The Regional LIASE Conference brings together the Southern California grantees of the LIASE grant from the Henry Luce Foundation. Faculty, students, and staff from Occidental College, Whittier College, and EnviroLab Asia from the Claremont Colleges will share their research projects, approaches, and questions to studying environmental issues in East and Southeast Asia.
LIASE Regional Conference
Friday, April 13, 2018
Whittier College, Villalobos Hall
13507 Earlham Dr., Whittier, CA 90602
ALL SESSIONS OPEN TO PUBLIC
10am – 4pm
Morning
10:00 Arrival (light fruits + drinks)
10:20-10:45 Opening and Welcome Comments: Dean of Faculty – Darrin Good & LIASE Director – Jake Carbine
10:45-11:05 Determining the Antibacterial and Anticancer Properties of Medicinal Herbs and Fungi from Southern China
Prof. Ralph Isovitsch, Whittier
11:05-11:25 Environmental Chemistry Collaboration with the National University of Malaysia
Prof. Katie Purvis-Roberts, ChanchanokSudta, Emma Stacey, Emma Su, and Lude Rong, Claremont
11:25-11:45 Research at Maipo Wetlands (Hong Kong) on Mangroves
Prof. Cheryl Swift and Robert Karaat, Whittier, Whittier
11:45-12:00 Take Your Seat Hong Kong
Spencer VanDerStarren, Whittier
Luncheon Keynote Address
12:00-1:30 Prof. Robert Marks, “Asia & the Environment: Past and Future”
Afternoon
1:30-1:50 Hong Kong Independent Research
Allen Chen, Olivia Wilk, and Ryan Lee, Occidental
1:50-2:10 Theatre as a Vehicle for Environmental Change
Luyi Huang, Sami Murphy & Betel Tesfarmariam, Claremont
2:10-2:30 Bio-Diversity and Sacred Spaces in Myanmar
Prof. Jake Carbine, Christina Mecklenburg, Marissa Ochoa, and Anders Blomso
2:30-2:50 Implementation Grant Discussion
Prof. Alexander Day, Occidental
3:00-4:00 Closing Performance
Chen Zhipeng and Moon Lin
Chinese Nature Musicians from Dali and Beijing