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Distinguished Speaker in the Life Sciences

The Serengeti Rules: The Regulation and Restoration of Biodiversity

Sean B.
Carroll
is an award-winning
scientist, writer, educator,
and film producer. He
is Vice President for
Science Education of
the Howard Hughes
Medical Institute, the
largest private supporter
of science education
activities in the US, and Distinguished University
Professor of Biology at the University of Maryland.
Sean is the author of five books for general audiences
including The Serengeti Rules, Brave Genius, The
Making of the Fittest, Endless Forms Most Beautiful
and Remarkable Creatures which was a finalist for the
National Book Award for non-fiction. In 2016, Sean
received the Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about
Science.
The architect of HHMI’s documentary film initiative, Sean
has served as executive producer and/or on-screen
presenter of more than a dozen feature films, including
Mass Extinction, Amazon Adventure, and The Farthest,
and has earned one Emmy and two Emmy nominations.
His latest book, The Serengeti Rules was the basis for a
theatrical film released in 2019.
Sean’s laboratory research has centered on the genes
that control animal body patterns and play major roles
in the evolution of animal diversity. He has received the
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Sciences, been elected
a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the
American Philosophical Society, the European Molecular
Biology Organization, as well as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 

When

Past occurrences (1)

  • 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020

Where

The Bluffs Ballroom Student Union

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University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Student Union

Contact

For questions about this event or to request disability accommodations , contact Susan Hall at 608.785.6960 or shall@uwlax.edu.

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