By Lookout Staff
August 19, 2016 -- New dietary
guidelines, self-assembled nanomaterials and studying earthquakes from
space are amonng the topics discussed at Santa Monica College's Fall 2016
Distinguished Scientists Lecture Series, organizers announced this week.
Now in its 15th year, the free lecture series, which targets lay audiences,
will take place on SMC's main campus, 1900 Pico Boulevard, and is sponsored
by the SMC Associates and the SMC Earth Science, Life Science, and Physical
Sciences departments.
The series kicks off Thursday, September 8, with a special talk by UCLA
Professor Sarah Tolbert on the latest developments in the use of nanomaterials
in energy storage and harvesting.
A professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Tolbert
will discuss her group’s current research "in understanding
and controlling structure and periodicity in complex nanostructured composite
materials," organizers said.
Nanomaterials can change the properties of a material -- such as its
weight, stiffness and elasticity -- and are increasingly being incorporated
into products.
The lecture, organizers said, will look at how nanomaterials are being
used for "a range of structural, optical and electronic materials
applications."
On Tuesday September 13, Dr. Barbara E. Millen, recent chair of the 2015
US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, will discuss the 2015-2020 Dietary
Guidelines for Americans.
The lecture will focus on "their importance in preventing and controlling
major health problems, including overweight and obesity, hypertension
and heart disease, diabetes and diet-related cancers," organizers
said.
Millen is the current president of the academic consulting firm Boston
Nutrition Foundation, Inc. (BNF) and president of the research-driven
life sciences corporation Millennium Prevention, Inc.
On Tuesday, October 11, Dr. Andrea Donnellan, an award-winning NASA-JPL
research scientist, will discuss "how NASA space technology is used
to study earthquake development, ground deformation and patterns,"
organizers said.
Donnellan is president of the American Geophysical Union’s Nonlinear
Geophysics Focus Group, principal investigator of NASA’s GeoGateway
project and editor of the American Geophysical Union’s journal “Earth
and Space Science.”
The series concludes on Tuesday, November 1, with a presentation by nutritionist
Bonnie Modugno, MS, RD. on the "dietary choices and their influences
on health and wellbeing," organizers said.
Modugno is a nutrition consultant and author who specializes in metabolic
health, weight management and sports nutrition, who helps clients "cultivate
a personalized approach to food," organizers said.
For more information, call (310) 434-4100.
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