Department of Natural History Research Seminar Series

Spring 2023

January 24, 12p.m.:

Thomas C. Emmel Seminar Series
Speaker: Joe Martinez
Institution: McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Title: Where do subfamilies end and families begin?

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February 7, 12p.m.:

McGuire Center “Expanding Horizons in Lepidoptera Research”
Speaker: Chris Lawrence
Institution: Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, USA
Title: Making models and mining mimics

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February 10, 3p.m.:

Speaker: Stephen Smith
Institution: University of Michigan
Title: Phylogenomic investigations of the emergence of innovation in plants.
Hosts: Pam Soltis and Doug Soltis

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February 17, 3p.m.:

Graduate Student Invited Speaker
Speaker: JC Buckner
Institution: University of Texas, Arlington
Title: Ducking and Diving: Evolution and (paleo)ecology research in Anseriformes
Hosts: Adania Flemming

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February 21, 12p.m.:

McGuire Center “Expanding Horizons in Lepidoptera Research”
Speaker: Felix Sperling
Institution: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Title: The species problem: Is it one butterfly species or two?

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February 24, 3p.m.:

Speaker: Jimmy Liao
Institution: Whitney Laboratory, University of Florida
Title: Collapsing fish swimming biodiversity
Host: David Blackburn

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March 10, 3p.m.:

Speaker: Rachel Collin
Institution: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Title: How the study of larvae offers novel insights into the diversity and physiology of marine invertebrates.
Host: Gustav Paulay

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March 21, 12p.m.:

McGuire Center “Expanding Horizons in Lepidoptera Research”
Speaker: Nick Dowdy
Institution: Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Title: Recent advances in tiger moth phylogenomics and implications for the evolution of anti-bat sonar jamming

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March 28, 12p.m.:

Thomas C. Emmel Seminar Series
Speakers: International Association of Butterfly Exhibitors and Suppliers:
Johanna Gomez de la Torre, Mariposas de Mindo, Ecuador
Vanessa Wilches Restrepo, Alas de Colombia, Colombia
Jacob Olander, Heliconius Butterfly Works, Ecuador
Ryan Fessenden, Butterfly Rainforest at the Florida Museum of Natural History, USA
Kimberly Kelly, CT Science Center, USA.
Title: Butterflies: Conservation, Education, Community

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March 31, 3p.m.:

Speaker: Rebecca Kimball
Institution: Biology, University of Florida
Title: The avian Tree of Life – what answers can phylogenomics provide?
Host: Scott Robinson

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April 4, 12p.m.:

McGuire Center “Expanding Horizons in Lepidoptera Research”
Speaker: Nick Grishin
Institution: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biophysics and Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
Title: Insights from large-scale butterfly genomics

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April 7, 3p.m.:

Career Panel Featuring Natural History Alumni

Speakers:
Emily Ellis, Field Application Scientist, Illumina
Charlotte Germain-Aubrey, Project Management Officer, Convention on Biological Diversity, UN Biodiversity
Delano Lewis, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Burman University
Paulette McFadden, Supervisor of Public Lands Archeology, Bureau of Archeological Research, Florida Division of Historical Resources
Host: David Blackburn

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April 14, 3p.m.:

Speaker: Joshua Torres
Institution: US National Park Service, National Capital Region
Title: Tales from the Trenches: Building a Career in Archaeology
Host: Charlie Cobb

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April 18, 12p.m.:

Thomas C. Emmel Seminar Series
Speaker: Debbie Matthews Lott, Jim Hayden, Riley Gott and Taylor Pierson
Institution: McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Title: Lepidoptera Inventory of DeLuca Preserve, Florida

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April 21, 3p.m.:

Speaker: Kelly Matsunaga
Institution: University of Kansas
Title: Fossil palm reading: fruits reveal the deep roots of palm diversity
Host: Steve Manchester

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