Welcome to Science by the Slice! We're excited to host this hybrid event. We'll meet either online or in in-person at 700 Park Offices Drive, (behind the Boxyard) to hear this month's speaker while we enjoy pizza, but space is limited. Online viewers will join live remotely via Sigma Xi's Facebook page. A zoom link will also be sent out to registered attendees.
Winnie the Pooh and Other Stories About Masticatory Adaptation
About the talk
Adam Hartstone-Rose, Professor of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State
University, is a "Comparative Anatomist and Functional Morphologist" who studies how animals are adapted to do what they do. In this talk, he will discuss his research on masticatory adaptation - studies of how animals process foods, how their anatomy relates to their species to make inferences about what extinct species do.
Speaker Bio
As a teenager, Dr. Hartstone-Rose began studying lemur anatomy at the American Museum of Natural History and made his first trip to Madagascar when he was 16. Of course he continued his studies at The Duke Lemur Center, getting his undergraduate degree there in Biological Anthropology and Anatomy. He continued at Duke for his PhD, expanding his work to explorations of other primates and carnivores, both modern and extinct. Beyond his comparative anatomy and functional morphology research, Dr. Hartstone-Rose also studies the impacts of experiential learning on broadening participation in science - particularly in populations that are historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines. A passionate mentor, he has taught students at all levels from freshmen to graduate, veterinary and medical at Penn State and the University of South Carolina before moving back to the Triangle to become a professor at NC State.
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Virtual attendees:
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Talks are co-organized with Science Communicators of North Carolina (SCONC). The RTP chapter of Sigma Xi is a co-organizer and co-sponsor, and encourages any interested scientists to get involved with the chapter and its upcoming events.
