BIOL 252 Seminars
Spring Quarter 2023
Genomics Auditorium - Thursdays at 4:00pm
April 6
Speaker: Noé de la Sancha, DePaul University
Title: "Mammals, models, and museums: Tools for understanding the anthropocene"
Host: Loralee Larios
April 13
Speaker: Ken A. Thompson, Standford University
Title: "The Ecology of Hybrid Incompatibilities"
Host: Kate Ostevik
April 20
Speaker: James Strittholt, Conservation Biology Institute
Title: "On the front lines of the extinction crisis: biodiversity conservation in Nevada"
Host: Mitchell Coleman
April 27
Speaker: Allison Veach, University of Texas, San Antonio
Title: "Landscape alteration impacts on soil and stream microbiomes: structure-function linkages"
Host: Kurt Anderson
May 4
Speaker: Rebeca Hernández-Gutiérrez, University of California Riverside
Title: "Diving into the Tropics: Diversification patterns in the family of Cotton and Chocolate"
Host: Kate Ostevik
May 11
Speaker: Alberto Soto, Harvey Mudd College
Title: "An interdisciplinary approach to investigating locomotor behaviors"
Host: Natalie Holt
May 18
Speaker: Sonal Singhal, Cal State University, Dominguez Hills
Title: "Why are there more of some types of species than others? An exploration in lizards & snakes"
Host: Alan Brelsford
May 25
Speaker: Matt Forister, University of Nevada, Reno
Title: "Extirpation, persistence and the fate of western butterflies in the Anthropocene"
Host: EEOB Graduate Students (Amanda Herbert GSA President)
June 8
Speaker: Clelia Gasparini, University of Padova
Title: TBA
Host: EEOB Graduate Students (Amanda Herbert GSA President)