Brian Sullivan
Saturday, 7:00 PM

Brian Sullivan has conducted fieldwork on birds throughout North America for the past 14 years. Birding travels, photography and field projects have taken him to Central and South America, to the Arctic and across North America.

He has written and consulted on various books, including popular, and scientific literature on North American birds. Research interests include conservation biology, seabirds, bird migration and identification.

He is currently project leader for eBird and the Avian Knowledge Network, photographic editor of the Birds of North America Online at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, and photographic editor for the journal North American Birds.

Dr. Kevin Padian, Professor of Integrative Biology at University of California, Berkeley, studies how large-scale changes get started in evolution. To address questions such as “How did flight evolve?” and “How did dinosaurs walk?” he and his students examine fossil evidence and make functional analogies between extinct species and modern vertebrates.

Padian began his career in science by teaching public school before deciding to broaden his training by earning a graduate degree in paleontology at Yale University. He remains vitally involved with educational issues as a supporter and board member of the National Center for Science Education, which is dedicated to responsible science education.