iDig2Learn is Celebrating Roosevelt Island’s Nature with 2 fascinating free virtual talks this week and you’re invited to attend.
Thursday, March 25th – 11am to Noon Ants. Super cool. Guest
Speaker Chris Johnson from the American Natural History Museum.
RSVP “Ants” to iDig2Learn@gmail.com for GoToMtg link
Christine Johnson is the Curatorial Associate in the Division of
Invertebrate Zoology at the AmericanMuseum of Natural History, where
her focus is to care for and digitize (database & image)
themillions of preserved invertebrate specimens in the collection
for use by researchers and the public.Originally arriving in NYC to
study ballet, her work on social insects focuses on
understandinginteractions between ant social parasites and their
hosts, specializing on raider ants. Away from NYCshe conducted
post-doctoral research at the University of Helsinki, the Catholic
University of Leuvenand Ohio State University; back in NYC she is a
member of the Manhattan Solid Waste AdvisoryBoard and has been
active in the community garden scene, especially in East Harlem.
And:
Learn more about Roosevelt Island based iDig2Learn at their website , Twitter Feed and Instagram Page.