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.
| DATE | SPEAKER | AFFILIATION | TITLE | HOST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 21, 2026 | NO SEMINAR | —————————– | —————————– | ——————— |
| August 28, 2026 | Tessa Andrews | University of Georgia | Next-Gen Active Learning: Specialized Teaching Knowledge Predicts Student Learning | Beth Schussler |
| September 4, 2026 | Ben Taylor | Harvard University | TBD | Stephanie Kivlin |
| September 11, 2026 | Mandy Gibson | University of Virginia | TBD | Sebastian Stockmaier |
| September 18, 2026 | Lev Yampolsky | East Tennessee State University | TBD | Mike Gilchrist |
| September 25, 2026 | Eric LoPresti | University of South Carolina | TBD | Mona Papes |
| October 2, 2026 | NO SEMINAR | ———————- | ————————— | ———————— |
| October 9, 2026 | James Crall | University of Wisconsin | Flexibility, Heterogeneity, and Resilience in Complex Biological Systems: Insights from the Humble Bumble Bee | Claire Hemingway |
| October 16, 2026 | Peter Schafran | Duke University | TBD | Jessica Budke |
| October 23, 2026 | Corinne Richards-Zawacki | University of Pittsburgh | Investigating the Role of Learning in Speciation by Sexual Selection Using the Strawberry Poison Frog | Jessie Tanner |
| October 30, 2026 | Nick Haddad | Michigan State University | The Rapid Decline of Butterfly Abundance and Diversity in the United States | Laura Russo |
| November 6, 2026 | Eric Riddell | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | TBD | Liz Derryberry |
| November 13, 2026 | Reed Noss | University of Florida; Conservation Science, Inc. | Regional Conservation Planning and Rewilding, with Emphasis on the Southern U.S. | Charlie Kwit |
| November 20, 2026 | Laura Meyerson | University of Rhode Island | Simberloff Lecture: A Model Plant System for Understanding Biological Invasions, Evolution, Biogeography, and Global Change | Dan Simberloff |
| November 27, 2026 | NO SEMINAR | ————————– | ———————————— | ——————— |
