About the Kimball Lecture Series
The Kimball Lecture Series is named for Grace Kimball, former professor of Microbiology at Wilkes. The Kimball lecturer is chosen by the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥app Biology Department as a scientist who has distinguished themselves in evolutionary biology.
- Paul Keim, Ph.D. (2017)
- Northern Arizona University Regents’ Professor in Biology Cowden Endowed Chair in Microbiology
- Lecture Topic: "Tracking Dangerous Pathogens Using Whole Genome Sequencing – Examples from Anthrax and Cholera"
- Dr. W. John Kress (2016)
- Director for Science, Grand Challenges Consortium at the Smithsonian
- Lecture Topic: "Beyond the Tree of Life: Valuing Museum Collections in the Age of Biodiversity"
- John C. Moore (2015)
- Colorado State University Director of Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory; Professor & Head of Ecosystem Science and Sutainability
- Lecture Topic: "A New Soil Ecology: Lessons from Lives Underfoot"
- Dr. Robert B. Jackson (2014)
- Duke University Nicholas Professor of Global Environmental Change in the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences
- Lecture Topic: "The Environmental Costs and Benefits of Shale Gas Development"
- Dr. Eric Wieschaus (2013)
- Nobel Laureate, Princeton University
- Lecture Topic: "The Control of Cell Shape: Where Genetics Meets Cell Mechanics"
- Dr. Richard H. Baltz (2012)
- Chief Scientific Officer of CognoGen Biotechnology Consulting
- Lecture Topic: "Genetic Engineering in Development of Lipopeptide Antibiotics"
- Dr. Peter Hudson (2011)
- Willaman Professor of Biology, Pennsylvania State University