2017 Fall Seminar Schedule

Dr. Jordan Satler, Iowa State University
Title: "From population genetics to phylogenetics: co-diversification of ecological communities in shallow and deep time"

Dr. Raul Diaz, Southeastern Louisiana University
Title: "How developmental biology can lend a hand in understanding the chameleon arboreal body plan and species evolution."

Samantha Hauser, University of Louisiana Lafayette
Title: “Population and landscape genetics of the Black-capped Vireo (Vireo atricapilla) around its stronghold, Fort Hood, Texas”

Glaucia Del-Rio, Subir Shakya, Vivien Chua, & Ryan Burner, LSU Museum of Natural Science
Title: "Expedition Travelogue Part I: Brazil, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Mongolia"

Dr. Lauren Eserman, LSU Herbarium
Title: “Evolution and development of storage roots in morning glories (Convolvulaceae)”

Anna Hiller, Jessie Salter, Mark Swanson, & Jon Nations, LSU Museum of Natural Science
Title: "Expedition Travelogue Part II: Texas, Arkansas, Indonesia, and Malaysia"

Dr. Jason Bond, Auburn University
Title: "Using phylogenomics to deconstruct the spider tree of life"

Dr. Brian Counterman, Mississippi State University
Title: “The origin of species told from the wings of a butterfly”

No Seminar: Fall Break

Sara Lipshutz, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Title: “Female competition and hybridization in sex-role reversed shorebirds"

No Seminar: Yellow Rails & Rice Festival

No Seminar: Museum Retreat

Dr. Kevin Conway, Texas A&M
Title: "Tenacious C: Phylogenetic relationships of the clingfishes (Gobiesocidae)"

No Seminar – Thanksgiving Break

Dr. April Wright, Southeastern Louisiana University
Title: "Flexible Bayesian modeling of morphological data for phylogenetic analysis"