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
January 23, 2026Kevin HoytUT Forest Resources AgResearch & Education CenterThe UT Forest Resources AgResearch and Education Center Overview/UpdateVirginia Dale
January 30, 2026NO SEMINAR—————————–—————————–———————
February 6, 2026Thea WhitmanUniversity of Wisconsin – MadisonIn Search of Microbial Traits and a Fire Ecology Framework for Soil Microbes Stephanie Kivlin & Joe Edwards
February 13, 2026Antonis RokasVanderbilt UniversityThe Genetic Basis of Convergent Evolution (in Yeasts)Darwin Day Committee & GREBE
February 20, 2026Andrew LeslieStanford UniversityComparing Apples and Oranges: Understanding the Evolution of Morphological Diversity in Plant Reproductive SystemsJacob Suissa
February 27, 2026Cristian Román-PalaciosUniversity of ArizonaBridging Fields Using Tools from Data Science and MacroevolutionBrian O’Meara
March 6, 2026NO SEMINAR———————-—————————————————
March 13, 2026NO SEMINAR———————-—————————————————
March 20, 2026Andrew DickersonUT – Department of Mechanical & Aerospace EngineeringMorphological and Dynamic Perturbation of Autorotating SamarasJacob Suissa
March 27, 2026Glaucia Del-RioUniversity of FloridaFunctional Tests of Phenotype-Genotype Association in an Amazonian Hybrid ZoneLiz Derryberry
April 3, 2026NO SEMINAR———————–—————————————————
April 10, 2026Andrea LudwigUT – Department of Biosystems Engineering & Soil SciencePutting Ecological Engineering to Work at UT ExtensionAmanda Benoit
April 17, 2026Lynn MartinUniversity of South FloridaThe Role of Epigenetic Potential in House Sparrow Range ExpansionsKimberly Sheldon
April 24, 2026Sean HobanThe Morton ArboretumTBDJoe Bailey
May 1, 2026Christina RomagosaUniversity of FloridaSimberloff Lecture: TBDDan Simberloff

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