Please join us for a Q & A session with Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society Distinguished Lecturer George Weiblen, the scientific director of the Bell Museum of Natural History and Planetarium at the University of Minnesota. He is a curator of the herbarium and Distinguished McKnight University Professor in the Department of Plant Biology. His interests include botany, biodiversity discovery, forensic applications of DNA technology, and citizen science. He has coordinated more than 20 research grants exceeding $3.7 million dollars that produced more than 60 peer-reviewed scientific articles. Weiblen’s research centers on the interactions of flowering plants with insect pollinators and pests. He has participated in more than 20 expeditions to Papua New Guinea, living in the country for several years, and coordinating indigenous participation in scientific research. He is fluent in Melanesian Pidgin and participates in New Guinea forest preservation initiatives. He also is an expert on the plant group Urticales including figs, mulberries, nettles, hops, and hemp. He is one of few researchers registered with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to study Cannabis. He earned his B.A. at Reed College and his A.M. and Ph.D. at Harvard University.
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