From the Center for Sustainability Website:
2013 CarbonEARTH Carbon Conference announces Call for Abstracts
The faculty and fellows of Penn State's CarbonEARTH program cordially invite all our undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral colleagues to submit abstracts for the upcoming CarbonEARTH Carbon Conference on February 23, 2013. This conference, held in 101 Thomas Building from 9.00am-5.00pm, will bring together the University's carbon-related research community for a series of talks by distinguished faculty on novel carbon research and we will award prizes for our research poster competition. Join us to practice your research talk a month before the Penn State Graduate Exhibition!
Abstract submission deadline: January 25, 2013
To participate in the graduate/undergraduate/postdoctoral research poster session, please send an abstract (300 words maximum) to Seth Wilberding at spw107@psu.edu. Submissions must include your poster title, full name, department, and competition category for which you would like your poster to be considered.
Competition categories:
Energy and engineering
Environmental, behavioral and life sciences
Physical sciences and mathematics Featured conference speakers include:
Sir Harold Kroto, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry, Florida State University
Sybil Seitzinger, Ph.D., Director, International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP)
Richard Alley, Ph.D., Professor of Geosciences, Penn State University
Mauricio Terrones, Ph.D., Professor of Physics/Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University
Jenni Evans, Ph.D., Professor of Meteorology, Penn State University
Klaus Keller, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Geosciences, Penn State University
For more information, please see the attached flyer or visit carbonearth.org. We hope you'll join us for this important event!
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