National Geographic LIVE with Dr. Heather Lynch- Penguins of Antarctica

Name: National Geographic LIVE with Dr. Heather Lynch- Penguins of Antarctica
Start: 2026-04-24T19:00:00-06:00
End: 2026-04-24T21:00:00-06:00
Location: Eccles Center Theater

Schedule

Fri Apr 24 2026 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Eccles Center Theater | Park City, UT

Antarctica’s name alone conjures imagery of the harshest environment on Earth but the continent is more than its monochromatic color scheme of snow and ice. We go on assignment to the frozen continent with quantitative ecologist and National Geographic Explorer Heather Lynch. Meet the many species of penguins that waddle and swim through the freezing water along with an abundance of other life on a journey to the bottom of the world.

Bio:
Dr. Heather Lynch is a quantitative ecologist dedicated to understanding the population dynamics of Antarctic wildlife with a particular focus on Antarctic penguins. She has more than a decade of field experience on the continent. She is an Associate Professor at Stony Brook University with a joint appointment in the Department of Ecology & Evolution and the Institute for Advanced Computational Science. Lynch serves as the principal investigator for a large multi-institution National Science Foundation award. She received an NSF CAREER Award for her work on the spatial dynamics of Antarctic penguins and was elected an early career fellow of the Ecological Society of America. Lynch has an A.B. in Physics from Princeton University an M.A. in Physics from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in organismic and evolutionary biology from Harvard University.