EAST DULWICH, LONDON​
WHERE? Upstairs at The East Dulwich Tavern, 1 Lordship Lane, SE22 8EW (map) Nearest station: East Dulwich.
(There's plenty of space for parking buggies downstairs in the pub.)
WHEN? First Tuesday of the month at 11.30 a.m..
HOW MUCH? £10 ADV. or £12 on the door (subject to availability)

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JURASSIC PARK: COULD IT HAPPEN?
TUESDAY 8TH JANUARY @ 11.30AM

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In the film Jurassic Park, dinosaur DNA is discovered preserved in the abdomen of a mosquito. Dinosaurs are brought back to life and chaos ensues. Dr Susie Maidment explores the science behind Jurassic Park, her research on the geological preservation of soft tissues, including dinosaur blood cells, and the advances in our understanding of the palaeobiology of dinosaurs.
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Dr Susannah Maidment is curator of non-avian archosaurs at The Natural History Museum. and a dinosaur researcher with a particular focus on the stegosaurs. She has a five-year old daughter and live in Lewes, East Sussex.

INTO THE VOLCANIC INFERNO
TUESDAY 5TH february @11.30AM

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In June 2017, 15 scientists and BBC film crew travelled to Nyiragongo, one of the largest and most active volcanoes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and home to the largest permanent lava lake on Earth. Posing a constant threat to the city of Goma, a settlement with more than 1 million people, Nyiragongo last erupted in 2002, and has been intermittently active ever since. In this talk Chris will describe the geology of this lethal, mysterious volcano and show footage and photography from the volcano summit and deep within the crater.

Professor Christopher Jackson is a geologist at Imperial College, London, UK. Having completed his PhD at Manchester in 2002 and then worked in the oil industry in Bergen, Norway, he moved to Imperial College in 2004 to pursue an academic career. Chris runs, cycles, and takes great pride in having helped keep his three daughters, Olive (7), Hazel (5), and Nora (2) alive for a combined total of 14 years…