Radical thinkers: The origins & evolution of novel approaches in science and medicine

Thursday, February 12, 2009, 3:30-6:30 p.m.
Location: PIMA Auditorium, ASU Memorial Union 230

Sponsors: School of Life Sciences, Origins Initiative

This minsymposium focuses on paradigm shifts in science, medicine, technology. Darwin was a radical thinker. What are some of the mind-bending approaches coming out of ASU and what are the origins of such creative leaps?

Moderator

: Lawrence Krauss
Foundation Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration and Physics Department
Director, Origins Initiative
Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative

Panelists

: Gro Amdam
Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences
Norwegian University of Life Sciences

: Ariel Anbar
Associate Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration

: Austen Angell
Regents’ Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry

: James Elser
School of Life Sciences
Professor
Associate Director of Research and Training Initiatives

: Stuart Lindsay
Regent’s Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry

: Vincent Pizziconi
Associate Professor, Ira A Fulton School of Engineering

: William (Jamie) Tyler
Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences