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

Museum Seminar Photo Collage

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January 12	No Seminar: Short Week
January 19	Dr. Brandon Ballengee, Dr. Prosanta Chakrabarty, Link Morgan, & Sean Miller, Department of Biological Sciences and College of the Arts, Louisiana State University Title: "Crude Life: A citizen art and science investigation of Gulf of Mexico biodiversity after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill."
January 26	Mark Swanson, Jessie Salter, Andre Moncrieff, Cameron Rutt, & Vitek Jirinec, LSU Museum of Natural Science & School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University Title: “Expedition Travelogue Part III: Indonesia, Florida, Bolivia, and Brazil”
February 2	Dr. Jake Schaefer, University of Southern Mississippi Title: "What hybrid zones can tell us about evolution"
February 9	No Seminar: Mardi Gras
February 16	Jackson Roberts, LSU Museum of Natural Science Title: "Taxonomy and systematics of freshwater turtle blood flukes (Digenea: Schistosomatoidea)"
February 23	Dr. Rebecca Tarvan, University of Texas at Austin Title: "Evolutionary biology of acquired chemical defenses in poison frogs"
March 2	Erik Enbody, Tulane University Title: “Genetic, transcriptional, and endocrine factors drive evolutionary transitions in female phenotypes”
March 9	Dr. Ingo Schlupp, University of Oklahoma Title: “Ecology and Evolution in Livebearing Fishes: A drama in several acts”
March 16	Dr. Scott Taylor, University of Colorado Boulder Title: “Insights from avian hybrid zones into the origin and maintenance of biodiversity"
March 23	No Seminar: Spring Break
March 30	No Seminar: Spring Break
April 6	Dr. Jeff Lozier, University of Alabama Title: "Buzzing Through a Complex World: Population genomics of bumble bees across heterogeneous landscapes"
April 13	Dr. Erik Johnson, Audubon Louisiana Title: “Making sense of the noise - understanding diverse molt strategies in understory Amazonian birds”
April 20	Dr. Gregg Gorton, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University Title: "Ted Parker: A snapshot of his life and work"
April 27	Dr. Kevin McCracken, University of Miami Title: "Genetic adaptation and phenotypic plasticity in Andean ducks, with insights into low long it takes to evolve a predictable high-altitude phenotype (or not)"

For further information, please contact Anna Hiller – ahille2[at]lsu.edu