Department of Natural History Research Seminar Series

Fall 2023

September 1, 3p.m.:

Promotion Seminar
Speaker: Neill Wallis
Institution: Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Title: The Archaeology of Early Villages and Social Networks: Florida’s Gulf Coast, 200-1000 CE
Host: Jon Bloch

September 8, 3p.m.:

Tenure and Promotion Seminar
Speaker: Lucas Majure
Institution: Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Title: Deserts, Mountains, and Tropical Dry Forests, Oh My! – Evolutionary Studies of Neotropical Plant Diversity
Host: Jon Bloch

September 15, 3p.m.:

Speaker: Scott Robinson
Institution: Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Title: Environmental gradients and the origin and maintenance of avian diversity
Host:Jon Bloch

Watch Recording

September 22, 3p.m.:

Postdoc Lightning Talks
Speakers:
Dr. Bert Foquet (mentor: Akito Kawahara)
Dr. Felicity Newell (mentor: Scott Robinson)
Dr. Elie Pinta (visiting postdoc)
Dr. Monique Romeiro-Brito (mentor: Lucas Majure)
Dr. Shengchen Shan (mentors: Pam & Doug Soltis)
Institution: Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Host:Yash Sondi

September 29, 3p.m.:

Speaker: Patricia McAnany
Institution: University of North Carolina
Title: The Community-engaged Turn within Archaeological Research: Implications for Ontological Insights and Biocultural Conservation Efforts in Yucatán, México
Host: Charlie Cobb

October 13, 3p.m.:

Speaker: Lynne Zummo
Institution: University of Utah
Title: TBA
Host: Megan Ennes

October 20, 3p.m.:

Speaker: Isreal Borokini
Institution: Montana State University
Title: TBA
Host: Rob Guralnick

October 27, 3p.m.:

Speaker: Sadie Ryan
Institution: Geology, University of Florida
Title: TBA
Host: Nick Gauthier

November 3, 3p.m.:

Virtual Seminar
Speaker: Shane Campbell-Staton
Institution: Princeton University
Title: TBA
Host: David Blackburn

November 17, 3p.m.:

Speaker: Andrew Short
Institution: Entomology & Nematology, University of Florida
Title: TBA
Host: Akito Kawahara

December 1, 3p.m.:

Speaker: Emma Schachner
Institution: VetMed, University of Florida
Title: TBA
Host: David Blackburn