Spring 2024 Seminar Schedule

Biodiversity and Humans in Changing Landscapes: Climate Anxiety, Biophilia, & Other Biophobias

Dr. Laura Musacchio

Associate Professor, University of Minnesota

Freshwater mussel conservation in Minnesota: 30+ years of research

Dr. Dan Hornbach

John S. Holl Professor of Environmental Studies, Macalester College

It’s all about trade-offs - Androgens and Prolactin on Parental Care, Gene Expression and the Immune Response in Male Parental Care Bluegill Sunfish

Dr. Adriano Alonso Pereira da Cunha

Science Educator

The moose in the room: Canada’s changing conservation landscape

Dr. Adam Ford

Canada Research Chair in Wildlife Restoration Ecology, University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Biodiversity information is shaped by socioeconomics in the age of digital information

Diego Ellis-Soto

PhD Candidate, Yale University

Ecological change over the decades: What have we learned from long-term monitoring and restoration of the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers?

Dr. Kristen Bouska

Research Ecologist, US Geological Survey

If you had a million dollars, what species would you save? Building an evidence-based conservation catalyst fund to reduce threats of wildlife trafficking.

Dr. Jen Miller

International Program Specialist, US Fish and Wildlife Service

Using High-Throughput Toxicity Data and Bioeffects Monitoring to Rapidly Prioritize and Screen Chemicals of Emerging Concern (CECs) in MN Waters.

Dr. Dalma Martinović-Weigelt

Professor, University of St. Thomas

Conservation Science in Policy and Practice

Whitney Clark

Executive Director, Friends of the Mississippi River

Howling Narratives: Unraveling the Media's Influence on Colorado's Wolf Reintroduction

Cassiopeia Camara

Colorado State University

The Urban Wildlife Information Network: a research alliance to increase our understanding of urban environments from local to global scales

Dr. Mason Fidino

Quantitative Ecologist, Lincoln Park Zoo