Iowa City Darwin Day, Inc was founded in 2007 exclusively for charitable, scientific and education
purposes. The purpose of this 501c(3) nonprofit organization (EIN 20-5827051) is to recognize and show our appreciation for the
enormous benefits that scientific knowledge, acquired through human curiosity and ingenuity, has
contributed to the advancement of humanity by organizing educational and social activities in and around
Iowa City, Iowa, annually on or about the anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth,
February 12.
Previous Iowa City Darwin Day Speakers
2018
James Hansen (Columbia University)Asheley Landrum (Texas Tech University)
Julie Meachen (Des Moises University)
Paul Strode (Fairview High School, Boulder, CO)
Pete Akers (University of Iowa)
2017
Peter and Rosemary Grant, Princeton UniversityAnne Fausto-Sterling, Brown University
Richard Wrangham, Harvard University
Mary Kosloski, University of Iowa
2016
Carlos Bustamante, Stanford UniversityAnn Reid, National Center for Science Education
Tim Weaver, University of California, Davis
Briana Pobiner, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
Emily Schoerning, National Center for Science Education
2015
Sean B. Carroll, Howard Hughes Medical Institute & University of WisconsinMarlene Zuk, University of Minnesota
Ed Stone, University of Iowa
2014
W. Ford Doolittle, Dalhousie UniversityKristi Montooth, University of Nebraska
Robert Franciscus, University of Iowa
2013
Steve Benner, Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution (FfAME)Rosie Redfield, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia
David Des Marais, NASA Astrobiology Institute's Ames Research Center
Albert Erives, Department of Biology, University of Iowa
Anne J. Lindberg, 2013 IC Darwin Day Artist
Sarah Lindsay, 2013 IC Darwin Day Poet
2012
Phil Currie, Department of Biological Sciences, University of AlbertaEllen Ketterson, Department of Biology, Indiana University
Scott Edwards, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Baba Brinkman, 2012 IC Darwin Day Rap Artist (Performed "The Rap Guide to Evolution")
2011
Frans de Waal, Department of Psychology, Emory UniversityLorne Wolfe, Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University
Andrew Forbes, Department of Biology, University of Iowa
2010
Janis Antonovics, Department of Biology, University of VirginiaJohn Logsdon, Department of Biology, University of Iowa
Tara Smith, Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa
2009
E.O. Wilson, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard UniversityAnne Yoder, Biology Department, Duke University
Todd Oakley, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, UC Santa Barbara
Maurine Neiman, Department of Biology, University of Iowa
Nelson Ting, Department of Anthropology, University of Iowa
Mark Blumberg, Department of Psychology, University of Iowa
Nancy Budd, Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa
Lauri Lebo, Author: "The Devil in Dover"
2008
Massimo Pigliucci, Department of Ecology and Evolution, SUNY Stony BrookChris Brochu, Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa