2019 Fall Museum Seminar Schedule

Roberta Canton and Diego Paredes
Dept. of Biological Sciences & Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium, Louisiana State University
Titles: "Population structure and gene flow in the absence of a current physical barrier in the Amazonian parakeet Brotogeris sactithomae"
and "Updating the knowledge of the Melastomataceae family in a poorly-studied Andean area."

Dr. Jonathan Richards
Dept. of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University
Title: "Genomic insights into fungal plant pathogen virulence and adaptation"

Jonathan Nations and Subir Shakya
Dept. of Biological Sciences and Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University
Title: "Travelogues Part I: Borneo and Sumatra"

Dr. Terrence Tiersch
School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University
Title: "Repository development for aquatic germplasm and genetics resources"

Dr. Daniel Warner
Dept. of Biological Sciences and Museum of Natural History, Auburn University
Title: "Adaptive developmental plasticity: case studies of environmental effects on phenotypes and fitness in lizards"

Dr. Craig McClain
Executive Director, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
Title: TBA

Dr. Teague O'Mara
Dept. of Biological Sciences, Southeastern Louisiana University
Title: TBA

No Seminar: Fall Break

Dr. Ethan Linck
Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Title: "Niche conservatism, speciation, and range limits on tropical mountainsides"

No Seminar: Rails and Rice Festival

No Seminar: Museum Retreat

Dr. Maggie MacPherson
University of California, Santa Barbara Institute for Social, Behavioral & Economic Research, and Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Title: TBA

Glaucia Del-Rio
Dept. of Biological Sciences and Museum of Natural Sciences, Louisiana State University
Title: "Travelogues Part II: Brazil - The Emilie Snethlage Expedition"

No Seminar: Thanksgiving Break

Randy Klabacka
Dept. of Biological Sciences, Auburn University
Title: "Riverine barriers as drivers of biodiversification in terrestrial fauna of Southeast Asia"