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Beyond the Headlines...
The Real Promise & Future of Biofuels
BAY AREA , CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 28-29 |
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Steve A. Kay , Ph.D.
Dean of Biological Sciences
Steve A. Kay, Ph.D., Dean of Biological Sciences, and member of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, is one of the world’s leading plant scientists and experts on algae-based biofuels production. Dr. Kay has advised industry analysts and policymakers, and has recently launched the San Diego Center for Algae-based Biofuels (SDCAB), a regional consortium and premier public/private partnership dedicated to the advancement of algae-based biofuels research. He will also share some ideas about how you can get involved with making bioenergy a reality in California and America through outreach, education and advocacy. For more information, please visit the UC San Diego Biology website.
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From a Mockingbird to Carnegie Hall:
The Revolution of Sound Design
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 28 |
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Shahrokh Yadegari, '04
Director of Sound Design, Department of Theatre and Dance
Shahrokh Yadegari recently founded the sound design program at the department of Theatre and Dance at UC San Diego. He has collaborated with such artists as Peter Sellars, David Schweizer, Maya Beiser, Steven Schick, Hossein Omoumi, Azam Ali and Keyavash Nourai.
He has worked at Institut de Recherche et Coordination
Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM) and is one of the founders of Persian Arts Society and Kereshmeh Records, organizations dedicated to advancement and preservation of Persian traditional music. His music has been played internationally in various venues such as the Japan America Theatre in Los Angeles, International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), the Institut für Neue Musik und Musikerziehung, Darmstadt, and Contemporary Museum of Art, San Diego.
Yadegari's areas of research include the use of interactive computing for live music and theatre performances, spatialization, and applications of non-linear dynamical systems for synthesis. Among his recent projects are the sound design for The Children of Herakles directed by Peter Sellars, Provenance with Maya Beiser, the Ur Sonata with Steven Schick, and the Tobacco Road with David Schweizer. His most recent work, Green Memories, was recently released on LilaSound Productions label.
Yadegari is currently working on the show "Provenance," with internationally renowned cellist Maya Beiser for an October 30th performance at Carnegie Hall.
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The Road to Stockholm
THE AMBROSE EMPLOYER GROUP NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK - APRIL 23 |
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Robert F. Engle, Ph.D.
Research Professor and Nobel Laureate, UC San Diego
Professor of Finance, New York University
Sir Clive W.J. Granger, Ph.D.
Research Professor and Nobel Laureate, UC San Diego
In 2003, UC San Diego’s Clive Granger and Robert Engle received the highest honor possible in the field of research and science – the Nobel Prize – for their discoveries in the analysis of time series data. The work of Professors Granger and Engle has fundamentally changed the way economists think about financial and macroeconomic data.
Robert Engle, who joined the UCSD faculty in 1976, was chair of the Economics department from 1990 to 1994 and actively engaged at UCSD for more than 28 years. He has published over 100 academic papers and four books on areas within financial econometrics including equities, interest rates, exchange rates and options. Engle lectures widely to both academic and practitioner audiences. Engle graduated from Williams College in 1964 and received a Ph.D. in economics from Cornell University in 1969 after completing a Masters degree in low temperature physics.
Clive Granger joined the faculty of UCSD in 1974. He has published widely in the areas of statistics and econometrics, forecasting finance, and demographics. For more than three decades, he has been developing methods that help the understanding of the properties of time series data. He has published interviews in the International Journal of Forecasting and Econometric Theory, and has been a featured speaker at academic conferences throughout the world. Granger studied at the University of Nottingham, graduating in 1955, and received his Ph.D. in 1959.
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Making the Grade: How the U.S. is Catching Up in Math and Science Education
AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA - MAY 13 |
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Mark H. Thiemens, Ph.D.
Dean, Division of Physical Sciences
Mark H. Thiemens is Dean of the Division of Physical Sciences at UCSD and a professor at UCSD’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Professor Thiemens is an atmospheric chemist who conducts research on atmospheric aerosols and strategies to detect bioterrorist agents on aerosols. He has served as chair of UCSD’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and is founder and director of the university’s Center for Environmental Research and Training.
Professor Thiemens joined the UCSD faculty in 1980, coming from the Enrico Fermi Institute for Nuclear Studies of the University of Chicago. In his first year, Thiemens discovered a new variety of isotope effects which overturned conventional theory regarding the formation and evolution of the solar system. This work has been extended and applied to a wide range of issues. His research has utilized rocket-borne sampling to understand the chemistry of the earth’s upper atmosphere, especially for ozone chemistry. His program also utilizes a global sampling program, employing ER-2 aircraft, stratospheric balloons, and ships to understand and resolve issues in global climate warming. His research has taken him to the remotest regions of the Earth, including a trip to the South Pole. His work has also extended to samples from Mars to resolve the evolution of the Martian atmosphere and the potential for life on that planet. He is presently working on a spacecraft that will fly and collect samples of the sun and Mars for return analysis to understand the evolution of the solar system. He has twice received the Alexander Von Humboldt awards and received the E.O. Lawrence Award from the U.S. Department of Energy in 1998. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2002 and to the National Academy of Sciences in 2006. He was also elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2006. Recently, an asteroid or “minor planet”, 7004 Markthiemens, was named for him.
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A New Weapon in the Autism Battle
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA |
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Eric Courchesne, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurosciences, UC San Diego School of Medicine
Director, UC San Diego Autism Center of Excellence
For over 25 years, Dr. Courchesne has been dedicated, along with his colleagues, to uncovering the brain bases and biological causes of autism. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley and received his Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego in 1975. He completed postdoctoral research in neurosciences at UCSD, and in psychiatry and psychology at Stanford University.
Dr. Courchesne is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and member of the Society for Neurosciences, and sits on the boards of several autism advocacy groups. He has published more than 160 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. Dr. Courchesne’s research is supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, Cure Autism Now Foundation, Autism Speaks Foundation, Simons Foundation and personal donations.
Dr. Courchesne lives in San Diego with his wife and colleague, Dr. Karen Pierce, and their two children Sierra, age 4, and Taran, age 3. In his spare time, he enjoys French cuisine and snorkeling.
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Card Counting... Down to a Science
JOHN WAYNE'S WILD GOOSE YACHT ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 3 |
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Jeffrey Remmel, Ph.D.
Professor of Mathematics, UC San Diego
Associate Dean, Division of Physical Sciences
Jeffrey Remmel is a Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at UC San Diego. He is the Associate Dean of the Division of Physical Sciences and he is also an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science. His current research interests are combinatorics, logic, and theoretical computer science. He has published over 200 research papers and has edited 4 volumes.
Dr. Remmel received his B.S. degree in mathematics from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania in 1970. He received both his M.S. (1972) and Ph.D. (1974) degrees in mathematics from Cornell University. He joined the UCSD faculty in 1974 and he served as Chair of the Department of Mathematics from 1998-2002.
Dr. Remmel is the head of the CAL-TEACH program at UCSD whose mission is to increase the number of high school mathematics and science teachers produced by UCSD. He spearheaded the creation of the new Computational Science, Mathematics and Engineering Program (CSME) which offers both a Ph.D. and a masters degree program in computational science. He serves on the steering committee for the Ph.D. program and the undergraduate major in Bioinformatics. He has been instrumental in helping to start the Rady School of Management at UCSD having served on all the committees to start to school as well as being a member of the faculty hiring committee since its inception. He is a member of the American Mathematical Society, the Association for Symbolic Logic, Association for Computing Machinery, and the IEEE Computer Society.
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UCSD Alumni Association Overview
The UCSD Alumni Association was formed in 1964 by a small group of early graduates, and has grown today to represent over 100,000 alumni. Our mission is to foster a lifelong, mutually beneficial relationship of alumni and students with UCSD. The Association works to provide alumni with continued access to the resources of the University, communicate UCSD news and happenings, and facilitate a network for alumni and student interaction. MORE
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