Fall 2024
(The colloquium schedule for this semester is still under development)
Schedule

8/28/2024, Introductory colloquium,  (In-Person)
Come out to meet your E&E department family
(Reception to Follow outside)
Host: Rafael D'Andrea

9/4/2024, Dr. Doug Tallamy, University of Delaware, (Zoom only)
Title:  Are "Alien" Plants Bad?
Host: Dr. Rafael D'Andrea      
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9/11/2024, Dr. Bruce Futcher, Stony Brook University, (In-Person)
Title: "Aging in Naked Mole Rats: How a royal Darwinian Daemon flattens the Gompertz Curve"
Host: Dr. Rafael D'Andrea
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9/18/2024, Dr. Casey Lardner, GenSpace, (In-Person)
Title:  “Learn, create, grow: How community biology broadens participation in the life sciences”
Host: Dr. J.L. Weissman
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9/25/2024, Dr. Kevin Shoemaker, University of Nevada Reno,  (In-Person)
Title:  PVA for the common (wildlife) man(ager): democracy in demography
Host: Dr. Resit Akcakaya
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10/2/2024, Dr. Molly Roberts, Stony Brook University, SOMAS, (In-Person)
Title: "Mechanistic models of growth, biomaterials and behavior: Linking lab and field studies on ocean warming, ocean acidification, and resource allocation in dynamic coastal environments"     

Host: Dr. Dianna Padilla 
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10/9/2024, Dr. Hannah Reich, SUNY ESF, (In-Person)
Title: "Taking a symbiosis apart and putting it back together to explore the coral holobiont's iron economy"
Host: Dr. Robert Thacker
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10/16/2024, Dr. Dan Katz, Cornell University, (In-Person)
Title: "Plants, pollen, and public health: Harnessing ecology and remote sensing to model airborne pollen concentrations"

Host: Dr. Rafael D'Andrea
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10/23/2024, Assessment Committee meeting
Title: N/A
Host: Dr. Joshua Rest
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10/30/2024, Dr. Jake Musser, Yale University, (In-Person)
Title: "Sponge cell types shed light on muscle and neuron origins"
Host: Dr. Robert Thacker
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11/6/2024, Dr. Heather Skeen, University of Connecticut, (In-Person) 
Title: “Temporal Patterns and Phylogenetic Perspectives of Avian Microbiota”
Host: Kate Blackwell
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11/13/2024, Dr. Paul Barrett, Stony Brook University,E&E, (In-Person)
Title: "Constraints and trajectories in the evolution of cat-like carnivores"
Host: Dr. Tara Smiley
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11/20/2024, Dr. Frank Aylward, Virginia Tech, (In-Person)
Title: "The emerging prevalence of giant viruses in the biosphere"
Host: Dr. Joshua Rest
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12/4/2024, Dr.  Leroy Nunez, Stony Brook University,E&E, (In-Person)
Title: "Evolution of the Diverse North American Gartersnakes, Watersnakes, and Allies (Natricidae: Thamnophiini)"
Host: Dr. Pascal Title
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Spring 2025
(The colloquium schedule for this semester is still under development)

2/12/2025, Dr. Daniel Caetano, Towson University , (In-Person)
Title:  TBA
Host: Dr. Pascal Title
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2/19/2025, Dr. Jenny McGuire, Georgia Tech , (In-Person)
Title: TBA
Host: Dr. Tara Smiley
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3/5/2025, Dr. Tara Pelletier, Radford University, (In-Person)
Title: TBA
Host: Dr. Pascal Title
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3/26/2025, Dr. Daniel Bolnick, University of Connecticut, (In-Person)
Title: TBA
Host: Dr. Krishna Veeramah
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4/2/2025, Dr. Bin He, University of Iowa, (In-Person)
Title: TBA
Host: Dr. Joshua Rest
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4/9/2025, Dr. Anurag Argrawal, Cornell University, (In-Person)
Title: TBA
Host: Dr.  Douglas Futuyma
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4/16/2025, Dr. Amanda Lea, Vanderbilt University, (In-Person)
Title: TBA
Host: Dr.  Dino Martins
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4/23/2025, Dr. Jose Andres, Cornell Atkins Center of Sustanability, (In-Person)
Title: TBA
Host: Dr.  Robert Thacker
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5/7/2025, Dr. Keryn Gedan, George Washington University, (In-Person)
Title: TBA
Host: Dr. Beth Watson
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Dissertation Defenses

Dissertation Defenses

Fall 2024

November 22, 2024, 9:00 AM, Nicolette Sipperly (In-Person)
Title: Population and Species Level Transitions in Life History Traits of North American Draba for the Purposes of Integrating Art and Science
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Liliana M. Dávalos

December 2, 2024, 9:30 AM, Lexi Brown (In-Person)
Title: A tale of senescence and resistance: Bats as a model for combating deafness and avoiding cancer
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Liliana M. Dávalos

December 6, 2024, 9:00 AM, Michael J. Wethington (In-Person)
Title: Multi-Scale Controls of Sea Ice on Antarctic Megafauna
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Heather J. Lynch