2020 to 2024

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we were only able to meet for the first two talks scheduled in 2020. No meetings were held in 2021 or 2022. In-person meetings started again in June 2023.

#DateSpeakerSubjectPlace*
1341/22/20Richard
Norris
Climate Change – Future California: if you know what’s coming, you can change itSWYC
1353/3/20Daniel
Whiteson
We Have No Idea: Big, Unanswered Questions about the Universe and Its ParticlesSWYC
1366/21/23Lynne
Talley
The ocean’s large-scale circulation with emphasis on the Antarctic – Observations to process understanding to climate implicationsSWYC
1377/19/23David WeisbergProspects for deploying fusion power plants to meet future US electricity demandSWYC
1389/20/23Karin SandstromExploring Our Dusty Universe with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)SWYC
13912/13/23Colleen PetrikClimate impacts on marine fish populations: from microscale to macroscaleSWYC
1401/17/24Andrea SmidlerUsing CRISPR genome engineering to study mosquito biology and combat malariaSWYC
1413/6/24Ryan
Kastner
Creating a Digital Twin of the El Zotz Mayan Archaeological SiteSWYC
1424/24/24Gresham Bayne, MDThe inside story on the STRATOS jump and the applicability of lessons learned to treatment of major trauma victimsSWYC
Predicted Sea Level in San Francisco
This stuff accounts for only 5% of the universe!