The 56th Annual Meeting of the Missouri Academy of Science:
April 24th & 25th, 2020
Missouri Southern State University
Joplin, MO
Schedule, Junior Division:
| Friday, April 24th | |
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| 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Registration and Poster set up Billingsley Student Center, 3rd floor foyer |
| 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | High School Poster Set-Up (posters to be removed by 6:00 pm) Billingsley Student Center 335, Ballroom |
| 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM | Student Orientation Billingsley Student Center 309, House of Lords Room Drs. Teresa Boman and Mary Kilmer (Co-State Directors), Rep from MSSU |
| 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM | Judges Orientation Billingsley Room 307 Drs. Teresa Boman and Mary Kilmer (Co-State Directors) |
| 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Middle and High School Oral Presentations Billingsley Student Center/Reynolds Hall |
| 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Announcement of finalists/special award winners |
| 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Middle and High School Finalists Presentations Billingsley Student Center |
| 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM | Middle and High School Award Ceremony Billingsley Student Center 335, Ballroom |
Schedule, Senior Division:
| Friday, April 24th | |
|---|---|
| 7:00-8:30 PM | General Registration and Social Nixon Hall |
| 8:00-8:30 PM | MAS Council Meeting Nixon Hall |
| Saturday, April 25th | |
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| 8:00 – 9:30 | General Registration Nixon Hall |
| 8:00 – 9:30 | Poster Set up Hallways of Reynolds/Nixon Halls |
| 9:30-11:00 AM | Poster Session Hallways of Reynolds/Nixon Halls 9:30 – 10:15 Even numbered posters present 10:15 – 11:00 Odd numbered posters present |
| 11:00-11:30 AM | Business Meeting Billingsley Student Center 335, Ballroom |
| 11:30 AM -12:00 PM | Lunch Billingsley Student Center 335, Ballroom |
| 12:00 – 12:45 PM | Featured Speaker or Breakout Sessions Billingsley Student Center |
| 1:00-4:00 PM | Oral presentations Reynolds/Nixon Hall |
| 4:00 PM | Meeting adjourns |
Featured Speaker: Dr. David Penning
Most Terrible and Vile: Crossing disciplines and Universities to understand how reptiles work and why it matters
Dr. Penning is an assistant professor of Biology and Environmental health at MSSU. His work generally focuses on the movements, behaviors, and evolution of reptiles. His specialized interest involves striking and constriction in snakes and bite force in turtles.
His work has been featured on PBS, where he reconstructed the constriction performance of the largest snake known ever to have lived, Titanoboa cerrejonensis. Major media outlets including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Yahoo News, Huffington Post, and National Geographic have also covered his work. Most recently, he was featured on the Discovery Channel and the Smithsonian Network.
