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August 28, 1998
Visiting scholar to share integrative biology researchWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A researcher known for asking some of biology's most important questions will be working with Purdue students and faculty next month.Mimi Koehl, professor of integrated biology at the University of California, Berkeley, on Sept. 8 and 9 will share some of her research into the application of fluid and solid mechanics in the study of biology as part of the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program. Koehl's work focuses on how an organism's size and shape affect the way it lives and moves. She's known for her innovative research methods and presentations that demonstrate scientific concepts in an entertaining manner. Her scholarly efforts have been featured on the PBS science program NOVA and in Discover Magazine.
Koehl will visit several undergraduate classes and meet with other groups of students
for informal presentations and discussions during her two days on the West Lafayette
campus. At 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, she will deliver a lecture entitled "Feeding,
Smelling, and Swimming With Little Hairy Legs." The event in Room 218C Stewart Center
is free and open to the public. Koehl will use examples of zooplankton feeding and
lobster smelling to illustrate the rules that govern how hairy appendages interact
with their environment.
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu
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