Jan 29      Jane Stewart, Colorado State University,
“Characterizing genetic and phenotypic diversity and spread of an invasive pathogen as climates change”

Feb 5        Rachel Jabaily, Colorado College
” Life history evolution of the Neotropical plant family Bromeliaceae”

Feb 12      Jonathan Velotta, Denver University
“Extreme Physiology and the Mechanisms of Adaptive Evolution”

Feb 19      Adriana Romero-Olivares, New Mexico State University
“Microbial responses to climate change: from tiny genes to big ecosystems”

Feb 26      Jeremy Yoder, California State University, Northbridge
“Life in the entangled bank”

Mar 5       Mercedes Burns, University of Maryland, Baltimore
“Three tales from arachnid genomes: sequences, sex, and silks”

Mar 12        Joanna E. Lambert, University of Colorado Boulder
“Empty Forests and Resilient Species: reimagining conservation in Africa “

Mar 19      Karen Kapheim, Utah State University
“Causes and consequences of behavioral plasticity in bees”

Mar 26     Onja Razafindratsima, University of California, Berkley
“Frugivory and seed dispersal by lemurs in Madagascar's rainforests”

Apr 2     Jeffrey Good, University of Montana
“ The evolution of seasonal camouflage “

Apr 9      Karen Bailey, University of Colorado, Boulder
“Climate Change, Social Capital and Sustainable Livelihoods in Conservation Landscapes “

Apr 16      Mairin Balisi, La Brea Tar Pits and Museum
“North America’s lost dogs: Recent ecological selectivity in the fossil record of mammalian carnivores”

Apr 30      Kiyoko Gotanda, Université Sherbrooke
“Adaptation in a changing world: human influences on evolution”

May 7       Nathan Upham, Arizona State University
“Mammal evolutionary past as a key to the ecology of present-day species”