| 2025 |
Dr. Joan-Emma Shea |
UC Santa Barbara, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Self-Assembly of the Tau Protein: Computational Insights into Neurodegeneration |
| 2024 |
Dr. Sharon Walker |
Drexel University, Dean and Distinguished Professor, College of Engineering |
Inspiring Future Generations Through Metamorphoses in STEM |
| 2023 |
Dr. Shikha Nangia |
Syracuse University; Associate Professor, Biomedical and Chemical Engineering |
Undergraduate Powered Research: Are Bacteria Friends or Foes? |
| 2023 |
Dr. Jennifer Ross |
Syracuse University; Department Chair and Professor, Physics |
Undergraduate Powered Research: Exploring Cellular Self-Organization |
| 2022 |
22-Year WiSE Celebration – Dr. Virginia Valian (Keynote) |
Hunter College – CUNY Graduate Center, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, and is a member of the doctoral facilities of Psychology, Linguistics, and Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences |
Gender Equity: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow |
| 2021 |
Dr. Ahna Skop |
Professor of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Too Creative for Science |
| 2020 |
Canceled due to COVID-19 |
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| 2019 |
Dr. Kelly Benoit-Bird |
Marine Biologist, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute |
Echoes from the Deep |
| 2018 |
Dr. Nora S. Newcombe |
Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology at Temple University |
Spatial Learning for STEM Success |
| 2017 |
Dr. Brigid Hogan |
George Barth Geller Professor and Chair of the Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center |
How Embryos Build Organs to Last A Lifetime. |
| 2016 |
Dr. Marcia McNutt |
Editor-in-Chief of Science/AAAS and President Elect of National Academy of Science |
Climate Intervention: Promise and Peril. |
| 2015 |
Dr. Noelle Eckley Selin |
Engineering Sys & Atmospheric Chem at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; jointly appointed in Engineering Sys Division & Dept of Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sci. |
Mercury Pollution: Tracking Emissions to Impacts. |
| 2014 |
Dr. Patricia J. Culligan |
Professor, Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics; Columbia University in NYC |
Green Roofs and Urban Stormwater Management. |
| 2013 |
Dr. Laurie Leshin |
Dean of the School of Science at RPI |
Science on Mars Time: Roving the Red Planet with Curiosity. |
| 2012 |
Dr. Mimi Koehl |
Professor of Biology, University of California, Berkeley |
Swimming in Turbulent Waves: How do tiny larvae settle onto coral reefs? |
| 2011 |
Dr. Catherine Badgley |
Assist Professor of Biology, University of Michigan |
Feeding a Hungry Planet: Crisis and Opportunity. |
| 2010 |
Dr. Susan Jerger |
Ashebel Smith Professor at the University of Texas in Dallas, School of Brain & Behavioral Sciences |
Perceiving and Remembering Speech: Hearing Things Not as They Are, But As We Are. |
| 2009 |
Dr. Ellen Martin |
Associate Professor, University of Florida – Gainesville, Geology Dept. |
Grow of Ice Sheets of Antarctica: Climate Change 40 million years ago. |
| 2008 |
Dr. Valerie Davidson |
University of Guelph, Canada |
Achievements, Challenges and Future Directions as the Ontario Chair for Women in Science and Engineering. |
| 2007 |
Dr. Judy Vance |
Program Director at NSF; Iowa State University; Mechanical Engineering |
Do You Know Where You are Going? |
| 2006 |
Dr. Deborah Pearce |
CEO of LeaJames |
How to Succeed in the corporate science & engineering context. |
| 2005 |
Ms. Donna Francher |
SU alum; pharmaceutical research in oncology |
My Own Science: Science Creativity and Entrepreneurship. |
| 2004 |
Dr. Caroline Baillie |
Queens University; materials engineering |
Different or equal: Transforming Science and Engineering Education. |
| 2003 |
Dr. Debbie A. Niemeier |
UC Davis; civil and environmental engineering |
The Job Everyone Loves to Hate: Leadership and Diversity in Department Chairs. |
