We are thrilled to announce that the 2023 Ronald E. Hatcher Science on Saturday Lecture series will be back in-person at PPPL! The first lecture of the season will take place on Saturday, FEBRUARY 4, 2023.
Please note that masks MAY be required for all audience members based on COVID risk levels at the time so please bring one with you to the lectures. There will be an online pre-entry health screening form required before arrival, details will be posted here shortly. For those unable to attend in-person, each lecture will be broadcast via Zoom, the link will be available after registering.
Science on Saturday is a series of lectures given by scientists, engineers, and other professionals involved in cutting-edge research. Held on Saturday mornings throughout winter, the lectures are geared toward high school students. The program draws more than 300 students, teachers, parents, and community members. Topics are selected from a variety of disciplines.
If you can’t attend the live lecture, the talks will be posted on the Science on Saturday Archives.
*RECORDINGS WILL BE POSTED APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK AFTER THE LIVE EVENT*
2023 Science On Saturday Lecture Series
Professor Yasaman Ghasempour, Princeton University
Bio: Professor Yasaman Ghasempour is an assistant professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Princeton University. She received her Ph.D. and master’s degree from Rice University and her bachelor's degree from the Sharif…
Bridgett vonHoldt, Princeton University
Abstract: “In 2017, my team discovered that dogs and humans with Williams Syndrome share a handful of genetic variants that both are connected to friendliness. This sharing goes even further where the same genes carry these variants across the two species,…
Professor Adam Finkelstein, Princeton University
Abstract: In 1905, about two decades after Thomas Edison patented the cylinder phonograph, an affordable new device was first marketed in France that allowed people to record a one-minute voice message inscribed on a specially coated postcard,…
Lisa Thalheimer, United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)
Abstract: It is not the abstract measure of global mean temperature that cause loss and damage from climate change, instead the impacts of climate change primarily manifest through rising…
Devon Battaglia, Commonwealth Fusion Systems
Abstract:
Fusion energy can play a critical role in the transition to a carbon-free energy economy if demonstration power plants come on-line in the 2030s. The fastest and surest path to meet this target is to supercharge the tokamak, a…
Join us for a different kind of Science on Saturday Lecture as fashion designer Gabriela Hearst and plasma physicist Alex Creely engage in an interactive conversation about the intersection between art and science.
Gabriela HearstGabriela Hearst is an award-winner designer who dedicated her Spring-Summer 2023 collection for…