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Join renowned UC Davis limnologist and Tahoe Research Group founder Dr. Charles Goldman for an entertaining public presentation on the stories and history of five decades of research at Lake Tahoe and the challenges ahead.
Dr. Charles Goldman is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at UC Davis who has devoted his career to studying the effects of environmental pollutants on lake ecology. He developed the first UC Davis course on limnology and oceanography and taught at UC Davis for 52 years with 1,500 undergraduate students, more than 100 graduate students, and 37 post-docs. His single most important and sustained contribution is the five decades of research on Lake Tahoe. He was the founder of the Tahoe Research Group at UC Davis, which later became the Tahoe Environmental Research Center, and has pursued long-term ecological research at Lake Tahoe since 1958. He has served as an advisor to presidents, governors, senators, and countless other leaders about the environmental health of Lake Tahoe. Professor Goldman’s career work has been honored with the 1998 Albert Einstein World Award of Science, presented at a formal ceremony held in New Zealand. The Einstein Award, bestowed annually to a single individual by a council of eminent scientists that includes 25 Nobel laureates, recognizes those who have accomplished scientific and technological achievements that have advanced scientific understanding and benefited humanity.
Doors at 5:00 p.m. Presentation begins at 5:30 p.m.