Seminar Series 2020-2021
Fall 2020
September 10
Town Hall Meeting: The future of EEB
Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program Director
Michigan State University
September 17
Managing for resilience of island fishes
DISTINGUISHED EEB SPEAKER
Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation
University of California - Berkeley
Host: Mariah Meek
September 24
African killifishes shed light on evolution and modulation of lifespan
Group Leader
Max Plank Institute for Biology of Ageing - Cologne, Germany
Host: Andrew Thompson and Ingo Braasch
October 1
Large animals influence biogeochemistry in the Mara River, Kenya?
DISTINGUISHED EEB SPEAKER
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
University of Georgia
Host: Steve Hamilton
October 8
Human impacts on community assembly: Tales from the Caribbean and the epicenter of the spotted lanternfly invasion
Ecology and Integrative Biology
Temple University
Host: Dan Turner
October 22
Nighttime ecology and its application in animal behavioral and observational studies
Natural Resources Science
University of Rhode Island
Host: Kayla Davis
October 29
Sociogenomics: The molecular biology that links nature and nurture
Director of the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Host: Darren Incorvaia
November 5
Figuring out the tips for speciation and macroevolutionary analyses
Research School of Biology
Australian National University - Canberra
Host: Meaghan Clark
November 12
November 12
Careers Outside Academia
Stewardship Director
SW Michigan Land Conservancy
Host: Lars Brudvig
November 19
Plant populations in a human-dominated world: How do they grow and change?
DISTINGUISHED STUDENT SPEAKER
MSU Department of Plant Biology
Host: Lars Brudvig
December 3
Is the high diversity in tropical forests driven by the interactions of plants and their pests
Biology Department
University of Utah
Host: Will Wetzel
Spring 2021
January 21
Careers outside of academia - Conservation science in action: An ecologist’s career at The Nature Conservancy
Lead Scientist
The Nature Conservancy
Host: Connie Rojas
January 21
Careers outside of academia
Scientist
San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research
Host: Gary Roloff
January 28
Data integration in population and community ecology
DISTINGUISHED STUDENT SPEAKER
MSU Department of Integrative Biology
Host: Elise Zipkin
February 4
Does the evolution of thermal tolerance shape patterns of rarity, invasion, and population responses to climate change?
Plant and Microbial Biology
North Carolina State University
Host: Marianna Szucs
February 11
Integrative biodiversity science for the anthropocene
Plant Biology
McGill University
Host: Lars Brudvig
February 18
Investigations into the exploratory behavior of foraging honey bees
DISTINGUISHED STUDENT SPEAKER
MSU Department of Integrative Biology
Host: Fred Dyer
February 25
What are the roles of connectivity and the environment in structuring freshwater communities?
Institute for Watershed Studies
Western Washington University
Host: Kendra Cheruvilil
March 4
How natural variation in the seasonal germination niche shapes plant life histories and climate adaptation
Evolution and Ecology
University of California - Davis
Host: Rachel Toczydlowski
March 18
Tracking short-term evolution in a pedigreed wild population
Department of Biology
University of Rochester
Host: Emily Josephs
March 25
Development and evolution of bats
Institute of the Environment & Sustainability
University of California
Host: Ingo Braasch
April 1
Prediction and prevention for disease systems in an eco-evolutionary, landscape genomics modeling framework
School of Public and Community Health
University of Montana
Host: Nadya Mamoozadeh
April 8
Chemical defense in frogs, flies, and nudibranchs
Integrative Biology
University of California - Berkeley
Host: Heather Eisthen
April 15
Deciphering the trophic effects of large carnivores in wildland food webs
Wildland Resources
Utah State University
Host: Scott Peacor