{"id":4613,"date":"2017-11-17T13:27:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T19:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/about\/?page_id=4613"},"modified":"2026-09-16T01:04:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T06:04:28","slug":"michael-johnson-seminars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/about\/michael-johnson-seminars\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Johnson Science Seminars"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"mu-title-style-1\">Michael Johnson Science Seminar Series<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Michael Johnson Seminars\"\n     src=\"\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/michael-johnson-header.jpg\"\n     alt=\"Michael Johnson Science Seminars\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"grid-container\">\n<div class=\"mu-container\">\n<div class=\"show-for-medium\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\"\n                 style=\"padding-bottom: 30px;\"\n                 title=\"Students Watching A Michael Johnson Science Seminar\"\n                 src=\"\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/secondary-image.jpg\"\n                 alt=\"Students Watching A Michael Johnson Science Seminar\"\n                 width=\"350\"\n                 height=\"188\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>        The Michael Johnson Seminar Series is named after one of our physics professors who passed in 2007. Our seminar series was born out of a celebration of his career at Maryville.<\/p>\n<p>        The seminars are not discipline-specific. They are delivered to the Maryville community, coupled to our senior capstone course where our students learn the basics of giving a scientific talk and how to present science.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mu-container-style-1 mu-padding-2\" data-equalizer=\"\">\n<h2>Fall 2026 Speaker Series<\/h2>\n<div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\" data-equalizer=\"\">\n<div class=\"large-3 medium-12 small-12 cell\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"mu-container-style-2\" data-equalizer-watch=\"\">\n<p class=\"mu-font-style-1\">September 16<\/p>\n<p>                <u>Dr. Dana A. Baum<\/u><br \/>\n                Saint Louis University<\/p>\n<p>                Beyond the Genetic Code: Exploring the Capabilities of Functional Nucleic Acids<\/p>\n<p>                Location: Huttig Chapel<br \/>\n                Time: 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"large-3 medium-12 small-12 cell\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"mu-container-style-2\" data-equalizer-watch=\"\">\n<p class=\"mu-font-style-1\">October 14<\/p>\n<p>                <u>Dr. Benjamin Anom<\/u><br \/>\n                U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs<\/p>\n<p>                Careers in the AI Era<\/p>\n<p>                Location: Huttig Chapel<br \/>\n                Time: 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"large-3 medium-12 small-12 cell\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"mu-container-style-2\" data-equalizer-watch=\"\">\n<p class=\"mu-font-style-1\">October 29<\/p>\n<p>                <u>Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mishra<\/u><br \/>\n                Corteva Agriscience<\/p>\n<p>                Location: CEC (formerly the PCC)<br \/>\n                Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"large-3 medium-12 small-12 cell\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"mu-container-style-2\" data-equalizer-watch=\"\">\n<p class=\"mu-font-style-1\">November 18<\/p>\n<p>                <u>Dr. Blaine Marchant<\/u><br \/>\n                University of Missouri\u2013St. Louis<\/p>\n<p>                Location: Huttig Chapel<br \/>\n                Time: 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    &nbsp;<br \/>\n    &nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"grid-x mu-container mu-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-bottom: -20px;\">\n<div class=\"large-6 medium-6 cell\">\n            <strong>Admission<\/strong><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/hp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/05\/ticket.png\"\n                 width=\"75px\"\n                 alt=\"Admission\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mu-font-style-2\">Free<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"large-4 medium-4 cell mu-text-align-center\">\n            <strong>Contact Us<\/strong><br \/>\n            <a href=\"mailto:jtelford@maryville.edu\"><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/contact-us-black.png\"\n                     alt=\"email\"\n                     width=\"50px\" \/><br \/>\n            <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mu-font-style-2\">jtelford@maryville.edu<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sharing-default-minimal post-bottom\"><div class=\"nectar-social default\" data-position=\"\" data-rm-love=\"0\" data-color-override=\"override\"><div class=\"nectar-social-inner\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"nectar-love\" id=\"nectar-love-4613\" title=\"Love this\"> <i class=\"icon-salient-heart-2\"><\/i><span class=\"love-text\">Love<\/span><span class=\"total_loves\"><span class=\"nectar-love-count\">0<\/span><\/span><\/a><a class='facebook-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Share this'> <i class='fa fa-facebook'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><a class='twitter-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Share this'> <i class='fa icon-salient-x-twitter'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><a class='linkedin-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Share this'> <i class='fa fa-linkedin'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><a class='pinterest-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Pin this'> <i class='fa fa-pinterest'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Pin<\/span> <\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Johnson Science Seminar Series The Michael Johnson Seminar Series is named after one of our physics professors who passed in 2007. 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