Professor Sarah Keller of the University of Washington will present “Using Basic Science to Understand 21st Century Energy Options” on Tuesday, Oct. 23 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Carleton College in Olin Hall, room 149. Keller’s lecture will help to garner understanding of the different kinds of energy production available using topics from high school level physics and chemistry. This event is free and open to the public.
Keller is a biophysicist who joined the Department of Chemistry at the University of Washington in 2000 and is the recipient of the department’s 2004 Outstanding Teaching Award, as well as the university’s 2006 Distinguished Teaching Award. Keller also serves as the Associate Dean for Research Activities for the University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences.
Keller’s research has been recognized by the Avanti Young Investigator Award (American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology); the Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award (Biophysical Society); a Cottrell Scholar Award (Research Corporation); and a CAREER Award (National Science Foundation). In 2011 she was elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences and was named a fellow of the American Physical Society.
Keller comes to Carleton as this year’s Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program. Carleton is one of only 13 colleges across the nation participating in this program. For more information, including disability accommodations, contact Cindy Blaha, Professor of Physics and Astronomy and the Marjorie Crabb Garbisch Professor of the Liberal Arts, at (507) 222-4429.