Biosphere 2

The 'What If?' presentation with Moses Thompson will be re-occurring during and between tours from 12-2pm with outreach opportunities in the lobby! More info at http://biosphere2.org/visit/what-if

Moses Thompson is the School Garden Program Coordinator with Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) and the Coordinator for UA Community Garden program, University of Arizona School of Geography and Development.

As the coordinator between the Tucson Unified School District and the University of Arizona Community and School Garden Program, Moses Thompson helps teachers start school gardens to promote both healthy eating and learning. In 2006, he cofounded the Manzo Ecology Program and in 2012 the US Green Building Council recognized Manzo Ecology with a national Green Schools Award. Mr. Thompson’s work has been featured in the British Journal of Medicine, National Geographic, School Counselor Magazine, Arizona Illustrated and Edible Baja Arizona. In 2011, he was awarded Arizona School Counselor of the Year and in 2014 he was recognized by the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as a distinguished community leader.

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The "What If?" presentation with Dr. Murat Kacira will be re-occurring during and between tours from 12-2pm with outreach opportunities in the lobby! More info at http://biosphere2.org/visit/what-if FB Event Page at http://goo.gl/nlykCR

Dr. Kacira is a Professor in the Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at the University of Arizona and the University of Arizona Controlled Environment Agriculture Center.

Dr. Kacira received his bachelor’s degree from Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey and his Masters and Doctorate from The Ohio State University. His research and teaching features design, development and implementation of autonomous plant growth and health sensing & monitoring, climate control technologies, and alternative energy applications to create resource use efficient controlled environment agriculture systems

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The "What If?" presentation with Dr. Greg Barron-Gafford will be re-occurring during and between tours from 12-2pm with outreach opportunities in the lobby! More info at http://biosphere2.org/visit/what-if

Dr. Greg Barron-Gafford is a Plant Physiologist, UA Assistant Professor in University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment SNRE and an Assistant Professor of Biogeography and Ecosystem Science in the University of Arizona School of Geography and Development and with Biosphere 2.

Dr. Barron-Gafford is applying our understanding of plant ecology to “green” solar energy production. Plants act as little evaporative coolers, releasing water when they photosynthesize. Solar panels can be cooled by this effect when the appropriate plants are grown underneath; the panels provide the plants some shade. Come learn more about “agrivoltaics” and how it can be used to provide food in places like southern Arizona!

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The "What If?" presentation with Anne Billingsley will be re-occurring during and between tours from 12-2pm with outreach opportunities in the lobby! More info at http://biosphere2.org/visit/what-if

Anne Billingsley is a University of Arizona PhD candidate in Geosciences. She is working on the Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project with Dr. Andrew Cohen studying the implications of African paleoclimate and regional paleoenvironmental changes on hominin evolution, migrations and extinctions, read more at https://hspdp.asu.edu/. She analyzes drill cores from East Africa Rift Valley lakes to develop a climate history of the region in the context of human ancestral evolution. This combines her interest in pools of water and collections of mud with her amazement of how humans and the environment interact.

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The "What If?" presentation with Michael Pohlmann will be re-ocurring during and between tours from 12-2pm with outreach opportunities in the lobby http://biosphere2.org/visit/what-if

Michael Pohlmann is a PhD Candidate in Environmental Science, the University of Arizona Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science in the University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, with a research emphasis on mineral and organic matter interaction in the critical zone. He is studying pyrogenic (fire-formed) carbon distribution following wildfire in high elevation catchments being studied by the Santa Catalina Mountains & Jemez River Basin Critical Zone Observatory.

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Headshot photo credit: Santa Catalina Mountains Critical Zone Observatory.