Faculty Spotlight Series
TEDxBerkeley - Maria Fadiman - Finding Balance: People, Plants, and Culture in the Amazon


Dr. Maria Fadiman works with the human/environmental aspect of conservation. She received her Ph.D. in Geography at the University of Texas at Austin, an M.A. in Latin American Studies from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana and a B.A. from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. She was named one of National Geographic's Emerging Explorers in 2006. Her research focuses on ethnobotany, the study of the relationship between people and plants. She works primarily in rural areas with indigenous people and subsistence agriculturalists.

Faculty Spotlight Series
Glimpses of the challenging and valuable work taking place at the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science at Florida Atlantic University.


Sukanya Chakrabarti recently moved to FAU from UC Berkeley, where she was a UC President's Fellow. Prior to that she was a NSF Fellow at Harvard. Video is Copyright (c) 2009 UC Berkeley.

Science Olympiad 2011
The 2011 SE Florida Regional Competition at Florida Atlantic University
[ View Clip ] 5 Minutes 36 seconds, 117 Megabytes

FAU Faculty Spotlight Series
Glimpses of the challenging and valuable work taking place at Florida Atlantic University.


FAU ethnobotanist Maria Fadiman explains how her research explores conservation practices on three continents.

Science Olympiad 2010
The 2010 SE Florida Regional Competition at Florida Atlantic University
[ View Clip ] 5 Minutes 10 seconds, 25.7 Megabytes

Science Olympiad 2008
The 2008 SE Florida Regional Competition at Florida Atlantic University
[ View Clip ] 4 Minutes 18 seconds, 10.5 Megabytes

Perfect Predators
Discovery Channel Shark Week 20th Anniversary
Original Air Date: Wednesday, August 1, 2007.
Featuring the Elasmobranch Research Laboratory at Florida Atlantic University.
[ View Clip ] 1 Minute 47 seconds, 17 Megabytes

Ocean of Fear: The Worst Shark Attack Ever
Discovery Channel Shark Week 20th Anniversary
Original Air Date: Sunday, July 29, 2007.
Featuring the Elasmobranch Research Laboratory at Florida Atlantic University.
[ View Clip ] 3 Minutes 6 seconds, 13 Megabytes

Destination Wilderness Mysteries of the Gulf Stream (Atlantic)
Gedeon Programmes
Production Date: 2007.
Featuring the Elasmobranch Research Laboratory at Florida Atlantic University.
[ View Clip ] 1 Minute 31 seconds, 10 Megabytes

Hammerhead
BBC
Production Date: 2004.
Featuring the Elasmobranch Research Laboratory at Florida Atlantic University.
[ View Clip ] 8 Minutes 56 seconds, 55 Megabytes