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| AU alum Dr. J. Patrick Card provided the keynote address for the Ohio Academy of Science Meeting at Ashland University |
The 121st annual meeting of the
Ohio Academy of Science was held on the
Ashland University campus on April 13 and 14. The meeting was attended by more
than 300 academic, government, and industry scientists and engineers, including
faculty and students from many of Ohio’s universities and colleges, as well as
precollege teachers and students. The
theme of the meeting was Undergraduate Research, which was highlighted in an afternoon
symposium featuring several Ashland University faculty members discussing their
work with undergraduate students, as well as Dr. Tonia Hsieh of Temple University.
The meeting was keynoted by Dr.
J. Patrick Card, a 1972 graduate of Ashland University. Card is professor of
Neuroscience and co-director of the Center
for Neuroanatomy with Neurotropic Viruses at
the University of Pittsburgh. His lecture was titled “Mentorship, A Key to
Success in Research, Teaching and Life,” and drew from his personal experience
in studying the functional organization of the hypothalamus and central
autonomic networks to highlight the importance of mentorship in developing a
successful career in academia or industry.
Ashland’s science programs were
well-represented at the meeting by numerous student oral and poster
presentations of their research in Biology, Chemistry and Geology.
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Lynette Vana stands by her
poster reporting on the effects of the pesticide chlorpyrifos on rat gene
expression in the brain, which was advised by Dr. Mason Posner.
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| Julie Arko (left) and MaryKate Casper stand by their posters describing research on polymer synthesis with Dr. Perry Corbin. |
