SEMINARS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
Thursday 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm, Ackert Hall, Room 324

Seminars in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology are a weekly series of presentations and workshops that are hosted by members of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Section in the Division of Biology at Kansas State University.  Seminars in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology are informal and we have traditionally had a diverse mix of presentations from local or visiting speakers, including graduate students, postdocs and new faculty.  The seminar format is typically a 40 to 50 minute presentation followed by a 10 to 20 minute question period.  We encourage all interested persons to attend the seminars - folks from other departments, Konza docents, and the public are welcome to join us.  The seminar coordinators for Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 are John M. Briggs (jbriggs1@k-state.edu) and Samantha Wisley (wisley@k-state.edu).  Please send us your suggestions for speakers! 
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Fall 2009 - SEMINAR SCHEDULE 

Date

Seminar Speakers and Titles of Presentations
August 27 Speakers: John M. Briggs and Samantha Wisley
Title: Welcome back and plans for the year; No MEETING THIS WEEK
September 03

Speakers: Sarah Koerner (University of New Mexico); Kimberly Komatsu (Yale University)
Titles:(Sarah) Experimentally assessing the interactive effects of grazing and altered precipitation on grassland community structure.

(Kimberly) Drivers of Grassland Community Structure: An Assessment of the Strength of Bottom-Up and Top-Down Controls
September 10 Speakers: D. Hartnett, S. Parsons, P. Klug, and D. Carter. Division of Biology, KSU
Title:Into Africa: An overview of the 2009 Summer Field Course to Botswana and South Africa
September 17 NO SEMINAR (ASM CO)
September 24 Speaker: John M. Briggs, Professor, Division of Biology and Director of Konza Prairie Biological Station, KSU
Title: Update on Konza---Should we change the burning plan?
October 01 Speaker: Dr. Deon van der Merwe, BVSc PhD, Assistant Professor of Toxicology, College of Veterinary Medicine, KSU
Title: Mining waste impacts on waterfowl in the Tri-State mining area
October 08 Speaker: Dr. Caterina Scoglio, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, KSU
Title:Characterizing robustness of complex networks
October 15 Speakers:  EEB Graduate Students
Title:  Graduate students on parade (4 slides/4 min)
October 22 Speakers:  EEB Graduate Students
Title:  Graduate students on parade (4 slides/4 min)
October 29 Speaker: Dr. James Sherow, Professor, Department of History, KSU
Title: Flint Hills Discovery Center
November 05 Speaker: Dr. Richard A. Marston, University Distinguished Professor and Head Department of Geography, KSU
Title: "Geomorphology and Vegetation on Hillslopes: Interactions, Dependencies, and Feedback Loops”
November 12 Speaker: Dr. Tony Grace, (Division of Biology, KSU)
Title: Ecological Speciation in a Grassland Grasshopper
Novermber 19 Speaker: Dr. Marketa Sagova-Mareckova, (Department of Bacteriology, Division of Plant Health, Crop Research Institute, Prague, Czech Republic)
Title: "Seeking hot spots of actinomycete diversity at contrasting soil sites"
November 26 THANKSGIVING--NO SEMINAR
December 03 Speaker: Drs. Carolyn Ferguson, Associate Professor of Biology, Curator, K-State Herbarium and Kelly Deters
Title: GK-12 Fellowship
December 10 Speaker: Steve Hudman, Truman State University
Title: TBA
 
 

Spring 2010 - SEMINAR SCHEDULE

Date

Seminar Speakers and Titles of Presentations
January 14 Speaker: (First day of school)
Title:
January 21 Speaker: .
Title:
January 28 Speaker: John M. Blair
Title: LTER
February 04 Speaker: Dr. Virginia Jin, (USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Agorecosystem Management Research Unit, Lincoln NE)
Title: TBD
February 11 Speaker: James Sherow, Professor, Department of History, KSU
Title: Environmental History of the Chisholm Trail
February 18 Speaker: John M. Blair
Title: LTER
February 25 Speaker: Bryan L. Foster, Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas
Title: TBD
March 04 Speaker: Brian K. Obermeyer, Director, Flint Hills Initiative, The Nature Conservancy
Title: Conservation Easements in Kansas
March 11 Speakers:  Brian Darby and Dave Wheeler; Division of Biology, KSU
Title: TBD
March 18 SPRING BREAK---NO SEMINAR
March 25 Speaker: 
Title: 
April 01 Speaker: Dr. Ludek Zurek, (Department of Entomology, KSU)
Title: TBD
April 08 Speaker: Val Smith, Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas
Title: Nutrients, Eutrophication, and Disease Risk
April 15 Speaker: Dr. Debra Peters, New Mexico State University
Title:TBD
April 22 Speaker: Roman R. Ganta, M.Sc., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology College of Veterinary Medicine, KSU
Title:  TBD
April 29 Speaker: Sam James
Title: TBD
May 06 Speaker: Kiona Ogle, University of Wyoming, Department of Biology
Title: Bayesian Modeling

 

 
 
Last updated: August 24, 2009