Spring 2023 Seminar Schedule

A fresh look at estimating mortality rates 

Dr. John Hoenig

Professor Emeritus, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Shark Conservation and Research

Dr. Steve Kessell

John G. Shedd Aquarium

Comparative social evolution in mammals

Dr. Jennifer Smith

University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

Parthenogenesis and conservation genetics in elasmobranchs

Dr. Kevin Feldheim

A. Watson III Manager of the Pritzker Laboratory for Molecular Systematics and Evolution at the Field Museum

Adaptive divergence and climate change: Why an evolutionary perspective matters for predicting sensitivity to increasing temperatures 

Dr. Chris Funk

Professor, Colorado State University

Phenological Whiplash: lake response to highly variable ice and snow conditions

Dr. Gretchen Gerrish

University of Wisconsin Center for Limnology

Amphibian Resiliency in Disturbed Landscapes

Dr. Melissa Youngquist

John G. Shedd Aquarium

Conservation and Research of Endemic Salamanders in Austin, Texas

Nathan Bednik

Conservation challenges for Xenarthra

Dr. Mariella Superina

Foundacion Omacha/ICUN

Resource exploitation efficiency collapses the home range of an apex predator

Melanie Dickie

Ecologist, Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute

How telemetry can be used to better understand the ecology and inform management of freshwater fish in the Central Valley of California

Dr. Scott Colborne

Research Scientist, Michigan State University

Freshwater Food Webs and Fish Habitat in a Changing Minnesota

Dr. Heidi Rantala

Research Scientist, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources