Join the Adler Planetarium Youth Leadership Council for our first-ever Science Speaks Chicago. This all-day event will feature sessions of short, dynamic talks by early-career STEM professionals, focusing on the speakers' work, research, and personal journeys. Our speakers include:

Abdel Halloway, Mathematical Ecology and Evolution

Ashley Walker, Astrochemistry

Charlotte Haley, Astro Science and Statistics

Giovanna Rossi, Adler teen

Jack Morgan, Adler teen

Jennifer Moore, Chemistry

Katie Breivik, Astrophysics

Kennen Hutchison, Biology and Science Education

Mary Clare Greenlees, Adler teen

Mathew Perez-Neut, Biochemistry

Neda Bagheri, Computational Biology

Sadie Witkowski, Neuroscience

Schnaude Dorizan, Neuroscience

Shannon Gedey, Architecture

Sophie Shrand, Science Education



Science Speaks Chicago aims to connect young Chicagoans (ages 11 to 21) with new role models in the sciences. The talks will be focused not only on speaker's research and work in STEM, but also their personal stories of how they got to where they are today. Talks will be hosted in the Adler’s Johnson Star Theater, and more informal “poster sessions” will be hosted throughout the day elsewhere in the museum.

Free registration is open to young people ages 11 to 21 and one guest, and includes access to the event and general admission to the Planetarium. School and organization groups interested in attending this event should contact youthprograms@adlerplanetarium.org.







