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Steve Squyres and the Mars Rover \u201cSpirit\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The General Leif J. Sverdrup Visiting Scientist Program was established in 1990 by Johan Sverdrup of St. Louis, Missouri, in memory of his father, Major General Leif J. Sverdrup (Augsburg, 1918). \u00a0General Sverdrup was the founder of Sverdrup and Parcel, Inc. (now the Sverdrup Corp.), an international architectural and engineering firm.\u00a0 He graduated from Augsburg College in 1918 and was honored in 1958 as a Distinguished Alumnus.<\/p>\n

This program provides an annual forum where Augsburg and the wider scientific community can expand their knowledge on scientific topics of national significance, and provides an opportunity for Augsburg students and faculty to interact on a personal basis with scientists of national stature.<\/p>\n

Sverdrup program events include a public evening lecture, an all-campus convocation, informal talks with faculty; special events for undergraduates including a special luncheon and the Society of Physics Students Banquet; and public outreach programs at an area high school or middle school.<\/p>\n

For more information on the next Sverdrup Visiting Scientist Lecture, please contact Ben Stottrup, Professor and Department Chair in the Physics Department, at 612-330-1035, or visit: www.augsburg.edu\/convo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Past Sverdrup Lecturers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1991<\/td>\nDr. Thomas Potemra – John Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory “The Arctic Exploration of Fridtjof Nansen”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1992<\/td>\nDr. Margaret Galland Kivelson \u2013 Department of Earth and Space Sciences, UCLA, “Space Exploration of the Giant Planets”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993<\/td>\nDr. Harry C. Holloway – NASA, “Space Exploration: Maintaining Health and Human Performance on the Mars Trip and Beyond”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/td>\nDr. Walter Munk \u2013Professor of Geophysics, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, “The Changing Climate”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/td>\nDr. Lucy McFadden – University of California, and Visiting Professor of Astronomy, University of Maryland, “The Collision of Comet Shoemaker -Levy 9 with Jupiter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996<\/td>\nDr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson – Hayden Planetarium, New York City and Princeton University, “Death by Black Hole”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>\nDr. James G. Anderson – Philip S. Weld Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry, Harvard University, “Ozone, Climate and the Edge of Science”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\nDr. Marcia McNutt – Chief Executive Officer, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (currently Director of the U.S. Geological Survey), “Beyond Jules Verne:\u00a0 Ocean Exploration for the 21st Century”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1999<\/td>\nDr. John Freeman, Jr. – Department of Space Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, “Storms in Space”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\nDr. David Bishop – Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, “Mighty Machines the Size of Mites:\u00a0 The Science and Technology of Micromachines”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nDr. Christopher McKay \u2013 Planetary Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center, “From Antarctica to Mars:\u00a0 The Search for Life in Cold and Dry Places”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nDr. Maria Zuber – E.A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, “Expedition to an Asteroid:\u00a0 The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Mission”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nThe Physics Force, Department of Physics, University of Minnesota:\u00a0 \u201cDemonstrations of Physical Phenomena\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nDr. Noel Hinners – Senior Research Associate at the Laboratory for Atmospheric & Space Physics, University of Colorado, and former director of NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center, “The Exploration of Mars: An Ongoing Saga of Fact & Fiction, Dreams & Aspirations<\/a>“<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nJohn A. Turner, Principal Scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Co, \u2018The sustainable hydrogen economy\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nThomas H. Jordan, Director, Southern California Earthquake Center and Professor of Earth Science, University of Southern California, \u201cCivilization as a Geosystem:\u00a0 A Scientific Perspective on Global Change\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nFran Bagenal, Professor of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder,\u00a0 \u201cExploring the Giant Magnetosphere of Jupiter\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nSteve Squyres, Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy, Cornell University, \u201cRoving Mars:\u00a0 Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet,\u00a0 and \u201cExploration of the Solar System:\u00a0 Past, Present, and Future\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nStephen Schneider, Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies and Biological Sciences, and Senior Fellow at Stanford University, \u201cGlobal Warming:\u00a0 Is the Science Settled Enough for Politics?\u201d and\u00a0 \u201cWhat Can Individuals do to Deal With Climate Change When They Aren\u2019t Authorized to Negotiate With the Chinese?\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nMark Rea, Director, Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, \u201cThe Surprisingly Important Role of Light and Dark on Human Health,\u201d and\u00a0 \u201cSunrise and Sunset:\u00a0 Why it Will be Hard to Colonize Other Planets\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nBarbara A. Baird, Horace White Professor and Chair of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University,\u00a0 \u201cHow Cells Sense and Respond to Their Environment\u2014Zooming in to Understand and Intervene,\u201d and\u00a0 \u201cMaking a Contribution in a Complicated World\u2014Individual Passion and Collaborative Power\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>\nBrian J. Anderson, MESSENGER Deputy Project Scientist and Principal Professional Staff, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, \u201cMESSENGER at Mercury:\u00a0 \u201cSolving the Riddles of the Innermost Planet in Our Solar System,\u201d and\u00a0 \u201cExploration as a Moral Imperative\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2013<\/td>\nDavid Weitz, <\/span>Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Harvard University, \u201cPhysics of cooking\u201d, and \u201cDripping, Jetting, Drops, and Wetting: The Magic of Microfluidics\u201d<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/td>\nBonnie L. Bassler, Professor in Molecular Biology, Princeton University, \u201cTiny Conspiracies: Cell to Cell Communication in Bacteria\u201d and \u201cManipulating Quorum Sensing to Control Bacterial Pathogenecity\u201d<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>\nAnne R. Douglass, Senior Scientist\u00a0with the Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory at NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>\nChristopher W. Macosko, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Director of\u00a0the Industrial Partnership for Research in Interfacial and Materials Engineering, University of Minnesota, “Graphene: A Material from Flatland”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/td>\nHope Jahren, Tenured Professor in Paleobiology, University of Hawaii at M\u0101noa in Honolulu,\u00a0\u201cTwenty Things That Everyone Should Know About Global Change\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/td>\nVicki H. Grassian, Distinguished Professor in Chemistry\/Biochemistry, University of California- San Diego,\u00a0\u201cWhat is in the Air We Breathe?\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nDr. Pamela Ronald, Distinguished Professor of Plant Pathology, University of California-Davis,\u00a0\u201cServing up Science: Plant Genetics and the Future of Food\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/td>\nDr. Pamela Ronald, Distinguished Professor of Plant Pathology, University of California-Davis,\u00a0\u201cServing up Science: Plant Genetics and the Future of Food\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/td>\nJoseph S. Francisco, Professor of Earth and Environmental Science\/Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, “Beautiful Clouds Droplets and their Wonderful Role in Modulating Chemistry in the Atmosphere”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2022<\/td>\nDr. Jennifer L. Ross, Professor\/Department Chair of Physics, Syracuse University, “The Future is Alive!”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023<\/td>\nDr. Sarah L. Keller, Professor of Chemistry, University of Washington-Seattle, “Membranes of Hungry Yeast are Tiny Living Thermostats”, “Stabilizing Fragile Membranes on the Early Earth”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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