Fall 2022 Seminar Schedule
September 16, 2022
Hot and cold hummingbirds: Genes that allow cold endotherms to exist
Dr. Anusha Shankar
Rose Postdoctoral Fellow at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
September 23, 2022
Making Conservation Work in Madagascar: Communities Involved in Citizen Science
Dr. Patricia Wright
Herrnstein Endowed Chair in Conservation Biology at Stony Brook University
September 30, 2022
Wildlife vulnerability to climate change: Quantitative and qualitative approaches for assessing climate impacts
Dr. Marta Lyons
Climate Impacts Ecologist at the USGS Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
October 7, 2022
Weaving Communities through Conservation Education - Stepping Stones to Success Stories
Dr. Biswajit De
Founder President of WildRoots-INDIA
october 14, 2022
Brazilian dam risk assessments: Ecotoxicology guides decision-making and community awareness in the face of disaster
Dr. Maria Clara Starling
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - Brazil
october 21, 2022
Sport Fish Behavioral Responses to a Littoral Coarse Woody Habitat Addition in a North-temperate Lake
Quinn Smith
PhD Student, University of Wisconsin - Madison
October 28, 2022
Human-caused mortality triggers pack instability in gray wolves
Kira Cassidy
Research Associate, Yellowstone Wolf Project
November 4, 2022
Making an impact in conservation by creating alternate career paths; A case study from a career in amphibian and reptile conservation.
Dr. JJ Apodaca
Executive Director for the Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy (ARC) and a conservation geneticist and founder of Tangled Bank Conservation
November 11, 2022
Adapting diverse inland fisheries for a changing climate
Dr. Holly Embke
Research Fish Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey’s Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
November 18, 2022
The Spectral Afterlife of Paul Bunyan—Settler Colonial Greenwashing of Indigenous Environments in Minnesota
Dr. Deondre Smiles
Assistant Professor, University of Victoria
December 2, 2022
Mobile radar for avian conservation in the Great Lakes Basin and Beyond
Dr. Michael Wells
Biologist, US Fish and Wildlife Service
December 9, 2022
The Living Earth Collaborative: a Biodiversity Partnership between a University, a Zoo, and a Botanical Garden
Dr. Jonathan Losos
Distinguished University Professorship and Director of the Living Earth Collaborative, University of Washington
