Seminars

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