Seminars
Last updated: September 3, 2025
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Selected EEB Graduate Student PresentationsMartel Ellis: Disentangling trait variation in Tripsacum dactyloides using a “reciprocal” common garden approach
Luis Javier Madrigal Roca: Decoding environmental drivers of genetic evolution: an elastic net approach to SNP-environment associations
Alex Hey: Leveraging nanopore sampling for identification of admixture in wild mammal populations
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Dr. Jocelyn Colella, University of KansasAssistant Curator & Professor, Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Seminar Title: Mammalian biorepositories: pillars of conservation and One Health
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Tentative Seminar Hold
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Dr. Naupaka Zimmerman, University of KansasDepartment of Environmental Studies
Seminar Title: Ecology and Biogeography of Phyllosphere Fungi
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Dr. Allie Graham, University of KansasAssistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences
Seminar Title: Tales of Loss: Understanding the Role of Pseudogenization in Adaptation to Environmental Pressures
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Armitage Lecturer SeminarDr. Forest Isbell, University of Minnesota
Faculty Host: Dr. Ben Sikes
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Learn About Your Colleague SeminarDr. Chris Beard, University of Kansas
Biodiversity Institute & Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Seminar Title: Island biogeography during Deep Time: New insights from the Eocene of Turkey
Faculty Hosts: Drs. Nico Franz and Ben Sikes
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Michener Lecturer SeminarDr. Jennifer Fewell, Arizona State University
Faculty Host: Dr. Deb Smith
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
University of Kansas Fall Break - No Seminar
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Tentative Seminar Hold
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Graduate Student Organization - Selected SpeakerDr. Scott Taylor, University of Colorado-Boulder
Seminar Title Hybridization and adaptation in chickadees
Host: GSO and Blanca Rodriguez
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Dr. Polly Campbell, University of California-RiversideFaculty Host: Dr. Katya Mack
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025
Dr. Patrick Shiu, University of MissouriFaculty Host: Dr. Justin Blumenstiel
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Dr. Kristi Montooth, University of Nebraska, LincolnFaculty Host: Dr. Justin Blumenstiel
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
No Seminar Scheduled - Thanksgiving Break: Wednesday, November 26, to Sunday, November 30.
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Learn From a Different DepartmentDr. Coral Zhou,
University of Kansas, Molecular Biosciences
Faculty Host: Dr. Katya Mack
Previous Semesters
Spring 2025 Seminars
Seminars will be held in Haworth Hall, Room 1005 at 3:45 PM unless otherwise noted below. Social with coffee and light refreshments will begin at 3:30 PM outside Room 1005 or on the portico outside the West entrance to Haworth (weather permitting).
February 4 & 6, 2025 - Seminars for the Michener Professorship position
February 11, 2025 - Dr. Laurie Stevison, Auburn University
February 13 & 18, 2025 - Seminars for the Michener Professorship position
February 24, 2025 - Selected EEB Graduate Student Presentations in Panorama Gallery in Dyche Hall: Austin Nguyen, Marina Stoilova, Ashley Bowman
February 25, 2025 - GSO Invited Speaker: Dr. Gregory Houseman, Wichita State University
March 4, 2025 - Meet Your Colleague: Dr. James Bever, University of Kansas
March 11, 2025 - Dr. SaraH Zanders, Stowers Institute
March 25, 2025 - Dr. Ingo Schlupp, University of Oklahoma
April 1, 2025 - Dr. Amy Dapper, Mississippi State University
April 8, 2025 - Dr. Irene Sánchez González, University of Georgia
April 15, 2025 - Dr. Max Castorani, University of Virginia
April 29, 2025 - Dr. Rana Parshad, University of Iowa
May 6, 2025 - Dr. Tom Juenger, University of Texas-Austin
Fall 2024 Seminars
Seminars will be held in Haworth Hall, Room 1005 at 3:45 PM unless otherwise noted below. Social with coffee and light refreshments will begin at 3:30 PM outside Room 1005 or on the portico outside the West entrance to Haworth (weather permitting).
August 27, 2024 - Selected EEB Graduate Student Presentations: Jessica Wilhelm, Arezoo Fani, Javier Torres Lopez
September 3, 2024 - Dr. Brian Atkinson, University of Kansas
September 10, 2024 - Dr. Benjamin Sikes, University of Kansas
September 17, 2024 - Dr. James Walters, University of Kansas
September 24, 2024 - GSO Invited Speaker: Dr. Laura P. Lagomarsino, Louisiana State University
October 1, 2024 - Dr. Priscilla Erickson, University of Richmond
October 8, 2024 - Dr. Emily Beck, University of Kansas, Assistant Professor Molecular Biosciences
October 22, 2024 - Dr. Stephen Smith, University of Michigan
October 29, 2024 - Dr. Damon Lisch, Purdue University
November 12, 2024 - Dr. Rosana Ferreira, University of Kansas, Molecular Biosciences
November 19, 2024 - MICHENER LECTURER: Dr. Karen Kapheim, Utah State University
December 3, 2024 - Dr. Angela Possinger, Virginia Tech
December 10, 2024 - Dr. Johana Goyes Vallejos, University of Missouri
Seminars will be held in Haworth Hall, Room 1005 at 3:45 PM unless otherwise noted below. Social with coffee and light refreshments will begin at 3:30 PM outside Room 1005 or on the portico outside the West entrance to Haworth (weather permitting).
Jan. 23, 2024 – Dr. Dyan Morgan, University of Kansas, Associate Teaching Professor, Undergraduate Biology Program
Jan. 30, 2024 – Dr. Jennifer Coughlan, Yale University
Feb. 6, 2024 – Dr. Jason Hoeksema, University of Mississippi
Feb. 13, 2024 – Dr. Vadim Karatayev, University of Kansas, & University of Maryland
Feb. 19, 2024 – Selected EEB Graduate Student Presentations
Seminar Location: Panorama Gallery inside Dyche Hall,
KU Natural History Museum, located at 1345 Jayhawk Blvd
3:45 Sarah Flynn
4:05 Kathleen Rust
4:25 Sharif Tusuubira
Feb. 27, 2024 – DISTINGUISHED BIODIVERSITY SPEAKER
Dr. Rodrigo Medellin, University of Mexico
March 19, 2024 – Dr. Elsie Shogren, University of Rochester
March 26, 2024 – Dr. James Saulsbury, University of Kansas
April 2, 2024 – Dr. Victor Gonzalez, University of Kansas
April 9, 2024 – MICHENER LECTURER
Dr. Eleanor Bath, University of Oxford
April 16, 2024 – Dr. Michael D. Greenfield, ENES Bioacoustics Research Lab, CRNL, University of Saint-Etienne, CNRS, Inserm, Saint-Etienne, France; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
April 23, 2024 – ARMITAGE LECTURER
Dr. Jerry DeNoyelles,University of Kansas, Emeritus Faculty, 1975-2019 Systematics and Ecology, Botany and Environmental Studies Departments
Kansas Biological Survey, Deputy Director KBS from 1986-2019 Retirement
April 30, 2024 – Dr. Tim James, University of Michigan
Seminars will be held in Haworth Hall, Room 1005 at 3:45 PM unless otherwise noted below. Social with coffee and light refreshments will begin at 3:30 PM outside Room 1005 or on the portico outside the West entrance to Haworth (weather permitting).
August 22, 2023 - Selected EEB Graduate Student Presentations
Anjali Gupta, Naomi Betson, Christian Supsup
August 29, 2023 - Dr. Justin Blumenstiel, The University of Kansas
September 5, 2023 - Dr. Maggie Wagner, The University of Kansas
September 19, 2023 - Dr. Saima Shahid, Oklahoma State University
September 26, 2023 - Dr. Elizabeth Carlan, Washington University
October 3, 2023 - Dr. Kin Onn Chan, University of Kansas, KU Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum
October 10, 2023 - Dr. Monica Carvalho, University of Michigan
October 24, 2023 - Dr. Emilio Berti, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
October 31, 2023 - Dr. Sarah Bush, University of Utah
November 7, 2023 - Dr. Tomomi Parins-Fukuchi, University of Toronto
November 14, 2023 - Dr. Erin Seybold, University of Kansas, Kansas Geological Survey
November 28, 2023 - Dr. Lila Fishman, University of Montana
December 5, 2023 - Dr. Andreas Chavez, Ohio State University
During the pandemic, we are hosting seminars both virtually and in-person. Links to the virtual presentations will be shared prior to the presentation via Departmental e-mail. All in-person seminars will be held in Haworth Hall, Room 1005 with coffee and light refreshments at 3:30 PM followed by the seminar at 3:45 PM.
Feb. 20, 2023 - Selected EEB Graduate Student Presentations
3:45 Matthew Travert
4:05 Kayla Clouse
4:25 Fernando Machado-Stredel
March 21, 2023 – Dr. Posy Busby, Oregon State University
March 28, 2023 – Dr. Grace Lee, University of California, Irvine
April 11, 2023 – Emerging Lecturer: Ecology & Global Change Biology
Dr. Kadeem Gilbert, Michigan State University
April 20, 2023 – Armitage Lecturer
Dr. J. Checo Colón-Gaud, Georgia Southern University
April 25, 2023 – Michener Lecturer
Dr. Sandra Rehan, York University
May 2, 2023 – Graduate Student Organization (GSO) Lecturer
Dr. Lydia Zeglin, Kansas State University