Grand Challenges in Science for the 21st Century
Leonard Krishtalka
Thursday, 21 Feb 2002 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Leonard Krishtalka is Director of the Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. Krishtalka is on the Advisory Committee for Biological Sciences at the National Science Foundation and serves other national organizations. In the past five years, he has helped lead an international initiative for the knowledge networking of biodiversity information, and helped form the North American Biodiversity Information Network. He is the author of more than 130 research and popular articles as well as one book, Dinosaur Plots & Other Intrigues in Natural History, a collection of popular articles about science and nature.
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