One of this year’s last Artist and Lecture Series events will give Baker students a rare glimpse into the life and career of author, adventurer and tropical rain forest canopy biologist Margaret D. Lowman.

Lowman will be performing at 7:30 p.m. April 14 in McKibbin Recital Hall.

Susan Buehler, director of the Artist and Lecture Series, said Lowman is on staff as the Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies and is the Director of Environmental Initiatives at New College of Florida.

Lowman will be speaking as part of the Milfred White Memorial Lecture.

“(Lowman) is also known as ‘Canopy Meg’ because she hangs around in trees,” Buehler said.

One topic Lowman touches on frequently consists of women in the hard sciences, Buehler said. Many of the world-renowned scientists tend to be male.

“I think, to her credit, that she is very proud of the fact that she has made some headway in that field,” Buehler said.

Baker’s heightened green initiative and the topic of sustainability of life on this planet influenced the committee’s decision to bring Lowman to campus, voting unanimously on the matter.

“This year we were very centered around environmental issues,” she said.

Buehler said Assistant Professor of Biology Randy Miller has worked with Lowman in the past.

Miller and his wife offered to host Lowman in their home and pick her up from the airport.

“Randy’s eagerness to help out in this presentation has been just priceless,” Buehler said.