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Paul Burton Seminar Series

Fridays 12:20-1:10, Apodaca 201 and Zoom
Zoom Link: https://wcu.zoom.us/j/87468703322
Schedule may change if unexpected circumstances arise.

January 19th: Organizational Meeting – Meeting in-person in AP 201. All students enrolled in class must attend. 

January 26th: Dr. Corinthia Black, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (evolutionary drivers of diversification)

February 2nd: Dr. Brian Alford, F.T. Stone Laboratory, Ohio State University (fish conservation and management)

February 9th: Dr. Jim Costa, WCU (history of Alfred Russel Wallace)

February 16th: Dr. Olivier Larouche, University of Houston (evolutionary ecomorphology)

February 23rd: Dr. Becky Irwin, NCSU (ecology of plant-pollinator interactions)

March 1st: Jade Hollars, MPH, UNC-Chapel Hill (public health/health advocacy)

March 8th: No Seminar, Spring Break

March 15th: Dr. Ratna Chaturvedi, (via ZOOM) University of Massachusets Medical School (neuroscience)

March 22nd: Dr. Hal Herzog,WCU Emeritus faculty of Psychology (human/animal interactions)

March 29th: No Seminar, Easter Break

April 5th: Grad Student talks: Matt Zimmerman, Anastasia Wilson

April 12th: Grad Student talks: James Cadolino (tentative), Joe Barnes

April 19th: Dr. Jeff McKinnon, ECU (ecology of ancient lakes)

April 26th: Grad Student Talks: Sara Rivera, Curtis McGehee

May 3rd: Grad Student Talks: Melissa Rogers, Ivan Emrich

The Biology Department is grateful to the Paul Burton Fund and the J. Gerald Eller Scholarship and Lectureship Fund for assistance in underwriting the cost of this seminar series.

*All seminars will be broadcast in AP 201 and on Zoom. In Person seminars may move to Zoom depending on weather and institution travel policies.

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