FAU Environmental Sciences Colloquium Series
Sponsored by the Environmental Sciences Program
Fridays 3:00 – 4:00 PM
August 31: Dr. Ken Feeley, FIU
“Running From the Heat: Can tropical trees shift their distributions to remain at
equilibrium with climate?”
September 7: Student presentations (HBOI):
Stevee Kennard, "Spatio-temporal Modeling of Seed Dispersal for Vegetative and Plant
Community Restoration in the Kissimmee River Floodplain using GIS Technologies"
Lisa Vlaming, "Physiology and Ecology of Bloom-forming macroalgae, Ulva lactuca
(Chlorophyta), Hypnea musciformis, and Gracilaria tikvahiae (Rhodophyta), in the
Indian River Lagoon, FL
September 14: Student presentations (Davie):
Liz Barraco, "A risk assessment of the Argentine black and white tegu, Tupinambis
merianae, in South Florida"
Natalie Knorp, "Evidence for site selection in ovipositing females and implications for
populations in the Florida Everglades"
September 21: Dr. Kent Carpenter, Old Dominion University (HBOI)
September 28: Dr. Rebekah Gibble, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (BOCA)
October 5: TBA
October 12: Student presentations (Davie):
Mat Denton, James Lange
October 19: TBA
October 26: Dr. Steve Traxler, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (HBOI)
November 2: Dr. Richard Turner, Florida Institute of Technology (HBOI)
November 9: Student presentations (Jupiter):
Jerilyn Ashworth, Josh Holbrook
November 16: Student Presentations (Boca):
Kavita Balkaran, Tatiana Warraich
Davie: DW 421, Boca: CM 125, Jupiter: SR 270, Harbor Branch: MC 209