Upcoming Events for Earnest C. Watson Lecture Series

Wednesday, November 19, 2025
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm	Watson Lecture - Thirteen Years in the Dust: How a Robot Showed that Mars Was Once Habitable, with Ashwin Vasavada Beckman Auditorium Ashwin Vasavada, project scientist, Mars Science Laboratory, JPL,

Wednesday, January 21, 2026
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm	Watson Lecture - Francois Tissot Beckman Auditorium Francois Tissot, professor of geochemistry; Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator,

Wednesday, February 25, 2026
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm	Watson Lecture - Kimberly See Beckman Auditorium Kim See, professor of chemistry,

Wednesday, March 25, 2026
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm	Watson Lecture - Katie Bouman Beckman Auditorium Katie Bouman, associate professor of computing and mathematical sciences, electrical engineering and astronomy; Rosenberg Scholar; Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator,

Wednesday, April 29, 2026
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm	Watson Lecture - Sarkis Mazmanian Beckman Auditorium Sarkis Mazmanian, Luis B. and Nelly Soux professor of microbiology; Merkin Institute Professor,

Wednesday, May 20, 2026
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm	Watson Lecture - Kirby Nielsen Beckman Auditorium Kirby Nielsen, professor of economics; William H. Hurt Scholar,