All events held on the Gannon University campus
PAS 2023 Program (Printed version will be provided to registrants upon meeting check-in)
Friday, March 17
5:00-6:45 PM | PAS Board Meeting and Dinner | Tom Ridge Environmental Center, Room 112 |
7:00-8:00 PM | Meeting Check-In | Tom Ridge Environmental Center |
7:00-9:00 PM | Reception | Tom Ridge Environmental Center |
Welcome Remarks | ||
Dr. André Walther, President PAS | ||
Dr. Jeanette Schnars, Director for the Regional Science Consortium | ||
Tour of the Research Spaces, Herbarium, and Species Collections |
Saturday Morning Sessions, March 18
8:00–9:00 AM | Meeting Check-In | Yehl Ballroom |
8:00-8:30 AM | Continental Breakfast Bar | Yehl Ballroom |
8:30-9:00 AM | Opening Remarks | Yehl Ballroom |
Dr. Walter Iwanenko, Provost Gannon University | ||
Dr. Sarah Ewing, Dean Morosky College of Health Professions and Sciences | ||
Dr. André Walther, President PAS | ||
9:30–11:00 AM | Coffee Break | Haggerty |
9:15-10:15 AM | Oral Presentations I: Aquatic Ecology | CAE 201 |
9:15–10:30 AM | Oral Presentations II: Microbiology | CAE 202 |
9:45–11:45 AM | Poster Session I (Poster set-up 9:00-9:45 AM): Molecular Biology, Genetics, Neuroscience, Other | Waldron 219 |
Saturday Lunch Sessions, March 18
12:00–1:30 PM | PAS Business Meeting/Lunch (Open to all members) | Z 104 |
12:00-1:30 PM | Student Lunch Panel: Career Panel | CAE 201 |
12:00-1:30 PM | Student Lunch Panel: Graduate School Panel | CAE 202 |
* Business Meeting Election slate found here.
Saturday Afternoon, Evening Sessions, March 18
2:00–4:00 PM | Coffee Break | Haggerty |
2:00–3:30 PM | Oral Presentations III: Human Health | CAE 201 |
2:00–3:30 PM | Oral Presentations IV: Plant Biology | CAE 202 |
3:45-5:00 PM | Oral Presentations V: Environmental Science | CAE 201 |
3:30–5:00 PM | Oral Presentations VI: Terrestrial Ecology and Technology | CAE 202 |
5:30-7:30 PM | Dinner | Yehl Ballroom |
6:30-7:30 PM | Keynote Speaker: The Plastics Paradox Dr. Sherri Mason, Professor of Chemistry and Sustainability Coordinator at PSU Behrend |
Sunday, March 19
7:30–8:30 AM | Meeting Check-In | Yehl Ballroom |
7:30-8:30 AM |
Continental Breakfast Bar | Yehl Ballroom |
8:00-9:15 AM | PAS Board Meeting | Zurn 229 |
9:30–11:30 AM | Coffee Break | Haggerty |
9:30–10:45 AM | Oral Presentations VII: Cancer | CAE 201 |
9:30-11:00 AM | Poster Session II (Poster set-up 8:00-9:00 AM): Ecology and Microbiology | Waldron 219 |
11:15–11:45 AM | Awards Ceremony | Yehl Ballroom |