Presentation: "Crayfish invasions: biogeographic variation in behavior and parasitism" Host: Mathew Leibold, Professor & Preeminent Scholar | Department of Biology Email: mleibold@.ufl.edu
Presentation: "The engineers of decay: fidelity to function in a beetle-fungus meta-symbiosis" Host: Mathew Leibold , Professor & Preeminent Scholar ǀ Dept. of Biology Email: mleibold@ufl.edu
Presentation: "Communities, meta-communities, and meta-ecosystems: studying ecology across space and time" Host: Hannah Vander Zanden, Assistant Professor | Department of Biology Email: hvz@.ufl.edu
Speaker: Rebecca Koll Title: "Taxonomic and biogeographic reevaluation of North American gigantopterids and examination of floristic composition and patterns of insect herbivory in early Permian landscapes" Day/time: June 12th, 2:00pm Location: 211 Bartram Hall Host: Steven Manchester, University of Florida, steven@flmnh.ufl.edu
Speaker: Luke Trimmer-Smith Title: "Development of a Biologically Relevant Fish-Virus Model System" Date/time: July 16, 2019, 3:30pm - 4:30pm Location: 211 Bartram Hall Host: Marta Wayne, University of Florida, mlwayne@ufl.edu
***Promotion Seminar*** Presentation: "Mutation, selection, and evolution in Caenorhabditis elegans" Host: Professor Michael Miyamoto Email: miyamoto@ufl.edu
Presentation: "Where there's honey, there's bees: scientific cross-pollination between EEID and apidology" Host: Nick Keiser, Assistant Professor | Department of Biology Email: ckeiser@ufl.edu
Speaker: Zachary Emberts Title: "The evolutionary ecology of autotomy in leaf-footed bugs" Date/time: August 30, 2019, 3:30pm - 4:30pm Location: 211 Bartram Hall Host: Colette St. Mary, University of Florida, stmary@ufl.edu
***Promotion Seminar*** Presentation: "Navigating the Dual Role: Effective Pedagogical Practices and Academic Advising Strategies" Host: Marta L. Wayne, Professor and Chair ǀ Dept. of Biology Email: mlwayne@ufl.edu
***Promotion Seminar*** Presentation: "Curtailing the inevitable delay between major phylogenetic shifts and their acceptance" Host: Marta L. Wayne, Professor and Chair ǀ Dept. of Biology Email: mlwayne@ufl.edu