Learn about research being done by women scientists from the University of Arizona while you eat pizza with friends tonight.
This is the first night of a five-part monthly series called Downtown Science Cafe, hosted by Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium, at Magpie's Gourmet Pizza.
Valerie Trouet, associate professor, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona.
Valerie Trouet, an associate professor who studies tree rings will present at 6 p.m. Tuesday night. You'll learn about how tree ring science is used to understand climate extremes like hurricanes, drought and wildfires.
Bonus tidbit: Dendrochronology (tree ring science) was first established at the University of Arizona where the Laboratory for Tree-Ring Research was founded in 1937.
As part of the series, each presenter will also talk about a woman researcher who came before her in her field. You'll learn about how these women paved the way for ours and future generations.
If you go
What: Downtown Science Cafe
Where: Magpie's Gourmet Pizza, 605 N. Fourth Ave.
Schedule
Each presentation starts at 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 18: Valerie Trouet, associate professor, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona.
Oct. 16: Jen McIntosh, professor, UA Distinguished Scholar, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences at the UA. She'll talk about the shrinking supply and competition for remaining deep groundwater resources in the U.S.
Nov. 20: Betul Kacar, NASA early career fellow, assistant professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Astronomy at the UA. She'll talk about how her group uses molecular tools to explore life's possible existence elsewhere in the universe.
Dec. 11: Brenda Frye, assistant professor, Steward Observatory at the UA. She will talk about her research that uses gravitational lensing (when gravity bends light) to understand how galaxies form, grow and evolve.
