Natural Science Seminar – Dr. Annette Lykknes

Annette Lykknes, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Teacher Education at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, will present “The Nature of Element Discoveries.”

Dr. Lykknes is a historian of chemistry and professor of chemistry education at NTNU-University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway. She is chair of the Division of History of Chemistry (DHC) of the European Chemical Society (EuChemS), the history of chemistry group of the Norwegian Chemical Society and of the Norwegian Association for History of Science. Her research interests include, among other things, the history of 19th and 20th century chemistry and university history, the history of women and couples in science, and the nature of science in chemistry textbooks. She is book series editor (with Brigitte Van Tiggelen) of Analysis: Historical Cases in Chemistry (World Scientific), topic editor (history of chemistry) of ChemTexts: The Textbook Journal of Chemistry and has co-edited several collective volumes in the history of science. In 2019, she co-authored and co-edited a number of publications related to the history of the periodic system, among them Women in their Element, co-edited with Brigitte Van Tiggelen.”

The Natural Science Seminar Series is sponsored by Le Moyne College and the natural science departments. Speakers include Le Moyne students and faculty as well as scientists from other colleges, universities and the private sector.