Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences [Ecology and Evolution Graduate Program]

Ecology & Evolution Graduate Program Seminar Series

Everyone, regardless of whether you are affiliated with E&E, is welcome and encouraged to attend these seminars.

Unless otherwise noted, seminars are held Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. in the Alampi Room of the Marine and Coastal Sciences Building on the G. H. Cook Campus. Refreshments are served at 3:30 p.m.

For scheduling information contact Dr. Nina Fefferman at fefferman@sebs.rutgers.edu.

Fall 2009 Seminars
Date Speaker, Affiliation, and Seminar Title Host
Sept. 17 Dr. Tracy Langkilde
Department of Biology
The Pennsylvania State University
"Surviving invasion: native lizards alter their behavior and morphology in response to deadly fire ants"

Henry John-Alder
Sept. 24

Dr. Laura Miller
Department of Mathematics
University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill
"Aerodynamic constraints in the smallest flying insects"

 Nina Fefferman
Oct. 1

Dr. Michael Wimberly
Geographic Information Science Center of Excellence (GIScCE)
University of South Dakota
"The macroscope meets the microscope: climate, land cover, and the biogeography of infectious disease"

 Yangjing Zhang
Oct. 8 Dr. Ning Zhang
Department of Plant Biology and Pathology
Rutgers University
"Population and evolutionary biology of fungal pathogens"
Program membership seminar

 Julie Lockwood
Oct. 15

Dr. Jessica Thomas
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources
Rutgers University
"Life history correlates of substitution rate in invertebrates"

 Karl Kjer
Oct. 22

Dr. Edwin Green
Department of Ecology, Evolution , and Natural Resources
Rutgers University
"Testing Hypotheses"

 Julie Lockwood
Oct. 29 Dr. Mark Hauber
Department of Psychology
Hunter College, CUNY
"Never trust a cowbird: life history lessons from avian brood parasites."

 Julie Lockwood
Nov. 5

Dr. Marci Meixler
Director, Global Map Analytics, Philadelphia
"New techniques in aquatic conservation: fish passage prediction, community modeling, and biodiversity protection."
Program membership seminar

David Ehrenfeld
Nov. 12 Dr. Karina V.R. Schafer
Federated Departments of Biological Sciences
Rutgers Newark and NJIT
"Carbon sequestration of forests and wetlands"

 Julie Lockwood
Nov. 19

EcoGSA Eminent Ecologist Lecture
Dr. Alison Power
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Cornell University
Past-President of the Ecological Society of America
"Implications of host and vector diversity for the spread of plant viruses"

 EcoGSA
Dec. 3 Dr. Jennifer Rudgers
Godwin Assistant Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Rice University
"Dynamics and consequences of mutualistic symbiosis: The ecology and evolution of fungal endophytes in grasses."

Cesar
Rodriguez-Saona
Spring 2010 Seminars
Date Speaker, Affiliation, and Seminar Title Host
Jan. 28

Dr. Martin Ferris
University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill
"Dissecting the complex genetic architecture of virus-host interactions during influenza virus infection."

 Siobain Duffy
Feb. 4

Dr. S. Luke Flory
Department of Biology
Indiana University
"Causes and consequences of a non-native grass invasion in eastern forests."

Co-Sponsored with the Plant Biology Graduate Program

 Ari Novy
Feb. 11

Sam Droege
USGS, Patuxent VA
"The Natural History Gap: Can We Track Climate Change Impacts to Species?"

 Maria Stanko
Feb. 18 Dr. Olaf Jensen
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Rutgers University
"Fisheries as ecosystem-scale experiments: using stock assessment to understand the dynamics of exploited marine ecosystems."
Program membership seminar

Julie Lockwood
Feb. 25

Dr. Kevin Chen
Department of Genetics
Rutgers University
"Evolution of MicroRNA and transcription factor binding sites."
Program membership seminar

 Julie Lockwood
March 4

Dr. Deborah Goldberg
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
University of Michigan
"Clonality and Plant Invasion"
Presented in conjunction with the Ecologies in the Balance seminar series

 Joan Ehrenfeld
March 11

Dr. Robert Raguso
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior
Cornell University

Elena Tartaglia
March 18 Spring Break  
March 25

Dr. Anthony Ricciardi
McGill School of Environment
McGill University
"Playing Ecological Roulette with Assisted Colonization: Relocating Species as a Conservation Strategy"
Presented in conjunction with the Ecologies in the Balance seminar series

David Ehrenfeld
April 1

Dr. Charles Canhan
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

Brian Clough
April 8    
April 15    
April 22

Dr. Michael Sears
Department of Biology
Bryn Mawr College
"Why Good Models of Species Ranges Fail: Relationships of Individuals with Landscapes...It's Complicated"

 Henry John-Alder

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