
Wednesday September 27 Gut Feeling: the connection between the gut microbiome and behaviour David Esteban, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology, Vassar College
Wednesday, August 23 (Joint session with Mid-Hudson Branch, American Chemical Society) The science of water purificationJames Beaumont, PE, Executive Director of the Orange County Water Authority (ret.)
Wednesday July 26 2017 New findings on the human immune system: It's enough to make you sick! Joel Brind, Ph.D. Baruch College, CUNY
Wednesday June 21 2017 (nb: third Wednesday) Carbon Fossilization: The Solution to the Global Warming Problem David Mendenhall, Ph.D. President, Eastern Sources, Inc., 135 Rt 59E, Spring Valley, NY
Wednesday May 24 2017 The Changing Profile of Engine Oils: The new categories are upon us! Mary Dery, Ph.D. New Product Development, Antioxidants and Viscosity Modifiers, Fuel and Lubricant Solutions, BASF Corporation, Tarrytown, NY
Wednesday, April 26 2017 What the nose knows Toby Rossman, Ph.D. Professor of Environmental Medicine, NYU-Langone School of Medicine
THURSDAY November 17 2016 Do Scientists Have A Sense Of Humor? Andi Weiss Bartczak, Ph.D.
Warm Bugs and Arthropod Disease Transmission John Mclaughlin, Ph.D. Res. Entomologist, Agricultural Research Service, USDA (Ret)
September 28 2016 Cutting and pasting with DNA: How genome editing is changing the face of biology Evan Merkhofer, Ph.D. Assistant Professor (Biology), Mount Saint Mary College
August 24 2016 Epigenetics in the Genome Era: Influences on health and disease Catherine Klein, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Environmental Medicine, NYU-Langone School of Medicine
July 27 2016 PTSD and Traumatic Brain InjuryRichard Silverman, MDConsultant, Hudson Valley VA Hospital and Medical Center and Assistant Professor, New York Medical College.
June 22 2016 Climate change action: The greatest public health opportunity of the 21st Century? George Thurston, Ph.D. Professor of Environmental Medicine, NYU-Langone School of Medicine
May 25 2016 Ground water James Beaumont, Ph.D. Orange County (NY) Water Authority
April 27 2016 Fukushima Update: Fukushima Ionizing Radiation Workers: Are They Protected? Fred Burns, Ph.D., Professor of Environmental Medicine, NYU-Langone School of Medicine o ignored
November 18th There's a fungus among us: the science of yeasts and fermentation Evan Merkhofer, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Mount Saint Mary College
October 28th The Natural Lifetime of Ideological Regimes G. David Mendenhall Ph.D. Retired Professor of Chemistry, Michigan Technological University, current president of Eastern Sources, Inc., a specialty chemical company.
September 30th 2015 Predatory bacteria: Potential "living antibiotics”? Megan A. Ferguson, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Chemistry, SUNY New Paltz
August 26th, 2015 The Neuromythology of Einstein's Brain Terrence Hines, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Pace University, Adjunct Professor of Neurology, New York Medical College, and author of Pseudoscience and the Paranormal
July 22, 2015 Chemistry of stained glass Christopher Smart, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Chemistry, Vassar College
Wednesday June 24th 2015 Good Dogs, Bad Genes Toby Rossman, Ph.D. Prof. of Environmental Medicine, NYU-Langone School of Medicne
Wednesday May 27th 2015Alternative Energy: Personalized Energy and Solar Options for the FutureMichael Machczynski, Ph.D.,Asst. Prof. Chemistry, SUNY New Paltz
Wednesday April 22 2015EbolaRolande Hodel, Ph.D.President & Founder, AIDSfreeAFRICA
Wednesday November 19th Less than you wanted to know: Statistical insignificance Arthur Nadas, Ph.D., Assoc. Prof. of Environmental Medicine, NYU-Langone School of Medicine, Tuxedo, NY
Wednesday October 22 Epigenetics - how your grandmother's diet may have changed your life Haley Clancy, Ph.D.
Lieutenant Colonel, US Army, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Life Science, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
Tuesday September 23 Pollen and Macrofossil History from the Hudson Marshes and the Recent Increase in Invasive Species Dorothy Peteet
Senior Research Scientist, NASA/GISS & Adj. Senior Research Scientist & Adj. Professor, Columbia Univ., Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades
Wednesday August 27 Through the looking glass: Frontiers in Live Cell Imaging Timothy Pratt Ph.D. Senior Application Support Specialist, Carl Zeiss Microscopy LLC, Thornwood NY.
Wednesday July 23 Update on Health Effects of First Responders at World Trade Center site Mitchell Cohen, Ph.D. Assoc. Professor, The Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine, NYU-Langone School of Medicine
Wednesday June 25 The Value of Trees: Emerging Perspectives on Benefits for Energy, Water, Health and Community Development Simon Gruber, Fellow, CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities
Wednesday May 28 2014 Cataracts: classifications, treatment options and determining the right time to treat Michael Bywater, O.D.
Practicing Optometrist
Wednesday April 23 2014 Current Environmental and Medical Hazards from Fracking to Hip Replacements Max Costa, Ph.D.
Director, The Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine, NYU-Langone School of Medicine
Tuesday March 25 2014 Land Development and Lyme Disease: A Challenge for Environmental Policy and Public Health Irwin Sperber, Ph.D. Assoc. Professor, Sociology Department, SUNY New Paltz
November 20 2013 Potential Health Impacts of Natural Gas Development Larysa Dyrszka, MD Pediatrician, Sullivan Community College Board of Trustees member, participant in various U.N. committees and founding member of Concerned Health Professionals of New York
Wednesday October 23 2013 The Earth’s past climate Gilbert Brenner, Ph.D. Retired Professor of Paleontology and Geology, SUNY New Paltz
During the last 4.6 billion years the Earth has had wild swings in climate from warm to very cold. In many areas, the Earth itself has kept a detailed log, albeit in a language that must first be deciphered. Geologists (Earth Historians) use the term 'proxy' to describe a way that climate change is recorded in nature, within geological materials such as ocean or lake sediments, tree-rings, coral growth-bands, ice-cores, and cave deposits. Lets take a look at some of the evidence and see what our planet has endured.
Wednesday September 25 2013 Comet coming in November Edwin Forrest Astronomy Delight, an innovative educational program.
Wednesday August 28 2013 CSI in Westchester Robert Adamo, M.S- D-ABC Director- Division of Forensic Science, Westchester County
Wednesday July 31 2013 Life is too short to drink cheap beer: the Chemistry of Brewing Beer Jack Chastain Unix System Engineer at Verizon
May 22 2013 CSI in Westchester Robert Adamo MS, D-ABC, Director- Division of Forensic Science, Westchester County
April 24 2013 Epigenetic effects of environmental estrogens Catherine Klein Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, Tuxedo, NY
December 19th 2012Chagas', the disease that killed DarwinJohn McLaughlinPh.D. Research Entomologist, Agricultural Research Service, USDA (retired)
November 28 2012 Ascent of Cosmology - from myth to method Stan Schmidt MS, Applied numerical analyst, IBM (retired)
October 24, 2012 Sturgeon in the Hudson: Biology, Management, and Vulnerability to Coastal Harvests of Hudson River Atlantic Sturgeon Isaac Wirgin Ph.D., Assoc. Professor of Environmental Medicine, NYU-Langone School of Medicine
August 22 2012 Yoga and Medicine: How Yoga can treat back pain and other common problems Dr. Loren Fishman, Medical director, Manhattan Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, teacher at Columbia Medical School, author, lecturer and lifelong yoga practitioner.
July 25 2012 Environmental Influences on Pulmonary Hypertension Gabriele Grunig, D.V.M., Ph.D, Associate Professor of Medicine and Environmental Medicine, NYU-Langone School of Medicine.
June 27 2012 The Ecology of the Hudson River David Strayer, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, author of “The Hudson Primer:The Ecology of an Iconic River”.
May 23 2012 An Inconvenient Conversation: Psychologies of Climate Action Melissa Everett, Ph.D. Executive Director Sustainable Hudson Valley
April 25 2012 Your genes and your health: insights from the Human Genome Project about risk of disease Toby G Rossman, Ph.D., Professor of Environmental Medicine, NYU Langone School of Medicine
March 28 2012 Puzzles of Speech Perception Navin Viswanathan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychology & Program in Linguistics
December 21st 2011 Understanding the Underemployment Problem: Why Having a Job Isn't Enough Douglas C. Maynard, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, SUNY New Paltz
November 16th 2011 Arsenic and human health Toby G. Rossman, Professor of Environmental Medicine, NYU Langone School of Medicine (Co-sponsored by The Mid Hudson section of the American Chemical Society)
October 26th 2011 Did the exotic Tobacco plant seduce civilization? Assieh Melikian, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Environmental Medicine, NYU Langone School of Medicine, and Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, Pace University.
September 28th 2011 Biosensor Based Detection Paradigm: Novel Assays for Clinical, Environmental, Forensics, Nano-engineering and in-vivo Neuro-psycho-pharmacology David N. Rahni Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry, Pace University, and President, Chemical Detectives, LLC
August 24 2011 String Theory: A Theory of Everything? Or a Theory of Nothing? David L. Morgan, Assistant Professor of Physics, Eugene Lang College, The New School
July 27 2011 Designing and implementing an emerging pharmaceutical infrastructure in Africa Rolande R. Hodel, Ph.D., President & Founder, AIDSfreeAFRICA
June 22nd 2011 Fireworks – fun and risk factors Terry Gordon, Ph.D., Professor, NYU Langone School of Medicine
May 25th 2011 Cancer preventive effects of celebrex and the possible risk of cardiovascular side effects Bhagavathi Naryananan, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Environmental Medicine, NYU Langone School of Medicine
April 27th 2011 Pharmacologic and clinical advances in addiction medicine Peter Rostenberg, M.D., in clinical practice (internal medicine) with a specialty in addiction medicine.
March 23rd 2011 The American crow: not your average songbird Douglas Robinson, Ph.D. Dr. Robinson is a behavioral ecologist interested in avian breeding biology and the evolution of social behavior. He teaches at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, NY, and is preparing for an investigation that will compare the breeding biology of American Crows, Fish Crows, and Common Ravens in the mid-Hudson River valley.
December 15th 2010 The story of Remicade®: How a biologic drug against rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease advanced from modest beginnings to unforeseen therapeutic successes Jan Vilcek, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology, NYU Langone School of Medicine
November 17th 2010 Mapping the Floor of the Hudson River Estuary - Using sonar to map fish habitat and investigate contaminant transport in the Estuary John W. Ladd, Ph.D., Benthic Mapping Coordinator, Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve, Hudson River Estuary Program, NYS Dept Environmental Conservation, Ossining, NY
October 27th 2010 How Evolution happens: Lessons from Molecular Biology Toby Rossman, Ph.D., Professor of Environmental Medicine, NYU Langone School of Medicine
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 Hurricanes and Climate Timothy Hall, Senior Scientist, NASA Goddard Institute Space Studies, New York City
Wednesday October 27 2010 How Evolution happens: Lessons from Molecular Biology Toby Rossman, Ph.D., Professor of Environmental Medicine, NYU Langone School of Medicine
Wednesday August 25, 2010 What’s eating you? People and Parasites Eugene Kaplan, Ph.D, Axinn Distinguished Professor of Conservation and Ecology, Hofstra University
Wednesday July 28, 2010 Environmental endocrine disruptors: How we identify them, and what they mean to people Errol Zeiger, Ph.D., LL.D., an independent consultant who formerly worked for FDA, and then NIEHS (NIH) from 1976 – 2000, where he developed and directed the genetic toxicology development and testing program in the National Toxicology Program.
Wednesday June 23, 2010 The Geology of the Hudson River Valley and the art it inspired Gilbert Brenner, Ph.D., Retired Professor of Paleontology and Geology, SUNY New Platz
Monday May 26, 2010 Why the recession, and where we are going: Job growth in America Gordon Rauer, M.A., businessman and former teacher of Economics (Syracuse University adjunct).
Wednesday April 28, 2010 Risks to New York Water Supplies from Natural Gas "Fracking" Stephen Penningroth, Ph.D. Executive Director, Community Science Institute, Ithaca
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 Diabetes: Don’t be part of the epidemic (and if you are already, good self-care is the key) Emily Evina-Ze, Registered Dietician and Certified Diabetes Educator, Hudson Valley Healthcare System (VA initiative to bring care closer to veterans)
December 16, 2009 The electronic tongue and Screening for Bitterness inhibition Glenn Roy, Ph.D. Pepsico Global R&D, Valhalla, NY
November 18, 2009 From Your Desktop to the World: Geobrowsers, Virtual Globes and Online Map Services John Mickelson, M.S., Geospatial and Ecological Services, Monroe, NY
October 28, 2009 Song culture and song learning in songbirds” Ofer Tchernichovski, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology, City University of New York; PLUS Music by David Rothenberg (author of “Why Birds Sing”) and friends. David Rothenberg is professor of philosophy and music at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and author of Why Birds Sing (Basic Books, 2005). He was the editor of the MIT Press journal Terra Nova: Nature and Culture. David Rothenberg is also a composer and jazz clarinetist, and he has six CDs out under his own name, one of which was named one of the top ten releases of 1995 by Jazziz magazine. Timothy Hill is a singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist, in jazz, folk, and world music. He has produced three CDs of his music and appears on eight recordings by David Hykes and The Harmonic Choir, and as a guest vocalist on other recordings. Hill performs his music frequently, and has appeared at Sin-e, Fez, Mercury Lounge, The Living Room, and Joe's Pub, alongside artists such as Jeff Buckley, Susan McKeown, Martha Wainwright, and Teddy Thompson.
September 23 7.00 PM Arsenic biogeocycles: The biology of environmental arsenic Barry Rosen, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Basic Research and Graduate Programs, Florida International University Medical School (formerly, Chair of Biochemistry, Wayne State)
August 26 7.00 PM Darwin: A man of controversy Dr. Iris Turkenkopf, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Biology, Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh
July 22 7.00 PM Can Nuclear Power be Safe and Green John McLaughlin, Ph.D., formerly a researcher at Agricultural Research Service of USDA, and at a small firm. Past President and now Treasurer, Beacon Sloop Club.
June 24, 2009 7.30 PM Risk Assessment: The Rationalization of Fortune Telling David Eberle, MD, Public Health Physician, consultant and author.
May 27 7.30 PM Computer memories - present state and future Janusz Nowak, Ph.D., Physical Science Department, T. J. Watson Research Center , IBM, Yorktown Heights , NY
April 22 7.30 PM Fine particle components in outdoor air: Exposures and health effects Morton Lippmann, Ph.D., Professor, Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine, NYU Langone School of Medicine, Tuxedo, NY
March 25 7.30 PM Junk Science in a Democratic Society: Why Environmental NGOs Give a Free Pass to Bogus Research on Global Warming. Presenter: Irwin Sperber, Ph.D., Assoc. Professor, Sociology Department, SUNY New Platz
Wednesday December 17 Pharmacogenomics and the future of drug discovery Ronald Snyder, Ph.D. Schering Plough Research Institute, Lafayette, NJ
Wednesday November 19 The astronomic search for the origins of life on Mars Robert Novak, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the Physics Department, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY
Wednesday October 29 Why people believe in pseudoscientific and paranormal claims Terrance Hines, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Pace University, Adjunct Professor of Neurology, New York Medical College, and author of Pseudoscience and the Paranormal
Wednesday September 17 Inflammation and the downfall of Vioxx Teresa Garrett, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Vassar College
Wednesday August 27 2008 Turning genes off and on Catherine Klein, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, Tuxedo, NY
Tuesday June 24 From Sherlock Holmes to CSI: chemistry as a forensic science. A joint presentation of the Hudson Valley Science Cafe and the Mid-Hudson Chapter of the American Chemical Society James T. Spencer Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry, Syracuse University
Tuesday May 27 Don't put all your shrimp eggs in one basket - estuarine shrimp and their importance in the food chain and their use as biomonitors Kathleen Nolan, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Dept. of Biology, St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, NY
Tuesday April 22 A glance at the future without anthropogenic global warming Juerg Michael Matter, Ph.D., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY
Tuesday March 25 Human Evolution Ximena Valderrama, Ph.D., Asst. Professor of Biology, Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ
Tuesday February 26 What's so special about nano? An introduction to nanoscience Janet M. Petroski, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Mount Saint Mary College , Newburgh, NY
Tuesday January 22 2008 Detecting the causes of human cancers Toby G. Rossman, Ph.D., Professor of Environmental Medicine, NYU School of Medicine
Tuesday December 18 The Criminalization of Mental Illness - Coping and Reversing Zebulon Taintor M.D., Professor, NYU School of Medicine and the Nathan S. Kline Institute
Tuesday November 27 Ecological Damage by Contaminants in the Hudson River Ike Wirgin, Ph.D., Professor of Environmental Medicine, NYU School of Medicine
Tuesday October 23 Gross Science, Silly Science, Useless Science, Useful Science: Vignettes from Scientific Research Andi Weiss Bartczak, Ph.D., Science Consultant and Educator, Gardiner, NY
Tuesday September 25 How our diet prevents mutations from environmental agents David DeMarini, Ph.D., Genetic Toxicology Division, US Environmental Protection Agency
Tuesday August 28 Detecting the causes of human cancers Toby G. Rossman, Ph.D., Professor of Environmental Medicine, NYU School of Medicine
Tuesday July 24 Midlife Regret: The Cruelest Emotion Lawrence Force, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, and Paul Schwartz, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Mount St. Mary College
Tuesday June 26 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy William Makofske, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Physics and Environmental Sciences, Ramapo College
Tuesday May 22 Inherent Gender Differences in Science/Math Abilities: A Critical Analysis Alison Nash, Ph.D., Professor and Giordana Grossi, Ph.D., Asst. Professor, Dept. Psychology, SUNY New Platz
Tuesday April 24 2007 Characteristics and Health Effects of the World Trade Center Dust George Thurston, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Environmental Medicine, NYU School of Medicine
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