Dr. Alycia Stigall
Science Café presents Dr. Alycia Stigall on “Turning into Stone: A tale from life to death to the ultimate fossil,” at 5 p.m. on Wed., Dec. 2 in the Baker Center Front Room.
“There is this very complicated series of steps required from being a creature that’s alive to being a creature that’s preserved in a rock,” says Stigall, Professor of Geological Sciences at Ohio University.
For example, there are billions of worms on the planet, yet very few are fossilized because of their soft structure. And, despite their strong bones, road kill deer are unlikely to be fossilized because they seldom become buried before decomposing. “It’s really interesting to think about what the odds are of becoming preserved as a fossil if an animal dies here versus there, or if it has this kind of body or that kind of body,” she says.
About Science Café and Café Conversation: Events are held on Wednesdays at 5 p.m. in the Front Room at Baker University Center. They are free and open to students, faculty and staff. Both cafés are venues for students to share their interests informally during a conversation exchange in a friendly setting. The Science Cafe is hosted by Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology and Vice President of the Ohio University Chapter of Sigma Xi. The two series are sponsored by the Ohio University chapter of Sigma Xi and the Office of the Vice President for Research. Find the Science Café on Facebook and Twitter.
Fall 2015 Science Cafés
Sept. 9, Todd Eisworth, Math, “To Infinity and Beyond”
Sept. 23, TJ Cyders, Mechanical Engineering, “Rage Against the von Neumann Machine: 3D Printing, the Future and You”
Oct. 7, Sarah Wyatt, Environmental & Plant Biology, “Anatomy of a Spaceflight”
Oct. 21, Nancy Sandler, Physics, “Physics of New Materials: From Lasagna to Pancakes and Back”
Nov. 4, Anne Loucks, Biological Sciences, “Fitness, Fatness, Fractures, Fertility and Food”
Nov. 18, Jennifer Hines, Chemistry, “Molecules, Museum, Action”
Dec. 2, Alycia Stigall, Geological Sciences, “Turning into Stone: A tale from life to death to the ultimate fossil”
Fall 2015 Café Conversations
Sept. 30: Richard Vedder, Economics, “America’s Leaders: You’re Harming Our Future”
Oct. 28: Stan Alost, “Nobody Wants to See That: Images that Disturb and Our Freedom to Know“
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