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Science on Tap: Down Among the Penguins with Heather Lynch

A scientist walks into a bar, sits down with a former producer of 60 Minutes, orders a beer and talks to a live audience. No punch line here! This is Science on Tap, a live, award-winning show and web series produced by Stony Brook University’s Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science.

 

The Alda Center will present a new production of Science on Tap with host and former 60 Minutes producer Steven Reiner and special guest Heather Lynch, a Stony Brook University Scientist studying how global climate change is affecting penguins in Antarctica. Food and drinks are available to purchase starting at 7:00pm with the interview starting promptly at 7:30pm. Please arrive early to avoid disrupting the interview and live recording.

Bio

Dr. Heather J. Lynch is an Associate Professor of Ecology & Evolution at Stony Brook University. Prior to Stony Brook, Dr. Lynch was an Adjunct Professor of Applied Math and Statistics at UC Santa Cruz and a Research Scientist in the Biology Department at the University Maryland. Dr. Lynch received her A.B. in Physics from Princeton University in 2000, an A.M. in Physics from Harvard University in 2004, and a Ph.D. in Organismal and Evolutionary Biology from Harvard University in 2006. Dr. Lynch's research is focused on spatial population dynamics of Antarctic penguins, with a particular focus on statistical and mathematical models to integrate patchy time series with remote sensing imagery. These data will allow Dr. Lynch and colleagues to develop mathematical models to explore how coloniality constrains the colonization and extinction of individual habitat patches and, ultimately, the metapopulation dynamics of colonial seabirds.

Speaker

Heather Lynch

Date

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Time

7pm

Location

Stony Brook Yacht Club 21 Shore Rd. Stony Brook, NY

Media

Recording