Lunch with a Scientist is an ongoing monthly lecture series at Cedar Creek. Each month, scientists present a general-audience lecture about their work at or related to Cedar Creek and take questions from the audience.

The series has been running since January 2019 as an in-person program. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, it was shifted online in April 2020, from which point recordings are available. Programs take place on the second Tuesday of each month (11:30am central time), either in-person at Cedar Creek, via zoom, or both. Details about speakers and delivery mode are at cedarcreek.umn.edu/lwas

December 2022 was a fully-online program given by Martha Torstenson. Martha discussed her in-progress graduate work, where she is building theoretical models that help us better understand the how the characteristics of migratory animals and the drivers or cues that trigger migration might connect to climate change vulnerabilities.