2020 Spring Museum Seminar Schedule

January 17 Dr. Moisés Bernal
Dept. of Biological Sciences, Auburn University
Title: "How will Coral Reef Fishes respond to the effects of global warming?" January 24 Zach Rodriguez & Jackson Roberts, Diego Elias
Dept. of Biological Sciences and Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University
Title: "Travelogues I: New Guinea and Haiti" January 31 Dr. Leslie Rissler
Division of Environmental Biology, National Science Foundation
Title: "Enhancing Science and Diversity: What's New at NSF" February 7 Dr. Cameron Siler
Dept. of Biology, University of Oklahoma
Title: "Adapting to a Changing Landscape in Biodiversity Conservation and Research" February 14 Sheila Rodriguez-Machado and Jerry Kattawar
Dept. of Biological Sciences and Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University
Title: "Phylogeography of the Cuban endemic freshwater fish Limia vittata (Cypriodontiformes: Poeciliidae)" and "Population Genetics of the Endangered Relict Darter" February 21 No Seminar: Mardi Gras February 28 Dr. Susan Balenger
Dept. of Biology, University of Mississippi
Title: "Rapid evolution of pre- and post-infestation strategies by field crickets against a novel parasitoid fly" March 6 Andre Moncrieff & Eamon Corbett, Pamela Hart
Dept. of Biological Sciences and Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University
Title: "Travelogues II: Peru and Thailand" March 13 Dr. Laura Lagomarsino and Jennifer Kluse
Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium and Dept. of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University
Title: "The Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium: A past and future hub for Louisiana botany" March 20 Dr. Edward Burress
Dept. of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis
Title: "Adaptive Radiation by Cichlid Fishes" March 27 No Seminar: Spring Break April 3 Dr. Sandra Bibiana Correa
Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture, Mississippi State University
Title: TBA April 10 No Seminar: Good Friday/Easter Holiday April 17 Dr. Sydney Moyo
Dept. of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University
Title: TBA April 24 Dr. Rayna Bell
Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability, California Academy of Sciences
Title: TBA May 1 Dr. David Blackburn
Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Title: "The Diversity and Evolution of Frogs"