Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Current Seminars

EEB has three celebratory seminars each year. These include our Darwin Day speaker, the GREBE speaker, and the Simberloff Lecture. The Darwin Day speaker is nominated by the Darwin Day committee to celebrate the birthday of Charles Darwin, this coincides with other evolution-focused events around campus. The GREBE seminar speaker is nominated by EEB graduate students. The speaker for the Simberloff Lecture is hand chosen by Dan Simberloff to discuss important topics in invasion biology. Each seminar is highlighted in the schedule.

EEB seminars will take place at 12:40 PM in 307 Science and Engineering Research Facility (SERF) unless otherwise noted.

DATESPEAKERAFFILIATIONTITLEHOST
August 21, 2026NO SEMINAR—————————–—————————–———————
August 28, 2026Tessa AndrewsUniversity of GeorgiaNext-Gen Active Learning: Specialized Teaching Knowledge Predicts Student LearningBeth Schussler
September 4, 2026Ben TaylorHarvard UniversityTBDStephanie Kivlin
September 11, 2026Mandy GibsonUniversity of VirginiaHosts on the Run: The Evolution of Parasite AvoidanceSebastian Stockmaier
September 18, 2026Lev YampolskyEast Tennessee State UniversityTrade-offs, Genetic Determinants and Transcriptomics of Aging – What Can We Learn from Daphnia?Mike Gilchrist
September 25, 2026Eric LoPrestiUniversity of South CarolinaThe Ecology and Evolution of Sticky Plants and an Interesting Mite-Moth Parasitism StoryMona Papes
October 2, 2026NO SEMINAR———————-—————————————————
October 9, 2026James CrallUniversity of WisconsinFlexibility, Heterogeneity, and Resilience in Complex Biological Systems: Insights from the Humble Bumble BeeClaire Hemingway
October 16, 2026Peter SchafranDuke UniversityHornwort Genomes Preserve Clues About Early Land Plant EvolutionJessica Budke
October 23, 2026Corinne Richards-ZawackiUniversity of PittsburghInvestigating the Role of Learning in Speciation by Sexual Selection Using the Strawberry Poison FrogJessie Tanner
October 30, 2026Nick HaddadMichigan State UniversityThe Rapid Decline of Butterfly Abundance and Diversity in the United StatesLaura Russo
November 6, 2026Eric RiddellUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel HillPredicting Ecological Responses to Climate Change Using the Fundamental Niche: An Ecophysiological Approach in SalamandersLiz Derryberry
November 13, 2026Reed NossUniversity of Florida; Conservation Science, Inc. Regional Conservation Planning and Rewilding, with Emphasis on the Southern U.S. Charlie Kwit
November 20, 2026Laura MeyersonUniversity of Rhode IslandSimberloff Lecture: A Model Plant System for Understanding Biological Invasions, Evolution, Biogeography, and Global ChangeDan Simberloff
November 27, 2026NO SEMINAR————————–———————————————————

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