Spring 2022 Seminars
Fridays, 9:30 - 10:30 AM
Winter quarter seminars are being held in person and virtually via Zoom as noted.
In-person seminars are held in Coastal Biology 110.
Please email the host for more information on specific speakers.
Dr. Van Wishingrad, Postdoctoral Researcher, UC Santa Cruz
In-Person
Talk Title: "Phylogenomics and landscape genomics of the Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis) in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range"
Host: Beth Shapiro
Dr. Bridgett vonHoldt, Associate Professor, Dept of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
Virtual
Talk Title: "Genetic admixture in North American canids: The legacy and the future"
Host: Dan Wright, Bernardi Lab
Dr. Rachael Bay, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Evolution and Ecology, UC Davis
In-Person
Talk Title: “Climate adaptation in marine foundation species”
Host: Jason Toy, Kroeker Lab
Dr. Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Environmental Studies, UC Santa Cruz
In-Person
Talk Title: "Bird conservation in natural, agricultural, and urban landscapes"
Host: Tim Brown, Zavaleta Lab
Dr. Nina Overgaard Therkildsen, Assistant Professor, Dept of Natural Resources and the Environment, Cornell University
In-Person
Talk Title: "Contemporary Evolution and Adaptive Divergence in Open Ocean Environments: New Insights and Applications to Fisheries Management"
Host: Jason Toy, Kroeker Lab
Dr. Paul Barber, Professor, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UCLA
In-Person, CBB 110
Talk Title: "Frogs, Hyaenas and Shrimp, Oh My! Evolving Marine Diversity"
Host: Erika Zavaleta
Dr. Seema Jayachandran, Professor of Economics, Northwestern
Virtual
Talk Title: "Money (Not) to Burn: Payments for Ecosystem Services to Reduce Crop Residue Burning"
Host: Melissa Cronin
Dr. Agnes Dellinger, Postdoctoral research associate at the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Vienna (Austria)
In Person, CBB 110
Talk Title: "Investigating the roles of pollinator shifts, Andean uplift, and biogeography in the diversification history of Merianieae (Melastomataceae)"
Host: Pedro Juarez & Kathleen Kay
Dr. Adriana Briscoe, Professor, Depart. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UC Irvine
In Person, CBB 110
"TBA"
Host: Carlos Garza
Friday, April 1
Friday, April 8
Friday, April 15
Friday, April 22
Friday, April 29, 2022
Friday, May 6, 2022
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Friday, May 20, 2022
Friday, May 27, 2022