Select Invited and Guest Speaker Titles (last five years only)

GMOs, Food, and the Taco Crisis. National Food Safety Symposium. Providence RI. Oct 3, 2000  (invited speaker).

GMOs and Agricultural Crop Improvement.  Pfizer Symposium on GMOs and Food: Risks and Benefits, SCEC Education Center, New London, CT Feb. 17, 2001  (invited speaker).

Genetic Improvement of Turfgrasses: Ecological and Commercial Responsibility. US Golf Course Superintendents Meeting , Dallas, TX  February 6, 2001 (invited speaker).

The Way We Work With Life: Issues in Biotechnology.  A survey presentation for the general high school audience. Classical High School Providence, Rhode Island.  March 3, 2001

Genetic Improvement of Turfgrasses: Risks and Benefits. Northeastern Weed Science Society Meeting, Philadelphia PA. January 9, 2002 (invited speaker).

The Way We Work With Life: Issues in Biotechnology.  A survey presentation for the general high school audience. New London High School, New London, Connecticut.  March 3, 2001

Environmentally Responsible Turfgrasses: US Golf Course Superintendents Meeting, Orlando FL. February 7, 2002 (invited speaker).

Agricultural Biotechnology: The Future is Now.  The University of Rhode Island.  Honors Colloquium.  Nov 5 2002 (invited speaker).

Biotechnology and Education.  The Annual Meeting of The Southern AgBiotech Consortium For Underserved Communities (SACUC) Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley Florida  December 12. 2002

The Way We Work With Life: Issues in Biotechnology.  A survey presentation for the general high school audience. Stonington High School,  Stonington CT.  November 3, 2002

The Way We Work With Life: A One Day Workshop for Science and Non-Science Staff in the Pharmaceutical Industry.  AMGEN West Greenwich, RI (weekly)  January 15-present, 2003

DNA Day. Narragansett  High School Narragansett , Rhode Island.  March 23, 2003

A One Day Workshop for High School Teachers On Agricultural Biotechnology.  Sponsored by Pfizer.  March 24, 2003.

DNA Day  Stonington High School,  Stonington CT.  April 25, 2003

The Way We Work With Life: Issues in Biotechnology.  A survey presentation for the general high school audience. Ponagansett High School Ponagansett, Rhode Island.  May 10, 2003

An Educational Platform for Biotechnology: The Way We Work With Life. The National Agricultural Biotechnology Council Meetings.  Seattle WA June 1, 2003

An Educational Platform for Biotechnology: The Way We Work With Life.  In Vitro Biology Meetings

Portland OR, June 2, 2003.

A One Week Workshop for High School Teachers On Agricultural Biotechnology.  Sponsored by Ponagansett High School  Ponagansett, Rhode Island.  June 23-27, 2003

Male sterility and the need for prevention of transgene escape in turfgrasses. 75^th Annual Golf Course Superintendents Show. San Diego CA  February 13, 2004

Environmentally Responsible Grasses: The need for prevention of transgene escape in turfgrasses. Third Annual South Central Turfgrass Meetings Richmond Virginia February 26, 2004.

The Prevention of Transgene Escape in Perennial Plants: Molecular Strategies. Entomological Society of America Northeast Region Meeting New Haven, CT March 1, 2004

Agricultural Biotechnology: The Turfgrass Connection. Annual Alumni Association Meeting. Pennsylvania State University. State College PA. September 10, 2004.

Transgene Flow and Male Sterility in Turfgrasses.  Boyce Thompson Institute. Cornell University. Ithaca NY. September 13, 2004.

Agricultural Biotechnology and Issues of Transgene Escape. Yale University’s Interdisciplinary Bioethics Projects, Yale University New Haven, CT  November 11, 2004

The Way We Work With Life: Issues in Biotechnology.  A survey presentation for the general high school audience.  North Smithfield High School  North Smithfield, Rhode Island.  December 4, 2004

Stem Cell Research: Controversies and Reality for the Public Interest.  Yale University Student Interest group on Biotechnology.  Yale University New Haven, CT  December 9, 2004

The Way We Work With Life: Issues in Biotechnology.  A survey presentation for the general high school audience. Classical High School Providence Rhode Island.  December 13, 2004

The Way We Work With Life: Issues in Biotechnology.  A survey presentation for the general high school audience. LaSalle Academy Providence Rhode Island.  December 13, 2004

DNA Day. Narragansett High School Narragansett Rhode Island.  February 17, 2005

Genetically Modified Plants For Producing Pharmaceutical Products. (Organizer and Chair) A Symposium co-sponsored by Yale University’s Interdisciplinary Bioethics Projects, Yale University New Haven, CT and lifeedu.org May 12, 2005

Gene Confinement for Genetically Modified Grasses. (Organizer and Speaker) A Symposium co-sponsored by Yale University’s Interdisciplinary Bioethics Projects, Yale University New Haven, CT and lifeedu.org May 13, 2005