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).

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 – Dr. Jenny Archibald, University of Kansas

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 – Dr. Thomas Anderson, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

Tuesday, February 10, 2026 – Dr. Hollis Woodard, University of California, Riverside

Monday, February 23, 2026 – Selected Graduate Student Speakers: Annalise Guthrie, Peter Willadsen, Askhan (Khan) Shametov 

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 – Dr. Allison Louthan, Kansas State University

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 – Dr. Lena Hileman, University of Kansas

Tuesday, March 24, 2026 – Graduate Student Organization Invited Speaker: Dr. Rebecca M. Varney, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 – EEB SOCIAL

Tuesday, April 7, 2026 – Dr. James Beck, Wichita State University

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 – Dr. Obed Garcia, University of Kansas

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 – MICHENER LECTURER: Dr. Heather Hines, Pennsylvania State University

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 – Dr. Gavin Rice, Kansas State University

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 – Dr. Colin Meiklejohn, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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).

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 - Selected EEB Graduate Student Presentations
          Martel Ellis, Luis Javier Madrigal Roca, Alex Hey:

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 - Dr. Jocelyn Colella, University of Kansas, Assistant Curator & Professor, Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Tuesday, September 9, 2025 - Dr. Naupaka Zimmerman, University of Kansas, Department of Environmental Studies

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 - Dr. Allie Graham, University of Kansas, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences

Tuesday, September 23, 2025 - Armitage Lecturer Seminar: Dr. Forest Isbell, University of Minnesota

Tuesday, September 30, 2025 - Learn About Your Colleague Seminar: Dr. Chris Beard, University of Kansas, Biodiversity Institute & Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
 

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 - Michener Lecturer Seminar: Dr. Jennifer Fewell, Arizona State University

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 - Graduate Student Organization Selected Speaker: Dr. Scott Taylor, University of Colorado-Boulder

Tuesday, November 4, 2025 - Dr. Polly Campbell, University of California-Riverside

Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025 - Dr. Patrick Shiu, University of Missouri

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 - Dr. Kristi Montooth, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Tuesday, December 2, 2025 - Learn From a Different Department: Dr. Coral Zhou,
University of Kansas, Molecular Biosciences

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