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Final Twelve Thousand Bombs seminar of Spring 2024: ‘What’s the bomb got to do with it?’ with Shelly Lesher
Wednesday, April 17 , 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm CDT
When the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) planned to “nuke” a harbor in Point Hope, Alaska in 1958, the Iñupiat residents and local scientists fought back. Did they win? How has this project continued to impact us today? From this story, we will participate in a citizen science project, find boxes of discarded teeth, and start a research project to cure Alzheimer’s Disease.
About the Speaker
Shelly Lesher is a nuclear physicist and professor of physics at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. During the 2019-2020 year, she was a visiting assistant professor at Yale University while serving as a Presidential Visiting Fellow. She was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2020 and us currently serving on the executive committee for the Division of Nuclear Physics of the APS.
Twelve Thousand Bombs is supported by Illinois State University via the Office of Research and Graduate Students and the Office of the Provost.
Contact: Matt Caplan, Department of Physics, mecapl1@ilstu.edu
Twelve Thousand Bombs will run through the spring 2024 semester. A full schedule of speakers is available HERE
