Spring 2016 Museum Seminar Schedule

01/22/2016

*Seminars begin at 3:30pm in the main gallery of Foster Hall
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*LSUMNS = Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science; **LSAM = Louisiana State Arthropod Museum

January 15

No Seminar: Welcome BackInformal Beer Social @ 3:30pm

January 22

Andre Moncrieff, Seth Parker, Joey O’Keefe, L. Rivers Berryhill, and Dr. Sara Ruane
LSUMNS*, Louisiana State University
Title: Travelogues and lightning talks

January 29

Dr. Juliet Brophy, Dept. of Geography & Anthropology, Louisiana State University
Title: Discovering Homo naledi

February 05

No Seminar: Mardi Gras Holiday

February 12

Dr. Vincent Richards, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Clemson University
Title: Comparative genomics, transcriptomics, phylogenomics, and community profiling of bacteria pathogens

February 19

Dr. Morgan Kelly, Dept. of Biological Science, Louisiana State University
Title: The price of victory: Consequences of environmental stress adaptation in marine invertebrates

February 26

Peter Scott, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama
Title: Speciation, hybridization, and conservation of musk turtles in the southeastern U.S.

March 04

Brittany Owens, Dept. of Entomology & LSAM**, Louisiana State University
Title: TBA. Research Interests: Pselaphine, Staphylinid beetle systematics

March 11

Dr. Peter Hosner, Dept. of Biology, University of Florida
Title: Landfowl phylogenomics: evolution of the avian model clade

March 18

Dr. Michael Grace, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology
Title: TBA. Research Interests: Sensory neuroscience, infrared imaging systems, and visual system development

March 25

No Seminar: Spring Break

April 01

Dr. Andrea Bonisoli-Alquati, School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University.
Title: “Chernobyl and Fukushima: Ecological and evolutionary lessons from nuclear disasters”

April 08

Vitek Jirinec, School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University
Title: Nighttime whereabouts of songbirds: A case study in Jamaica and eastern U.S.

April 15

Zachary Rodriguez, Dept. of Biological Science & LSUMNS*, Louisiana State University
Title: Green blood and sticky feet: Investigating the evolutionary history of unusual traits in New Guinea lizards (BIOL 7921)

April 22

Dr. Rebecca Saunders, Dept. of Geography & Anthropology; LSUMNS*, Louisiana State University
Title: TBA. Research Interests: Southeastern U.S. prehistoric and early historic Native American archaeology

April 29

Dr. Lyndon Coghill, Dept. of Biological Science, Louisiana State University
Title: TBA. Research Interests: Phylogenetics, tree clustering, Tree of Life

For further information, contact Zach Rodriguez: zrodri3[at]lsu.edu