Canceled: Dinosaurs to Milankovitch Cycles: the Last 250 Million Years–Dr. Compton James Tucker III
Wednesday, 25 Mar 2020 at 7:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
This event has been canceled due to the COVID-19 situation. Dr. Tucker is a senior biospheric scientist, employed by NASA. He has used satellite data for deforestation mapping, predicting ecologically coupled disease outbreaks, mapping glacier extent, and mapping climatic effects on global vegetation. From 2002-2012 he was active in NASA's space Archaeology Program, leading a NASA team assisting archaeologists mapping ancient sites with ground penetrating radar and magnetometers in Turkey at the sites of Troy and Gordion, the home of King Midas. He has been awarded NASA's Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal and the Presidential Award for Meritorious Senior Professional Service. Sigma Xi Lecture Series
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