Seminars Spring 2012

Seminars are on Fridays at 3:30 p.m. in Aven Nelson Building Room 212 unless noted otherwise.
Receptions are held prior to the seminars in the Louis O. and Terua P. Williams Conservatory at 3 p.m.

JANUARY

13 - Otgonsuren (Oggie) Avirmed,  PhD Proposal, Department of Botany and Program in Ecology, University of Wyoming. Host: Indy Burke  Title: "Soil organic matter and plant community dynamics in 90 year chronosequence of oil and gas wells pads in Southcentral Wyoming."

20 - No Seminar Scheduled

27 -   Jack Williams, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Geography and Bryson Professor of Climate, People, and Environment. Program in Ecology Student Seminar Series. Host: Grace Carter and John Calder. Title: "Plant species and community responses to the no-analog climates of the late Quaternary and 21st Century."

FEBRUARY

3 - Daniel Schlaepfer, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Botany University of Wyoming. Host: Bill Lauenroth. Title: "Big sagebrush in a world of changing ecosystem water balance."

10 - Steve Miller, Professor, Department of Botany, University of Wyoming. Host: Elise Pendall. Title: "Investigations into the Pterospora + Rhizopogon symbiosis: emerging evidence on specificity and population decline."

17 - Dave Williams, Professor, Departments of Botany and  Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Wyoming. Host: Elise Pendall. Title: "Photosynthesis and global change: examples from Australia."  Keynote for Program in Ecology Research Symposium. 4 p.m., Berry Center Room 138. Reception to follow in the lobby.

24 - Timothy Aston, PhD Proposal, Department of Botany and Program in Ecology, University of Wyoming. Host: Brent Ewers. Title: "Does water transport through membranes impact upon the fitness of plants exposed to drought?"

MARCH

2 - Karolein Denef, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University. Host: Elise Pendall. Title: "Tracing carbon flow through the rhizosphere: new insights from stable isotope probing studies."

9 - Zach Gompert, PhD Defense, Department of Botany and Program in Ecology, University of Wyoming. Host: Alex Buerkle. Title: "The genetics of adaptation and speciation in populations"

16 - Spring break no seminar scheduled.

23 - Dan Tinker, Associate Professor, Department of Botany, University of Wyoming. Host: Elise Pendall. Title: "Redefining Future Forests: Resilience in the Face of a Changing Climate."

30 - John McKay, Associate Professor, Colorado State University. Host: Matt Rubin. Title: "Evolutionary Genetics of Drought Adaptation."

APRIL

6 - Easter break no seminar scheduled.           

13 - Elise Pendall, Associate Professor, Department of Botany, University of Wyoming. Host: Greg Brown. Title: "Carbon cycling enhances climate change in Wyoming grassland."    

20 - Department of Botany Awards and Scholarship Ceremony.

27 - Joseph Charboneau, MS Defense, Department of Botany, University of Wyoming. Host: Ron Hartman. Title: "Floristic Inventory of Phillips and Valley Counties, Montana."