By Roger Segelken New findings in the role of chemicals in interactions among all organisms will be reported and discussed at Cornell April 13 and 14 when the Jill and Ken Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture Series brings together four leaders in the emerging field of chemical ecology.
Lectures are free and open to the public.
The Iscol program recognizes scholarship on the frontiers of scientific inquiry and addresses issues of paramount importantance to humankind. A specialist in the chemical interactions between herbivorous insects and their host plants, Berenbaum is the author of three books, numerous scientific articles and a contributor to popular-science publications. The Ph.D. graduate of Cornell also is known as the originator of Illinois' Insect Fear Film Festival. Long-time collaborators, Eisner and Meinwald are internationally recognized as pioneers in the field of chemical ecology whose discoveries have advanced the search for new medicinals, agrochemicals and other useful substances from nature. A post-lecture reception is planned from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Statler Auditorium foyer.