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Banquet Speakers

2023 Dale A. Rosselet
​Vice President for Education at New Jersey Audubon Education Department
A Jersey Girl’s Passion for Nature and STEM: Using Birds as a Springboard for Learning

2022 Dr. John Wilkin

Professor of Marine Sciences, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Robots, Radars, Satellites, Trawlers, Computers, Calculus and Turtles: The Future of Coastal Ocean Environmental Forecasting

2021 Dr. William Getsch
Distinguished Professor of the College of Arts & Sciences, Saint Peter’s University 
​Science Education: A Grand Adventure, Building Bridges Between the Formal and Informal Sectors

2020 Dr. Jeff Goldstein
Director, National Center for Earth and Space Science Education
​Human Exploration–It’s Not a Book of Knowledge…It’s a Journey

2019 Dr. Sabine Kastner
Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology, Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychology and Scientific Director of Neuroimaging Facility, Princeton University
Educational Neuroscience for the 21st Century

2018 Dr. Mireya Mayor
Researcher, National Geographic Learning/Cengage
Pink Boots and a Machete: My Journey from NFL Cheerleader to National Geographic Explorer

2017 Andrés Ruzo
Director, Boiling River Project
On Assignment: Notes from the Front Lines of Amazonian Conservation and Implications on 21st Century Learning 

​2016 Dr. David Gallo
Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives, Center for Climate and Life of the Earth Institute, Columbia University
Deep Sea - Deep Secrets: The Many Wonders of Neptune's Realm

2015 Dr. David Robinson
NJ State Climatologist, Professor in the Department of Geology at Rutgers University
Exploring NJ Climate Variability and Change

2014 Dr. Ricki Lewis
Science Writer, Genetic Counselor, Educator, Public Speaker
Gene Therapy: A Forever Fix?

2013 Dr. Kenneth R. Miller
Professor of Biology at Brown University, Author
Does Science Still Matter in America Today?

2012  Dr. Robert E. Landsman
President, ANOVA Science Education Corporation
Neuron to Brain: Connectivity Impact on 21st Century Worldlings

2011  Dr. Luke Dollar
National Geographic Explorer, Program Director of National Geographic's Big Cats Initiative
Seeking Solutions in Predator Conservation

2010 Tim Samaras
Severe Storms Researcher, National Geographic Emerging Explorer
The Science of Tornado Chasing

2009  Chris Linder
Research Associate, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Physical Oceanography Department
Science on Ice

2008  Dr. Jeff Goldstein
Director, National Center for Earth and Space Science Education
Celebrating the Past, Embracing the Present, and Inspiring the Future: Human Exploration - the Journey Continues

2007  Jack Uldrich
Author, President, NanoVeritas Group
The Exponential Educator: How Eight Emerging Technologies will Transform Education

2006  Dr. Alan I. Leshner
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Publisher, Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Science Education in the Current Societal Climate

2005  Dr. Sally Ride
Astronaut, America's First Woman in Space, Professor of Physics, University of California, San Diego, CEO of Imaginary Lines, Inc.
Leadership and America's Future in Space

2004  Dr. David Sousa
Brain Researcher, Educational Consultant, Author
Making Schools Brain Compatible

2003  Dr. Leon Lederman
Nobel Laureate, Physics 1988
Isn't It Time Science Education Joined the 21st Century?

2002  Dr. John Peterson
United Nations Foundation
From Silent Spring to Scientific Revolution

2001  Dr. Robert DeSalle
Researcher, American Museum of Natural History
The Genomic Revolution

2001  Emory Kristof
National Geographic Photographer, Pioneer in Deep Sea Robotic Cameras
Ghost Ships and Sea Monsters

2000  Dr. Eric Wieschaus
Nobel Laureate, Princeton University
Doing Molecular Genetics in Model Organisms in Humans
Vertical Divider
1999  Dr. Emlyn Koster
President, CEO, Liberty Science Center
Lessons from Travels into the Biosphere

1998  Sr. Mary Virginia Oma, Ph.D., OSU
Editor, Chemical Heritage Foundation Publication, College of New Rochelle
Doing Chemistry at the Art / Archeology Interface

1997  Milbry Polk
Explorer, Author, Anthropological Film Maker
Virtual Xplorations

1996  Jim Fowler
Host of Wild Kingdom
Wildlife Conservation and Its Effect on the Quality of Life

1996  Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Chief Prosecuting Attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper and Senior Attorney for the National Resources Defense Council, Attorney at the Environmental Litigation Clinic, Pace University
Our Environmental Destiny

1995  John Horner
Professor of Geology and Biology, Curator of Paleontology, Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University
The Complete T-Rex

1994  Dr. Roger Bybee
Associate Director, Biological Science Curriculum Study (BSCS), Colorado, Chair, Working Group on Science Curriculum Standards for the National Research Council
National Science Education Standards: The Process, Product, Product and Potential

1993  Jeff & Deb Hall Sandler (Mr. & Mrs. Fish)
Marine Science Education Entertainers
Marine Science Education in the Classroom

1992  Dr. Kathryn Sullivan
Chief Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Astronaut and Marine Geologist
Exploring the Earth from Above and Below

1991  Dr. Shirley Jackson
Research Physicist, AT&T Bell Labs
Math, Diversity, and Excellence: Challenge for the Next Century

1990 Geoff Somers
Antarctic Explorer
Trans-Antarctic International Expedition

1989  Dr. Christopher Daggett
NJ Commissioner of Environmental Protection
Education Investment - Environmental Futures

1988  Dr. Ruth Turner
Professor of Biology, Harvard University, Renowned Biological Oceanographer
Deep Sea Exploration and Thermal Vents

1987  Dr. Charles Howarth
Executive Director, Liberty Science Center
New Jersey's Science and Technology Center: Its Role in Education

1986  Dr. Lynn Margulis
Professor of Biology, Boston University
Early Life

1985  Dr. Robert Rines
President, Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord NH
Searching for the Loch Ness Monster for Fourteen Years

1984  Dr. Cecily Cannan
Selby Co., Chairperson, National Science Board Commission on Pre-College Education in Science, Mathematics, and Technology
Opening Minds and Opening Doors: Science, Mathematics and Technology Education

1983  Dr. Uri Haber-Schaim
Director, Institute for Curriculum Development
Substances and Images in Science Education

1982  Dr. Niles Eldridge
Curator, Department of Invertebrates, American Museum of Natural History
A Scientific Look at Creationism

1981  Dr. Martin Moore-Ede
Associate Professor of Physiology, Harvard University
Biological Clocks

1980  Dr. Arno Penzias
Nobel Laureate, Bell Labs
Science, Technology and Survival

1980  Dr. Hubert Alyea
Professor of Chemistry, Princeton University
Chemistry Demonstrations

1979  Dr. Margaret Maxey
Associate Professor of Bioethics, University of Detroit
Nuclear Energy as an Alternate Source

1979  Dr. Fletcher Watson
Director, Project City Science, New York University
Science Curricula for the 90s

1978  Dr. Marjorie Gardner
Professor: Chemistry and Science Education, University of Maryland
China's Challenge to Science Education in the US

1978  Dr. Paul Brandwein
Director of Research, Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich
Science and the Permanent Agenda of Man

1977  Dr. George Wald
Nobel Laureate, Harvard University
Science and Ethics
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