Register in advance for this special INSTAAR 75th anniversary seminar and grad student poster showcase. All are welcome to this FREE event!

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Life at the bottom of the world: A research journey to the Antarctic Dry Valleys

Diane McKnight

Distinguished Professor, CU Boulder

INSTAAR; Environmental Studies

Location
Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building (JSCBB)
Butcher Auditorium A115
CU Boulder East Campus
3415 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80303

Schedule

• 5:00pm Refreshments & student posters
• 5:30pm McKnight presentation
• 6:30pm Student posters

Life at the bottom of the world: a research journey to the Antarctic Dry Valleys

Diane McKnight is a distinguished researcher and professor who studies the interactions between hydrologic, chemical and biologic processes in aquatic ecosystems. She is a founding principal investigator of the McMurdo Dry Valleys Long-Term Ecological Research Program in Antarctica.

In this talk, McKnight will reflect on her experiences over 27 field seasons in Antarctica, where she studied the lakes and streams that form oases for life in the cold desert landscape of the McMurdo Dry Valleys. She and her field team adapted to summer flooding and other adverse conditions in pursuit of a deeper understanding of the fascinating microbiota that thrive there. They also welcomed high-profile guests, including Al Gore, John McCain, and a teenage seal that showed up at base camp one summer. 

After four decades involved in the program, McKnight has a deep appreciation of how ambition, foresight and teamwork can come together to create an invaluable scientific resource that spans generations.
 

INSTAAR grad student poster showcase
5-5:30pm and 6:30-7pm

Chat with INSTAAR graduate students about their research, across a wide range of environmental topics and from field sites around the world. 

• Student (Advisor)
• Hayley Kwasniewski (Brooks)
• Katie Gannon (Oleksy)
• Sara Padula (Taylor)
• Theo Kuhn (Barnard)
• Harry Allbrook (Sepúlveda)
• Advyth Ramachandran (Suding)
• Josie Arcuri (Overeem)
• Sydney Carr (Musselman)
• Lane Allen (McKnight)

If attending in person, register in advance at:

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Your RSVP is needed to help with food planning and with 75th anniversary fundraising. Name & email address required. Thank you!

If attending via Zoom, register in advance at:

https://cuboulder.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sfd9gSRaTJW2VcbfNn_ILQ

Your registration is required to see the Zoom presentation. Name & email address required. Thank you!

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Parking

Please park in Lot 543, located on the west side of the Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building (JSCBB). The seminar will be held in the Charlie Butcher Auditorium, near the café. See the map below with directions from the parking lot to the auditorium. Signs will also be posted to guide you upon arrival.

In the photo, Diane McKnight stands on sediment accumulated on the Cotton Glacier in the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica, 2011 (Chris Jaros).  Note the helicopter on the bare ground in the background.

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