Museum Seminar Series

The Museum Seminar Series is a weekly research talk at the LSU Museum of Natural Science given by invited speakers and LSU personnel that revolves around topics of natural history, ecology, or evolutionary biology. Seminars are open to the public and take place on Fridays at 3:30pm in the museum exhibits area. See schedule below. #MuseumSeminar

2022 Spring Seminar Schedule

Date	Details
January 21	No Seminar: Short Week
January 28	Alix Matthews, PhD Student, Boves Lab (VIRTUAL) Dept. of Biological Sciences, Arkansas State University Title: "A multi-level exploration of symbiotic avian feather mites"
February 4	CCK National Academies Event Hosted by Dr. Prosanta Chakrabarty, Curator of Fishes, LSU Museum of Natural Sciences Title: TBD
February 11	Dr. Crystal Johnson, Associate Professor Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Louisiana State University Title: "Bacteria in Bivalves and Birds"
February 18	Dr. Fred Sheldon, LSUMNS Curator of Genetic Resources Dept. of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University Title: “History of 20th century avian and hominoid molecular systematics: A simplified, self-centered, biased perspective.”
February 25	Dr. Elizabeth Borda, Assistant Professor Dept. of Life Sciences, Texas A&M University - San Antonio Title: "Diversity and Evolution in the Dark: an integrative evaluation of Typhlatya cave shrimp from the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico."
March 4	Dr. Allison Shultz, Assistant Curator of Ornithology Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California Title: "In the eye of the beholder: On the evolution of feathers and their functions"
March 11	No Seminar: Spring Break
March 18	No Seminar: Spring Break
March 25	Dr. Sara Ruane, Assistant Curator of Herpetology Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois Title: “Study Snakes! What would you want to do that for!?”
April 1	Dr. Dave Blackburn, Curator of Herpetology Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida Title: “Increasing the impact of museum collections through 3D-imaging”
April 8	No Seminar
April 15	No seminar: Good Friday and Passover
April 22	Dr. Tom Croat, P.A. Schulze Curator of Botany Missouri Botanical Garden Title: "1978 Cordillera Colan Expedition"
April 29	Dr. Phillip Skipwith, Assistant Professor Department of Biology, University of Kentucky Title: "Phylogenomics and Macroevolutionary Dynamics of Squamate Adaptive Radiations"
May 6	No seminar – Concentrated studying begins

For further information, please contact David Vander Pluym at dvande9@lsu.edu