Fall 2015 Museum Seminar Schedule

August 28 

Ryan Burner, Ryan Terrill, Dr. Jessica Oswald, & Bill Ludt
Dept. of Biological Science & Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University
Title: “Expedition Travelogue Part I: Borneo, Bolivia, The Middle East, Panama, and Brazil” 

September 4 

Oscar Johnson, Mark Swanson, & Rafael Sobral Marcondes
Dept. of Biological Science & Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University 
Title: “Expedition Travelogue Part II: Peru, Southeast US, & Museu de Zoologia in Sao Paulo Brazil” 

September 11 

Dr. Greg Pauly
Section of Herpetology, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 
Title: “Mating Signal Evolution and Sexual Selection in the Western Toad Species Group” 

September 18 

Dr. Melissa DeBiasse
Dept. of Biological Science, Louisiana State University 
Title: “Genomic basis for salinity tolerance in Tigriopus copepods” 

September 25 

Dr. Cameron Thrash
Dept. of Biological Science, Louisiana State University 
Title: “Hunting microbes in the northern Gulf of Mexico” 

October 2 

Dr. A. Bradley McPherson
Alumnus, Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University 
Title: “LSUMNS Flashback Friday: Working with George H. Lowery, Jr.” 

October 9 

Dr. Brice Noonan
Dept. of Biology, The University of Mississippi 
Topic: Biogeography of Malagasy biota. Title: TBA 

October 16 

Dr. Carl Oliveros
Dept. of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University
Title: “Phylogenomics of Rapid Avian Radiations”

October 23 

Dr. Beth Stauffer
Dept. of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette 
Title: “Phytoplankton blooms: thoughts on an evolving definition”

October 30 

No Seminar: Fall Break 

November 6 

Dr. Ray Danner
Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University 
Title: “Thermal ecology and adaptation of bird bills” 

November 13 

No Seminar: Museum Retreat 

November 20 

Glaucia Del-Rio
Dept. of Biological Science & Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University 
Title: “A severe reduction in Atlantic Forest Wetlands and a bird on the brink of extinction” 

November 27 

No Seminar: Thanksgiving Break 

December 4 

Chris Murray
Dept. of Biological Science, Auburn University 
Topic: Environmental androgens, sex-ratios, and temperature-dependent sex determination in the American crocodile. Title: TBA