Author and researcher Dr. Tim M. Berra has been selected to give the second annual lecture in The John Glenn Distinguished Lecture Series in Earth and Planetary Sciences at 7 p.m. on March 20 in Boyd Science Center Room 343. Dr. Berra’s presentation, “Chasing Nurseryfish and Avoiding Crocodiles in Northern Australia,” will provide details of his research and adventures working on the life history of the nurseryfish. The event is free and open to the public.

Dr. Berra is an academy professor and professor emeritus of evolution, ecology and organismal biology at The Ohio State University; a university professor fellow at Charles Darwin University in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia ; and a research associate at the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory.

He is the author of more than 85 scientific papers and eight books, including “Freshwater Fish Distribution,” which features 169 maps, 324 fish drawings and 1,700 references (University of Chicago Press, 2007). His other works include “Charles Darwin: The Concise Story of an Extraordinary Man,” (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009) and “Darwin and His Children: His Other Legacy” (Oxford University Press, 2013) which covers the lives of the 10 children of Charles and Emma Darwin.

The John Glenn Distinguished Lecture Series in Earth and Planetary Sciences was established and endowed by alumnus Bill Lovejoy ‘51 and his late wife Martha Johnson Lovejoy ‘52 to honor the memory of John Glenn ‘43, one of Muskingum University’s most accomplished and inspiring alumni. The lectureship, founded in 2017, features an annual speaker, chosen by a committee of faculty members from the Muskingum University departments of biology, geology and physics.

For more information about The John Glenn Distinguished Lecture Series in Earth and Planetary Sciences, visit muskingum.edu/GlennLecture.