Seminars
Last updated: January 21, 2025
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Seminar for the Michener Professorship positionFaculty Host: Bruce Lieberman
Photo Credit: Sam Droege
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Seminar for the Michener ProfessorshipFaculty Host: Bruce Lieberman
Photo Credit: Sam Droege
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Dr. Laurie Stevison, Auburn UniversityFaculty Hosts: Drs. Jenny Gleason and Maria Orive
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Seminar for the Michener Professorship positionFaculty Host: Bruce Lieberman
Photo Credit: Sam Droege
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Seminar for the Michener Professorship positionFaculty Host: Bruce Lieberman
Photo Credit: Sam Droege
Monday, February 24, 2025
Selected EEB Graduate Student Presentations in Panorama Gallery in Dyche HallTuesday, February 25, 2025
GSO Invited SpeakerDr. Gregory Houseman, Wichita State University
Faculty Host: GSO, Blanca Rodriguez
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Meet Your ColleagueDr. James Bever,
University of Kansas
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Dr. SaraH Zanders,Stowers Institute
Faculty Host: Justin Blumenstiel
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Dr. Ingo Schlupp,University of Oklahoma
Faculty Host: Dr. Jenny Gleason
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Dr. Amy Dapper,Mississippi State University
Faculty Host: Dr. Jae Young Choi
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Dr. Irene Sánchez González,University of Georgia
Faculty Host: Dr. Sara Baer
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Dr. Max Castorani,University of Virginia
Faculty Host: Dr. Dan Reuman
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Armitage Speaker HoldTuesday, April 29, 2025
Armitage Speaker HoldTuesday, May 6, 2025
Dr. Tom Juenger,University of Texas-Austin
Faculty Host: Dr. Benjamin Sikes
Previous Semesters
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