Category: Presentations and Talks

The Department of Biological Sciences’ spring 2026 seminar series continues Monday, Feb. 16. The seminar is from 4 to 5 p.m. in 218 Hubbard Hall with Dr. Esben Kjaer of Oklahoma State University. He will give a public lecture titled, “Moo-ving Away from the Middle: Intense Disturbances Promote Rangeland Plant Diversity While Inhibiting Invasive Species.”

Seminars are open to the public and undergraduates are encouraged to attend. For more information, visit wichita.edu/biology.

You are invited to an upcoming EEPS 700 Graduate Seminar, hosted by the Department of Geology, featuring Dr. Luel Emishaw, associate professor of geophysics at Midwestern State University, from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 13 via Zoom. Registration is required.

Dr. Emishaw will present “Lithospheric Structure of the Neoproterozoic Ad Damm and Fatima Fault Zone, Arabian Shield: Implications for the On-Land Continuation of a Red Sea Transform Fault,” highlighting insights into lithospheric architecture, continental rifting and Red Sea tectonics.

This virtual seminar is open to graduate students, researchers and professionals across Earth, environmental and physical sciences.

Join the Department of Physics for a special physics seminar at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11 in 127 Jabara Hall. The talk features Dr. Myoung-Woo Yoo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who will present on “How Spins Move and Carry Information From Magnetic Materials to Quantum and Topological Magnets.”

Join the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for its next weekly seminar which will take place at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11 in 224 McKinley Hall. The department is honored to host Professor Garry Grubbs II from Missouri University of Science and Technology who will present a talk titled “Microwave Spectroscopy at Missouri S&T: New Tools for New Horizons in Rotational Spectroscopy.”

This semester, HealthHum and Kansas Behavioral Health Center of Excellence (KBHCoE) are joining forces to co-host an exciting event series on mental and behavioral health.

Join their next event on “Acceptance and Commitment Therapy” with Dr. Rob Zettle, professor of psychology, at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13 in 226 Jabara Hall. Refreshments will be served.

For questions, contact Dr. C. Brendan Clark at c.brendan.clark@wichita.edu.

The Department of Biological Sciences’ spring 2026 seminar series continues Monday, Feb. 9. The seminar is from 4 to 5 p.m. in 218 Hubbard Hall with Dr. Lauren Goins, Stanford University School of Medicine. She will give a public lecture titled, “How Spatial and Temporal Signals Shape Blood Cell Development.”

Seminars are open to the public and undergraduates are encouraged to attend. For more information, visit wichita.edu/biology.

Join physics for a special seminar at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5 in 127 Jabara Hall. The talk features Dr. Trevor Arp, University of California, Santa Barbara, who will present on “Quantum Building Blocks.”

You are invited to attend the upcoming EEPS 700 Graduate Seminar from the Department of Geology featuring Dr. Ibrahim Atwah, geochemist at Saudi Aramco, from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 6 via Zoom.

Atwah will discuss how geochemical tools are used to reconstruct petroleum generation and migration pathways in “Tracing the Journey: Using Geochemistry to Track Petroleum Migration,” offering insights that help reduce uncertainty in petroleum system analysis.

Atwah serves as the focus area champion for geofluids and basin modeling at Saudi Aramco’s EXPEC Advanced Research Center. He holds a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and brings over 15 years of experience in petroleum exploration, geochemistry and basin modeling. He has published more than 20 peer‑reviewed papers, holds multiple patents and serves as an associate editor for Petroleum Science and Technology.

Join the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for its next weekly seminar at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4 in 224 McKinley Hall. The department is honored to host Professor Nicholas Riley from University of Washington who will present a talk titled “Analytical and Informatic Tools to Explore the Glycoproteome.”

Join the Department of Physics seminar at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4 in 127 Jabara Hall featuring Professor Warren E. Pickett, distinguished professor emeritus from the University of California, Davis, who will present a talk on “The Quest for Room Temperature Superconductivity.”

The seminar series brings several speakers to WSU each semester and is funded by the Eddy and April Lucas Fund, Wichita.