Updated September 2, 2015
SEMINARS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
SPEAKERS FOR FALL 2015
All Seminars will be held on Monday at 12:20 pm in the Morison Seminar Room, A106 Corson Hall (unless indicated otherwise)
Date
08/31/15
09/07/15
09/14/15
09/21/15
09/30/15*
Wednesday
3:30 PM
G10 Biotech
10/05/15
10/12/15
10/19/15
10/26/15
11/04/15*
Wednesday
3:30 PM
G10 Biotech
11/09/15
11/16/15
11/23/15
11/30/15
12/07/15 &
12/08/15
Name/Affiliation/Topic
Host
Dr. Karl Niklas, Section of Plant Biology, Cornell University
Agrawal
Title: The evolutionary-developmental origins of multicellularity
NO SEMINAR - LABOR DAY
Dr. Joleah Lamb, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University
Harvell
Title: From polyps to people: Using seagrass meadows to naturally buffer coral reefs
and humans from waterborne pathogens
Dr. Charles Midega, International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya
Kessler
Title: Ecological management of cereal stemborers in African smallholder Agriculture
through behavioral manipulation
Dr. Judie Bronstein, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of
Poveda/
Arizona, Tucson
Douglas
Title: Why cooperate? Mutualism from cells to ecosystems
(Entomology)
Sponsored by Biology without Borders
Co-hosted by Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Entomology, Natural Resources, and
Neurobiology and Behavior
Dr. Nathan Kraft, Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park
Geber
Title: Functional trait differences and the maintenance of diversity in plant
communities
NO SEMINAR - FALL BREAK
Dr. Christoph Humborg, Department of Environmental Science and Analytical
Howarth
Chemistry, Stockholm University, Sweden
Title: Extensive new observations of the surface water to atmosphere methane flux
across the Siberian shelf seas
Dr. Olivier Dangles, Ecology, Institute for Research and Development, Quito, Ecuador
Flecker
Title: Thermal ecology in the Neotropics: From microsensors to drones
Dr. Leslie Vosshall, Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior, The Rockefeller
Hoy/
University, New York City
Harrington
Title: Building a mosquito sensory system to hunt humans
(NB&B)
Sponsored by Biology without Borders
Co-hosted by Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Entomology, Natural Resources, and
Neurobiology and Behavior
Dr. Andy Dobson, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton
Dhondt
University, Princeton
Title: Constructing food webs for large terrestrial ecosystems: 1, Serengeti
Dr. Michelle Afkhami, Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables
Hairston
Title: Hidden players: Surprising effects of plant-microbial mutualisms at scales
ranging from genes to communities
Dr. Jeff Good, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula
Searle
Title: Developmental syndromes underlying the evolution of reproductive isolation in
mammals
Dr. Justin Welbergen, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of
Lovette
Western Sydney and Centre for Tropical Biodiversity and Climate Change, James Cook
University, Australia
Title: Canaries in the coalmine: Flying-foxes and extreme heat events in a warming
climate
E&EB GSA Symposium
GSA
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