Kerrville, TX – Schreiner University’s Harry Crate Lecture Series is delighted to welcome, Dr. Jessica Tierney, one of the lead authors on the recent 6th Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This event is free and open to the public on Oct 28 at 5:30 p.m. in the Moody Science Building room 106.

Tierney is an Associate Professor of Geosciences at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. She is notable in paleoclimatology for her climate research using organic biomarkers and her papers have been cited more than 2,500 times. Tierney was awarded the James B. Macelwane Medal in 2014 and the Pieter Schenk Award in 2015. She earned the Packard Science and Engineering Fellowship 2015-2020 and was the lead author for the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2021.

The Harry Crate Lecture Series is named in memory of Harry Crate, a former Schreiner University Math and Engineering Professor, who was known for his love of discussing science and technology with students and faculty.

For more information, please contact Dr. Chris Distel, Associate Professor of Biology at Schreiner University, at cadistel@schreiner.edu.