Seminars
Last updated: February 16, 2024
January 23, 2024
Dr. Dyan Morgan,University of Kansas,
Associate Teaching Professor,
Undergraduate Biology Program
Seminar Title: Growth Mindset in the Classroom
Faculty Host: Dr. Mark Mort
January 30, 2024
Dr. Jennifer Coughlan,Yale University
Seminar Title: The dual role of parental conflict in speciation: Lessons from Mimulus
Faculty Host: Dr. Jae Young Choi
February 6, 2024
Dr. Jason Hoeksema,University of Mississippi
Seminar Title: Are common mycorrhizal networks beneficial for trees in forests? Separating evidence from fantasy in the wood-wide web.
Faculty Host: Dr. Benjamin Sikes
February 13, 2024
Dr. Vadim Karatayev,University of Kansas,
and, University of Maryland
Seminar Title: Resilience of large ecosystems under global change
Faculty Host: Dr. Dan Reuman
February 19, 2024
Selected EEB Graduate Student PresentationsSeminar Location: Panorama Gallery inside Dyche Hall,
KU Natural History Museum, located at 1345 Jayhawk Blvd
Sarah Flynn: The Impacts of Stream Intermittency on Water Quality and Microbial Processes in the Great Plains
Kathleen Rust: A new fossil primate from southern China reveals an Asian origin for the enigmatic North American primate Ekgmowechashala
Sharif Tusuubira: Experimental evolution suggests rapid assembly of the 'selfing syndrome' from standing variation in Mimulus guttatus
February 27, 2024
DISTINGUISHED BIODIVERSITY SPEAKERSeminar Title: How to do conservation science, implement it, and not die trying
Dr. Rodrigo Medellin,
University of Mexico,
Faculty Host: Dr. Jorge Soberon
March 19, 2024
Dr. Elsie Shogren,University of Rochester
Seminar Title: The moment of truth: Hybridization in recently sympatric birds with neo-sex chromosomes
Faculty Host: Dr. Rob Moyle
March 26, 2024
Dr. James Saulsbury,University of Kansas
Faculty Host: Dr. Kelly Matsunaga & Lena Hileman
April 2, 2024
Dr. Victor Gonzalez,University of Kansas
Faculty Host: Lena Hileman
April 9, 2024
MICHENER LECTURERDr. Eleanor Bath,
University of Oxford,
Faculty Host: Dr. Jenny Gleason
April 16, 2024
Dr. Michael Greenfield,University of Kansas,
and 'Université de Saint Etienne
Seminar Title: Coordinated rhythms in animal species, including humans: Entrainment from chorusing to the philharmonic orchestra
Faculty Host: Dr. Jenny Gleason
April 23, 2024
ARMITAGE LECTURERDr. Jerry DeNoyelles,
University of Kansas,
Kansas Biological Survey
Faculty Host: Dr. Bryan Foster
April 30, 2024
Dr. Tim James,University of Michigan
Seminar Title: Fungal dispersal in the Anthropocene: the friends, the foes, and the so-so’s
Faculty Host: Dr. Ben Sikes
Previous Semesters
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
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. 21, 2022 - Selected EEB Graduate Student Presentations
3:45 Devon DeRaad
4:05 Alex Fulk
4:25 Ceyda Kural
April. 21 & 22, 2022 – The Armitage Speaker
Dr. Amy Rosemond, University of Georgia
April 26, 2022 - Dr. Kory Evans, Rice University
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.
Aug. 23, 2022 - Selected EEB Graduate Student Presentations
3:45 Keana Tang
4:05 Laura Podzikowski
4:25 Ben Wiens
September 13, 2022 - Dr. Maria Rebolleda-Gomez, University of California, Irvine
Evolutionary Mechanisms Emerging Speaker
September 27, 2022 - Dr. Jonathan Bloch, Florida Museum of Natural History
October 25, 2022 - Dr. Matthew Bowker, Northern Arizona University
November 1, 2022 - Dr. Suzanne Sindi, University of California, Merced
November 8, 2022 - Dr. Carlos Garcia-Robledo, University of Connecticut
November 22, 2022 - Dr. John Willis, Duke 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.
Aug. 24, 2021 - Selected EEB Graduate Student Presentations
3:45 Lucas DeCicco
4:05 Robert J. Ramos
4:25 Sharif Tusuubira
Aug. 31, 2021 - Dr. Folashade Agusto, University of Kansas
September 7, 2021 - Dr. Andrew Short, University of Kansas
September 14, 2021 - Dr. Amy Burgin, University of Kansas
October 5, 2021 - Dr. Rhiannon LaVine, University of Kansas
November 16, 2021 - The Michener Lecture
Dr. Amy Toth, Iowa State University
November 30, 2021 - GSO Speaker
Dr. Laura Kubatko, Ohio State University
December 7, 2021 - Dr. Katy Heath, University of Illinois (virtual)
Due to the COVID-19 virus, all EEB seminars listed below will be presented virtually. Links to the virtual presentations will be posted prior to the date listed below.
All seminars start at 3:30 pm for social, 3:45 pm for start of the seminar unless otherwise noted.
Feb 2 Lisette de Senerpont Domis, Netherlands Institute of Ecology
Feb 22 Graduate Student Recruitment
3:45 pm Anna Klompen
4:05 pm Emma Hauser
4:25 pm Rachel Neff
Mar 2 Dr. Jaelyn Eberle, University of Colorado
Mar 16 The Michener Lecture
Dr. Sarah Kocher, Princeton University
Mar 30 Dr. Evangeline Ballerini, California State University, Sacramento
Apr 6 Distinguished Ecology/Global Change Biology
Melinda Smith, Colorado State University
Apr 13 Distinguished Biodiversity/Macroevolution
Dr. Susana Magallon, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Apr 27 Dr. Catherine Rushworth, University of Minnesota
Due to the COVID-19 virus, all EEB seminars listed below will be presented virtually. Links to the virtual presentations will be posted prior to the date listed below.
Sep 8 Phillip Barden, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Sep 22 Stephanie Hampton, Environmental Biology, NSF
Sep 29 Erika Marin Spiotta, Distinguished Diversity Speaker, University of Wisconsin- Madison
Oct 20 Alison Bennett (GSO speaker), Ohio State University
Oct 27 Douda Bensasson, Unversity of Georgia
Nov 10 EEB Graduate Students: Keana Tang, Camille Delavaux, Matthew Travert
Unless noted, all seminars will be held in 1005 Haworth Hall with coffee and light refreshments at 3:30-3:45 PM and the seminar starts at 3:45 PM
Jan 21 Jocelyn Colella, University of New Hampshire
Jan 28 Lauren Shoemaker, University of Wyoming
Feb 4 Emily Sessa, University of Florda
Feb 11 Colin Donihue, Washington University
Feb 18 Margarita Lopez-Uribe, Penn State (GSO Speaker)
Feb 24 A. Katzer, H. Burrell, & P. de Mello (Monday)
Mar 3 Kristina Douglass, Penn State
Mar 10 SPRING BREAK
Mar 17 Posy Busby, Oregan State University CANCELLED
Mar 24 Phillip Barden, NJ Institute of Technology CANCELLED
Mar 31 Caleb Robbins, University of Kansas CANCELLED
Apr 7 Sara Kocher, Princeton (Michener Spkr) CANCELLED
Apr 14 Jaelyn Eberle, University of Colorado CANCELLED
Apr 21 Anji Ballerini, Sacramento State CANCELLED
Apr 30 Amy Rosemond, Univ. of Georgia CANCELLED
May 5 Rhiannon LaVine, University of Kansas CANCELLED
Unless noted, all seminars will be held in 1005 Haworth Hall with coffee and light refreshments at 3:30-5:00 PM and the seminar starts at 3:45 PM
Aug 27 Graduate Student symposium
Sep 3 Paul Hime, University of Kansas
Sep 10 Rolfe Mandel, University of Kansas
Sep 17 Scott Hawley, Stowers Institute
Sep 24 Hannah Kinmonth-Schultz, University of Kansas
Oct 1 *Corey Welch (Distinguished Diversity), Iowa State
Oct 8 Andrea Sweigart, University of Georgia
Oct 15 FALL BREAK
Oct 22 Danielle Way, Western Ontario University
Oct 29 **Rodolfo Dirzo (Distinguished Ecology), Stanford University
Nov 5 David Civitello, Emory University
Nov 12 John Kappelman, University of Texas-Austin
Nov 19 Brian Couch, University of Nebraska
Nov 26 THANKSGIVING BREAK
Dec 3 Mabel Rice, CANCELLED
Dec 10 Keryn Gedan, George Washington University
*Reception at the Oread Hotel
**Reception at the Burge Union