Zoology and Physiology

College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources

Spring 2014 Seminar Schedule

  • Seminars are on Thursdays at 4:10 pm in the Berry Center Rm 138 unless noted otherwise.
  • Informal receptions for speakers precede seminars at 3:45 pm in the Berry Center.
2014 Spring Seminars
JANUARY
13, 16, 21, 23 Neuroscience seminars: job search
Host: Qian-Quan Sun
FEBRUARY
6 Dr. Jayne Belnap
Title: Dust, dust, and more dust:is this what the future holds?
Host: Jake Goheen
13 Dr. Kate Huyvaert, Colorado State University
Title: Evolutionary Ecology of Seabirds of the Galápagos Archipelago
Host: Craig Benkman
20 Dr. Jeff Good, University of Montana
Title: Targeted population genomics in non-model species
Host: Matt Carling
27 Dr. Lauryn Benedict, Northern Colorado University
Title: Sparrows, warblers and wrens – studying bird song variation at multiple geographic scales
Host: David McDonald
MARCH
6 PiE student-invited speaker: Dr. Steve Fancy, Chief, Inventory and Monitoring Division, NPS, Ft. Collins
Title: Monitoring the ecological vital signs of natural resources in our national parks
Hosts: Kellen Nelson and Embere Hall
13 Dr. Blair Wolf, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
Title: Heat waves - challenges for desert bird communities
Host: Matt Carling
27 Dr. Dale Clayton, Department of Biology, University of Utah
Title: Guess who’s coming to dinner? Reciprocal interactions between Darwin’s finches and invasive parasites
Host: Craig Benkman
APRIL
3 Dr. Maren Vitousek, Cornell University
Title: Size, sex, stress, and success in Galápagos marine iguanas: coping with challenges in a variable environment
Host: Craig Benkman
10 Dr. Brian Barber, Biodiversity Institute, University of Wyoming
Title: Genetic patterns in a montane bird: valleys as barriers
Host: Carlos Martinez del Rio
16 L. Floyd Clarke Lecture (Wednesday 7:30 pm): Dr. Doug Emlen, University of Montana
Title: Extraordinary Weapons: A Natural History
Host: Carlos Martinez del Rio
17 Dr. Doug Emlen, University of Montana
Title: Mechanisms of extreme growth in weapons and ornaments of sexual selection
Host: Carlos Martinez del Rio
24 Dr. Kurt Fausch
Title: Linked for life: the importance of sustaining hidden connections for conserving biota in stream-riparian ecosystems
Host: Daniel Gibson-Reinemer
MAY
1 Departmental Awards ceremony
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Department of Zoology and Physiology

1000 E. University Ave

Aven Nelson, room 114

Laramie, WY 82071

Phone: 307-766-4207

Fax: 307-766-5625

Email: zprequest@uwyo.edu

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