Spring 2013 Seminar Schedule
Updated 14 January 2013

Seminars are on Fridays at 3:10 P.M. in Aven Nelson Building, Room 212 unless noted otherwise.
Receptions will start at 4:10 P.M. following the seminars in the Louis O. and Terua P. Williams Conservatory

 JANUARY

 18        Alex Buerkle, Botany Dept., “How I learned to stop worrying and embrace uncertainty: new models and data to transform population genetics” Host Elise Pendall

 25        Ian Miller, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, “Reading the Leaves: Deciphering the Geology of Western North America using fossil plants,” Host Dane Miller

 FEBRUARY

 1          Julius Mojica, Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioagricultural Sciences & Pest Management, Colorado State University, “What constrains directional selection on complex traits in the the wild?”  Host Rob Baker

 8          Ariuna Lkhagva, Botany Dept., Host Bill Lauenroth

 15        Greg Brown, Botany Dept., “Generic relationships in Bromeliaceae subfamily Bromelioideae”

 22        TBD

 MARCH

 1          Rachel Jones, Botany Dept., "Fire, people and the longleaf pine ecosystem. A paleoecological perspective."  Host Steve Jackson

 8          TBD

 15        Noah Fierer, CU-Boulder, PiE student seminar guest, "Exploring the diversity and biogeography of soil microbial communities." Host Colin Tucker

 22        Spring break no seminar

 29        Easter break no seminar

 APRIL

 5          Colin Tucker, Botany Dept., "Snow cover and the seasonality of soil respiration in sagebrush steppe" Host Elise Pendall

 12        Meg Wilson, Botany Dept., Host Greg Brown

 19        Yao Liu, Botany Dept., “Testing ecological hypotheses by integrating fossil pollen data with process-based vegetation modeling” Host Steve Jackson

 26        Department of Botany Awards and Scholarship Ceremony, Host, Ramesh Sivanpillai

 MAY

 3          Dane Miller, Botany Dept., “Morphometric analysis of fossil conifer cones collected from a high-elevation, Late Pleistocene, deposit near Snowmass Village, CO,” Host Steve Jackson