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Invisible Palettes
Feb 2 to 19 | Harry Wood Gallery
Exhibition lecture | Feb 18 | 6 pm. | Neeb Hall
Closing reception | Feb 18 | following lecture | Harry Wood Gallery
Dr. Melissa Liebert is a biocultural anthropologist and human biologist who studies the pathways through which social, cultural, and environmental factors become biologically embodied to influence human variation in stress, health, and life history patterns. Her research integrates aspects of human evolutionary biology and adaptability with historical, sociocultural, and political-economic contexts to offer a holistic understanding of human wellbeing with the goal of addressing health inequities for underrepresented and medically underserved populations.
Sterling Wright is currently working with Dr. Corrie Whisner in the College of Health Solutions. Working with her, he is interested in understanding the relationship between sociocultural interactions and human health by studying their effects on the maternal and infant gut microbiome. Specifically, he is a key member in analyzing multiomics data for the SnuggleBug project. Prior to coming to ASU, he completed his PhD in Anthropology at Pennsylvania State University (2024). His doctoral research also focuses on the oral microbiome and how it intersects with human health.
Kelsey Lyberger is an assistant professor in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts. She received her PhD in population biology from the University of California, Davis in 2021 and her bachelor’s degree in integrative biology and environmental science from the University of California, Berkeley in 2014. Her research focuses on the role of rapid evolution and species interactions in shaping how species adapt and respond to climate change. She is interested in answering questions such as How do species respond to disturbance and environmental change?
The simple fact that we can visually identify blocking events by inspecting a weather map suggests that they correspond to special configurations of the atmospheric flow. Prof. Lucarini will discuss how different lines of evidence point to the fact that blockings are associated with conditions of anomalously high instability of the atmosphere and that they are a clear manifestation of the great dynamical heterogeneity of the atmosphere. Such heterogeneity has important mathematical and practical implications for the study of atmospheric dynamics.
A critical challenge for modern climate science is to characterize extreme weather events. From heat waves to hurricanes to cold snaps, extreme events share the common feature of being uncommon, occupying some tail of the climatic probability distribution and thus presenting only scant historical data for analysis. Such sporadically occurring events catch societies and ecosystems offguard when they do occur, and better estimating risks can help greatly to mitigate the impacts. There are several competing approaches to this challenge, each with their own tradeoffs.
About the presentation:
A generation of attempts to improve global sustainability have produced extraordinary technological achievements, unexpected business shifts, and insufficient environmental results. A key reason is that social systems and political economies haven’t markedly changed. At a time of intense polarization, one key to planetary progress will be more-effective communication. What’s needed isn’t merely sharper messaging.
Scientists see light across a spectrum far broader than visible light. What can technology 'see' that we cannot and how does that shape our understanding of the universe.
Researchers are confirming new exoplanet systems every day. How close are we to finding Earth-like planets in a solar system like our own?