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Science and Ideas Group: STUDYING LIZARD SPECIATION ON CARIBBEAN ISLANDS: A kid's dream come true...

When:
Wednesday, December 9, 2020, 3:00 PM until 5:00 PM
Where:
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510-204-9200
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Event Contact(s):
Audre Newman
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When: Every 2nd Wednesday of the month, 3:00-5:00 pm

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Open to: All

Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible

STUDYING LIZARD SPECIATION ON CARIBBEAN ISLANDS: A KID'S DREAM COME TRUE...
“they” paid me to do it.

Ashby Village Member, George Gorman, PhD

 

Maybe as a city kid you didn’t have the guts to follow your dream professionally, but here’s one of “our own”, George Gorman, who did!  How he did it and what he did while he was there is “his story”: a semi-autobiographical, detailed view of one case of speciation and how biologists unravel the mysteries of evolution.
 

A former Professor of Biology at UCLA with a specialty in herpetology and evolutionary biology,  George did much of his research in the Caribbean.  Although George left academia more than 40 years ago for a 2nd career in law and financial planning he keeps coming back to biology and conservation.  In 1990-1991 the Gorman family lived in Costa Rica where George coordinated a conservation program for Stanford University/Conservation International.  He has traveled the world as a conservationist and served on the board of directors of Paso Pacífico, an NGO that restores and protects ecosystems in Mesoamerica.

This program will be automatically recorded.  Ashby Village Website has a special playlist on the YouTube channel, “Apart But Not Alone”. Recordings of Science and Ideas programs will be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsDPSN2maxnCljAcnQs8y76QjTvj5uopI    

Join a dynamic group of individuals who enjoy sharing and discussing science-focused topics. Each month the group selects a new topic to focus on via their online email forum. Speakers and/or readings often support the lively discussions.  



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