Seminars
Last updated: August 26, 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
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