Invited Presentations/Lectures
Krishtalka, L. (2018). A new view of life: Quantum biology and biological dark matter. Biodiversity Conservation for a Sustainable Future Symposium. Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, February 2.
Krishtalka, L. (2016). Forget everything you ever learned in biology. Science on Tap. Jan 20
Krishtalka, L. (2016). The Anthropocene and the Life of the Planet. Kansas Citizens for Science. Feb 9
Krishtalka, L. (2015). Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Tackling global challenges with biodiversity data. Canadian Museum of Nature, January 14.
Krishtalka, L. (2015). Tackling the Life of the Planet: Biodiversity Challenges. Schreiner University, Kerville, TX , April 7
Krishtalka, L. (2015). Microbial Life as Biological Dark Matter. Schreiner University, Kerville, TX, April 8
Krishtalka, L. (2015). Studying the Life of the Planet. Sierra Club, Topeka, KS. April 28
Krishtalka, L. (2015). Quantum Biology and Biological Dark Matter. Genetic Standards Consortium, Joint Genomic Institute, Walnut Creek, CA May 5
Krishtalka, L. (2014). Quantum Biology and Biological Dark Matter. Microsoft/Internet 2 Large Data Summit, KU Sep. 22
Krishtalka, L. (2014). Advocating Bio-Collections Knowledge, Annual Meeting, Soc. Preservation of Natural History Collection, Cardiff, Wales, June 26
Krishtalka, L. (2013). Science and the Law. Environment and Law Symposium, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, January 18.
Krishtalka, L. (2013). Building Biodiversity Institutions. 4 lectures. South African National Biodiversity Institution. Jan 23-26.
Krishtalka, L. (2013) GBIF Current and Future Science. GBIF Annual Meeting, Berlin, Oct. 8
Krishtalka, L. (2012, January). The Knowledge Frontier. American Society of Engineers Annual Meeting, Lawrence, KS.
Krishtalka, L. (2011, November 9). Science Grand Challenges and Research. USDA-NIFA Annual meeting Keynote, Chicago.
Krishtalka, L. (2011, July 20). Implementing Grand Challenge Research Projects. Euro Flagship Science, Vienna, Austria.
Krishtalka, L. (2011, July 19). Managing Data in Grand Challenge Research. Euro Flagship Science, Vienna, Austria.
Krishtalka, L. (2010, May 26). Beyond the Turnstile: Making the Case for Museums and Sustainable Values. AAM Annual Meetings, Los Angeles.
Krishtalka, L. (2010, April 30). The Great American Research Grant. NSF EPSCoR conference, OU, Norman, OK.
Krishtalka, L. (2010, January 16). The Knowledge Future, Keynote address. K-IMBRE Convention, Kansas City.
Krishtalka, L. (2009, July 21). NEON Biodiversity Informatics, Boulder, CO.
Krishtalka, L. (2009, March 30). Museum Leadership Series, University of Colorado.
Krishtalka, L. (2008). Tree of life Symposium. Co-convener, Creative Campus, University of Kansas.
Krishtalka, L. (2008, October 22). Symposium [Steering Committee]: NEON collections: repository issues and collections-based data management. Smithsonian, NMNH.
Krishtalka, L. (2008, April 19). Ecoforecasting center for the Great Plains. Co-convener, KU The Commons.
Krishtalka, L. (2008, April 18). Ecoforecasting across natural and human systems. Convener, KU The Commons.
Krishtalka, L. (2007). Convener, Archaeology Collections and Specify Workshop, KU w/U. Alaska, KU, U Arkansas, U Oklahoma participants.
Krishtalka, L. (2007). The Commons presents Voices from the Margins: Silent Spring/Silencing Rachel Carson. Co-Convenver, Spencer Museum of Art.
Krishtalka, L. (2007, December 4). Taxonomy in Europe in the 21st C: Informatics and Technology Foresight. EDIT-European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy Symposium, Oxford University, Oxford, England.
Krishtalka, L., & Dodds, W. (2007, September 19). Understanding and forecasting ecological change in the Central Plains. National Science Foundation.
Krishtalka, L. (2007, June 15). Forecasting environmental phenomena: spread of disease. DHS.
Krishtalka, L., & Peterson, T. (2007, April 25). Forecasting biodiversity phenomena. Dept. Homeland Security and USDA.
Krishtalka, L. (2007, April 12). Ecoforecasting Center for the Central Plains. EPSCoR Annual Symposium, KSU.
Krishtalka, L. (2006). Management and Leadership of Multi-Institutional and Interdisciplinary Research Collaborations. AAAS Annual Meeting, Symposium, St. Louis.
Krishtalka, L. (2006, November 9). Applying the Innovative Culture to High-Priority National Needs: Environment. 2006 NSF EPSCoR National Conference, Lexington, KY.
Co-leader, Breakout session
Krishtalka, L. (2006, November 9). National Priorities: Forecasting Environmental Phenomena. 2006 NSF EPSCoR National Conference, Lexington, KY.
Krishtalka, L. (2006, July). Forecasting The Spread of Avian Influenza and the role of the Aleutian Islands. Discovery Community presentation, Adak, Alaska.
Krishtalka, L. (2006, March). Forecasting Biodiversity Phenomena using Ecological Niche Modeling. USF&WS, Homer, AL.
Krishtalka, L. (2005, November 7). Forecasting Environmental Phenomena. FESTA Lecture, College of Charleston.
Krishtalka, L. (2005, September 21). Ecological-Cultural Niche Modeling: Prospects for modeling eco-cultural niches of archeological humans. European Science Foundation, University of Bordeaux, Le Musée National de Préhistoire, Les Eysies, France.
Krishtalka, L. (2005, August 3). Predicting and Forecasting Biodiversity Phenomena. EPA, Kansas City.
Krishtalka, L. (2005, May 13). Deploying Biocollections information to Forecast Biodiversity Phenomena. Natural Science Collections Alliance, Annual Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA.
Krishtalka, L. (2005, May 6). Forecasting Environmental Phenomena: A Circumpolar Arctic Biodiversity Network. University of Alaska, Anchorage.
Krishtalka, L. (2005, April 19). Evolution and Intelligent Design. 20th C. Generation Society, Lawrence, KS.
Krishtalka, L. (2005, February 24). Conservation Innovation in the 21st Century. Hallmark Foundation, Kansas City.
Krishtalka, L. (2004, December 7). Environmental Cyberinfrastructure. NSF workshop, Washington DC.
Krishtalka, L. (2004, November 15). NEON Research and Education. NSF workshop, Washington, DC.
Krishtalka, L. (2004, September 10). Academic Fictions: University Research. Hall Center for the Humanities, Faculty Colloquium, University of Kansas.
Krishtalka, L. (2004, August 30). Predictive modeling of bioterrorism and agroterrorism agents in Kansas and the U.S. Kansas Legislative Joint Committee on Bioterrorism.
Krishtalka, L. (2004, August 10). Predictive modeling of bioterror agents. Sen. Roberts/DoD Task Force, University of Kansas.
Krishtalka, L. (2004, July 29). National Science Foundation/AIBS NEON Workshop on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function. Hastings Reserve, CA.
Krishtalka, L. (2004, June 15). NEON Research and Informal Science Education. National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.
Krishtalka, L., & Peterson, T. (2004, May 29). Department of Defence Workshop: Biodiversity Informatics Research and Bioterrorism. University of Kansas.
Krishtalka, L. (2004, May 26). The future of natural history collections. Natural Science Collections Alliance, Annual Meeting, Smithsonian, DC.
Krishtalka, L., & West, D. (2004, March 11). Eco-cultural modeling of archeological human populations. NSF Workshop on Eco-cultural Modeling, University of Kansas.
Co-organizer w/D. West
Krishtalka, L. (2004, February 25). Symposium on the Future of Research. Lecture and panel, University of Kansas.
Krishtalka, L. (2004, January 20). Predictive modeling of biodiversity phenomena. Moore Foundation, San Francisco, CA.
Krishtalka, L. (2004, January 8). Writing the great American Grant Proposal. Oklahoma NSF EPSCoR Conference, University of Oklahoma, Norman.
Krishtalka, L., & West, D. (2003, November 8). Archeological Informatics: Using Archeological Collection Data to Model Prehistoric Human Systems. 11th Annual Arctic Conference, University of Washington, Seattle.
Krishtalka, L. (2003, November 2). Get Funded: Writing the Great American Grant Proposal, Genes in Ecology, Ecology in Genes, Ecological Genomics Symposium, Overland Park.
Krishtalka, L. (2003, October 11). Using Biodiversity Informatics to Predict Environmental Phenomena. Society of Women Engineers, Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL.
Krishtalka, L., & McNyset, K. (2003, August 23). Modeling Evolutionary Phenomena using Biodiversity Informatics. European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Leeds, England.
Krishtalka, L. (2003, August 6). Predictive Modeling of Potential Bioterrorism Agents: Disease, Invasive Species and Pests. Kansas Homeland Security Symposium, Kansas City.
Krishtalka, L. (2003, April 30). Bioterrorism/Agroterrorism Prediction and Risk Assessment. Consortium of Biodefence Researchers, 4th Annual Conference, Texas Tech University.
Krishtalka, L. (2003, April 8). How to Write a Successful Grant Proposal. Panel/Lecture, KU, Kansas NSF EPSCoR Conference.
Krishtalka, L. (2002, December 11). Conservation innovation in America: Past, present and future. Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery.
Krishtalka, L. (2002, December 5). Facing the future: Science in the 21st century. University of Kansas Fall 2002 Colloquium, Hall Center for the Humanties.
Krishtalka, L. (2002, September 10). New Frontiers in Research and Development. 2002 NSF EPSCoR National Conference, Anchorage, AL.
Krishtalka, L. (2002, March 28). Conservation of Land and Biodiversity in the 21st Century: A leadership dialogue. Lincoln Institute on Land Policy, Cambridge, MA.
Krishtalka, L. (2002, February 22). Grand Challenges in Science for the 21st Century. Iowa State University.
Krishtalka, L. (2001, July 25). Charting research for the 21st Century. NSF workshop, Santa Fe Institute.
Krishtalka, L. (2001, May 4). 21st Century Science: What are the policy questions? AAAS Colloquium on Science and Technology Policy, Washington, DC.
Information technology and the ten grand research challenges for the 21st Century
Krishtalka, L., Vieglais, D., Peterson, T., Beach, J., & Wiley, E. (2001, February 20). A Research Network for Biodiversity Science: Impact of Computer Networking Technologies on Scientific Research. AAAS, 2001 Annual Meetings, San Francisco.
Krishtalka, L. (2001, February 14). Supercomputing and the Human Endeavor. Symposium, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, DC.
Krishtalka, L. (2000, December 5). Assembling The Tree of Life. NSF Research Workshop, U Texas, Austin.
Krishtalka, L. (2000, December 1). Biodiversity Collections and Emerging Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta.
Krishtalka, L. (2000, October 19). 17th International CODATA Conference, Baveno, Italy.
Krishtalka, L. (2000, September 14). Evolution and Development in a Phylogenetic Context. NSF Research Workshop, Arlington, VA.
Krishtalka, L. (2000, June 16). Conservation in the Internet Age: Strategic Threats and Opportunities. Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government.
Krishtalka, L. (2000, May 5). National Ecological Observatory Network. NSF Research Workshop, Santa Fe Institute.
Krishtalka, L. (2000, February 28). World of Change. Keynote address, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN.
Krishtalka, L. (1999, November 6). Myth Mongering and Monkey Business. Conference on “Monkey Business in Kansas: The Rational Response,”, Center for Inquiry, Kansas City.
Krishtalka, L. (1999, June 25). National Biological Information Infrastructure. Environment Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
Krishtalka, L. (1999, April 24). Long Range Collections Planning. Association of Systematics Collections, Cleveland.
Krishtalka, L. (1999, March 2). Second Conference to Establish National Consortium for the Study of Emerging Threats. Sevilleta Field Station, U New Mexico.
Krishtalka, L. (1999, February 20). State of Asian Biodiversity. Plenary lecture, University of Kansas East Asian Conference, Lawrence.
Krishtalka, L. (1999, January 28). Finding the Path: Issues of Access to Research Resources. National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC.
Krishtalka, L. (1999, January 16). National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis. Biodiversity Observatory Networks, UC-Santa Barbara.
Krishtalka, L. (1999, January 8). Commission on Environmental Cooperation. North American Biodiversity Information Network, Montreal, Canada.
Krishtalka, L. (1998, December 17). Research Integration of Biocollections and Ecosystem Information. Conference, NPACI-San Diego Supercomputer Center.
Krishtalka, L. (1998, November 19). Networking Resources for Competitive Earth Systems Science: Biodiversity of the Great Plains project. AAAS Conference, Lawrence.
Organizer and Convener
Krishtalka, L. (1998, October 9). conference to establish National Consortium for the Study of Emerging Threats. Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe.
Krishtalka, L. (1998, September 13). Biodiversity Observatory Network. NSF workshop, Blandy Farm, Virginia.
Krishtalka, L. (1998, August 27). Kansas Legislative Committee on Information Technology, Lawrence.
Krishtalka, L. (1998, July 10). National Biological Information Infrastructure. Environment Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
Krishtalka, L. (1998, January 11). Informatics Infrastructure for the Systematics and Biocollections community. National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA.
Krishtalka, L. (1998, January 9). Earth Systems Science, Biodiversity Thrust Area. NPACI-San Diego Supercomputer Center conference, SDSC, San Diego.
Krishtalka, L. (1997, November 22). Canadian National Biodiversity Information Initiative Conference. Environment Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
Krishtalka, L. (1997, November 21). NAFTA Commission on Environmental Cooperation. North American Biodiversity Information Network (NABIN), Conference, Montreal, Canada.
Krishtalka, L. (1997, November 7). Networking Resources for Competitive Earth Systems Science. AAAS Conference, Sioux Falls, SD.
Krishtalka, L. (1997, July 8). Canadian National Biodiversity Information Initiative Conference. Environment Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
Krishtalka, L. (1997, April 26). Association of Systematics Collections, Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
The Collections-based Mission of Natural History Institutions
Krishtalka, L. (1997, February 27). Conference on a Canadian Organization for Biodiversity Information. Environment Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
Krishtalka, L. (1996, December). NAFTA Commission on Environmental Cooperation. North American Biodiversity Information Network, Montreal, Canada.
Symposium 2
Krishtalka, L., & Ashe, S. (1996, December 11). Workshop on Computer And Software Tools for Improving and Speeding Biodiversity Studies. Entomological Society of America, Entomological Collections Network, Annual Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky.
invited paper (given by Steve Ashe)
Krishtalka, L. (1996, October). NAFTA Commission on Environmental Cooperation. North American Biodiversity Information Network, Montreal, Canada.
Symposium 1
Krishtalka, L. (1996, September). First annual NSF/PEET workshop. Lawrence, Kansas.
organizer, convener, co-chair
Krishtalka, L. (1996, September). Workshop on biodiversity informatics. Leiden Museum, The Netherlands.
Krishtalka, L. (1996, May). Geology of Critical Intervals. Paleontological Society, Smithsonian, Washington, DC.
Krishtalka, L. (1996, April 15). US-OBI: United States Organization for Biodiversity Information, San Diego Supercomputer Center.
organizer, convener, co-chair
NSF-funded workshop
Krishtalka, L. (1996, March 27). Disseminating Biodiversity Information. European Science Foundation/UNESCO, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.