SEMINAR SCHEDULE FOR BIO 216
SPRING 2020

                                   

SEMINAR REPORTS ARE DUE WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF A SEMINAR PRESENTATION.

 

Be sure to double-check the time and location for each event by looking at the flyers posted on the bulletin boards in the Biology Building.

   

Jan 17, Friday, 11:30, 2305 EP

Dr. Suman Neupane, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Biological Sciences,Virginia Tech, "Systematics and Evolutionary Processes in Flowering Plants with Focus on Coffee
Family (Rubiaceae)"

Jan. 24, Friday, 11:30, 2305 EP Dr. Matthew Reid, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research
Center, Dept. of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University,
"Plant-soil interactions: Implications for community and ecosystem dynamics"
Jan. 27, Monday, 11:30, 2305 EP Dr. Andrew Gregory, Assistant Professor, School of Earth, Environment, and
Sustainability, Bowling Green State University, "After the plow: wildlife management and conservation on today’s landscapes"
Feb. 3, Monday, 11:30, 2305 EP Dr. Caleb Roberts, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture,
University of Nebraska, " Managing for ecological resilience in an era of global change: approaches and outcomes"
Feb. 10, Monday, 11:30, 2305 EP Dr. Riley Bernard, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Ecosystem Science
and Management, Pennsylvania State University, " Conservation in the dark: Answering ecological questions to help manage North America's imperiled bat species"
Feb. 10 Monday, 4:30 pm, 2305 EP Dr. Lucas Kirschman, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Murray State University, Research Seminar
Feb. 13, Thursday, 6:00 pm, 2305 EP Dr. Katherine Buckley, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Auburn University, "The red queen's race: How evolution shapes animal immune systems" (Darwin Day Speaker)
Feb. 14, Friday, 11:30, 2305 EP

Dr. Katherine Buckley, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, "Sea urchin larvae provide novel insights into the system-wide inntae immune response"

Feb. 21, Friday, 1:30, BL 320 Dr. Christopher Gunn, Archaeology Review Coordinator at the KY Heritage Council. "Using ceramic petrography to understand economic interaction at Kiuic, Yucatan, Mexico 600-1000 AD.
Feb. 27, Thursday, 7:00 pm, Wrather Auditorium Dr. Kevin Stein, Emory University, "The past, present, and future of cancer survivorship: implications for care and research"
Feb. 28, Friday, 11:30, 2305 EP

Dr. Milt Ostrofsky, Professor Emeritus, Department of Biology, Allegheny College,"Predicting Internal Phosphorus Loading in Stratified Lakes"

Mar. 6, Friday, 11:30, 2305 EP

Dr. Patrick Guerra, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Universityof Cincinnati, TBD

Mar 26, Thursday, TBA Dr. Rachel Tenniel, University of AK at LIttle Rock, TBD
Mar 27, Friday, 11:30, 2305 EP

Dr. Kelsey Reider, NSF Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biology, Murray State University, TBD

April 3, Friday, 11:30, 2305 EP

Dr. Matthew Simpson, Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Kentucky, TBD

April 10, Friday, 11:30, 2305 EP

Dr. Ted Smith, Director, Center for Healthy Air, Water and Soil, University of Louisville Enviroment Institute. Will be a part of the Watershed Summit – Location & time TBD

April 17, Friday, 2:30, BL 320 Kevin Takashita-Bynum, MS Thesis presentation
April 17, Friday, 11:30, 2305 EP

Dr. Maria Replogle, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biological Sciences, University ofWisconsin - Milwaukee, TBD

May 1, Friday, 1:30, BL 320 Marie White and Kevin Wann, Senior Thesis presentations