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Using Science to Improve the Performance in Farmer's Fields and on the Baseball Field

Join us this Thursday for an Event about St. Louis’ most celebrated fields

New technologies are revolutionizing our ability to digitize and understand the world around us. These tools have been tapped by baseball teams to improve player’s batting and pitching and by scientists to accelerate the pace of discovery.  For example, cutting-edge technologies can tell us how much spin is on the ball as it leaves a pitcher’s hand or how a plant adapts to drought conditions.

Featured panelists Chris Correa, Director, Baseball Development, St. Louis Cardinals and Ivan Baxter, Ph.D., USDA-ARS Research Scientist, and Principal Investigator, Danforth Plant Science Center, will share insights about how turning quantifiable information into actionable knowledge is transforming the world of sports and science this Thursday, November 14, 2013 with a reception at 5:15 p.m. and program at 6:00 p.m. at the Danforth Center, 975 N. Warson Road.

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Reservations are required but complimentary; seating is limited.  To reserve your seat call (314) 587-1070 or email:conversations@danforthcenter.org or register on-line.

To view previous Conversations programs visit HEC-TV.org

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About the Speakers

Chris Correa, Director, Baseball Development for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chris Correa joined the Cardinals in 2009 and was promoted to Director of Baseball Development in 2013. In this position, Correa leads a group that provides statistical analysis and decision support tools to all areas of Baseball Operations. He previously served as a quantitative analyst and was responsible for developing proprietary analytical models and applications to assist with player personnel decisions at the amateur and professional levels.  Corea earned a bachelor of science in Cognitive Science from Hampshire College, a master of science in Psychology from University of Illinois, and was a doctoral candidate at the University of Michigan prior to joining the Cardinals. 

Ivan Baxter, Ph.D., USDA-ARS Research Scientist, Assistant Member and Principal Investigator at the Danforth Plant Science Center,
Ivan Baxter is a USDA-ARS Research Scientist as well as Assistant Member and Principal Investigator at the Danforth Center. Prior to joining the Danforth Center, Baxter worked at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Ivan is a graduate of the Goucher College in Towson, Maryland and received his Ph.D. in molecular and cellular structure and chemistry from The Scripps Research Institute.

In September, the Center opened the Bellwether Foundation Plant Phenotyping Facility, advancing the Center’s imaging and robotics capabilities to accelerate scientific discovery. The 1,755-sq.ft., one-of-a kind facility has automated and continuous plant imaging, that allows Center scientists to run customized experiments under precisely controlled conditions generating detailed data that will advance the rate at which technology can be brought to market.

Click here to learn more about the Danforth Center’s Bellwether Foundation Plant Phenotyping Facility.

Funding for the facility was provided in part through a $1 million gift from The Bellwether Foundation and the Center’s many donors.

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