EEB Seminar Presented by Dr. Prosanta Chakrabarty, Curator of Fishes and Associate Professor, LSU Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological Science (website) From his website: Research in my lab focuses on recovering the relationships of fishes in order to better understand evolutionary and geological processes. My research interests target species with disjunct distributions (such […]

Dr. Jessica Light, Associate Professor, WFSC "The Importance of Natural History Museums for Evolutionary Studies" and Heather Prestridge, Curator, BRTC "Making the most of the Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections at Texas A&M University"

Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology Seminar Presented by Pierre Comizzoli, D.V.M., Ph.D., Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute (website) From his website: Dr. Pierre Comizzoli is a staff scientist at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. He develops new projects on gamete and gonadal tissue cryo-banking for rare and endangered species. His comparative research on […]

ABS Seminar Presented by Jeremy Bruskotter, Professor, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University (website) Abstract: Human beings and our associated activities are arguably the most important factor limiting the success of carnivore conservation. Human populations limit carnivore populations both indirectly, through habitat modification and competition for shared prey, and directly, through regulated […]

Last day of classes for Spring 2020