Internationally Recognized Environmental Scientists to Give Lectures at Holy Cross

Environmental Studies and the biology department at the College of the Holy Cross are sponsoring a series of lectures this semester.

Zeb Hogan, assistant professor of natural resources and environmental science at the University of Nevada Reno, will give a talk titled “Imperiled Giants: Ecology and Conservation of the World’s Largest Freshwater Fish,” on Oct. 25 at 4:30 p.m. in Rehm Library. Hogan is the host of the hit television show, Monster Fish, which is broadcast on the National Geographic Channel. A long-term advocate for the conservation of freshwater fish species, he has worked the majority of his career trying to understand the ecology of the largest, freshwater fishes in the world. Hogan travels to the most endangered environments, striving to save critically endangered fish and the livelihood of people who share their habitats. He has been named a National Geographic Explorer and is a Scientific Appointed Councilor for Fish for the United Nations Convention on Migratory Species.

David Montgomery, professor of earth and space sciences at the University of Washington, will give the 2011 William Morris Davis Lecture on “Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations,” on Nov. 1 at 5 p.m. in Rehm Library. Montgomery studies geomorphology, the evolution of landscapes. He has received numerous awards including the 2008 MacArthur ‘Genius’ Award; two Washington State Book awards, one for King of Fish: The Thousand-Year Run of Salmon (2004), and for Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations (2008). His research interests range from the co-evolution of the Pacific salmon and the topography of the Pacific Northwest to the environmental history of Puget Sound rivers.

Derek Lovely, professor of microbiology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, will give a talk on Nov. 16 at 12 p.m. in Rehm Library. Lovely is an internationally known microbial ecologist whose research is focused on the physiology and ecology of novel anaerobic microorganisms.