Spring 2016 Seminar Schedule
SPRING 2016
Date | Name/Affiliation | Title | Host | |
Jan 21 | Dr. Carly Tribull Sam Houston State University | Molecular and morphometricphylogenetics of Dryinidae and Bethylidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) | Dr. Bucheli | |
Jan 28 | Dr. Wen-Bin Yu Pennsylvania State University | Flower diversity in Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae) | Dr. Randle | |
Feb 4 | Dr. Darryl de Ruiter Texas A&M University | Homo naledi: A new species of hominin from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa | Dr. Lewis | |
Feb 11 | Dr. Barbara Forrest Southeastern Louisiana University | Why “Academic Freedom” is a fraud | Dr. Lutterschmidt | |
Feb 18 | Dr. Per-Arne Amundsen Arctic University of Norway | The role of parasites in food web topology and dynamics of subarctic lakes | Dr. T. Cook | |
Feb 25 | Dr. Erich Fuchs University of Costa Rica | Forest fragmentation and its effect on the genetic structure of tropical trees in Costa Rica | Dr. Hargrave | |
Mar 3 | Dr. Mitch Aide University of Puerto Rico | Using "big data" to improve biodiversity conservation and management in the tropics. | Dr. Pascarella | |
Mar 17 | Dr. Michelle Stocker Virginia Tech University | Novelty and constraint: convergent evolution among archosaurs | Dr. Lewis | |
Mar 24 | Dr. Wendy Moore University of Arizona | TBA | Dr. J. Cook | |
Mar 31 | Dr. Thomas Carroll UT Southwestern Medical Center | Wnt/beta-catenin signaling in kidney development and disease: How can one pathway do so many things? | Dr. Seeling | |
Apr 7 | Dr. Deb Lutterschmidt Portland State University |
Sex & Candy: Neuroendocrine mechanisms of seasonal life-history transitions | Dr. Lutterschmidt | |
Apr 14 | Dr. Kirk Winemiller Texas A&M University |
River flows, fishes and the things we do to them | Dr. Montaña | |
Apr 21 | Dr. Aaron Bauer Villanova University |
The comparative biology of gekos | Dr. Daza | |
Apr 28 | Dr. Kimberly Greer Prairie View A&M University |
TBA | Dr. Harper |