Dr. Casey Setash Researcher at Colorado Parks and Wildlife Date: November 14, 2025 Time: 12:00pm- 1:00pm Location: Science Building, Room 2001 Applied Avian Ecology in the Anthropocene (or Why Humans Ruin Everything) Species can be generalists, but so can researchers! This seminar will follow the ways applied research allows for...
Jeremy Siemers, M.S. Zoologist and Zoology Team Leader Colorado Natural Heritage Program Warner College of Natural Resources Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO cnhp.colostate.edu M.S, Colorado State University - Zoology B.S., Colorado State University - Biological Sciences Date: October 31st Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm Location: Denver Campus – Science Building,...
The Department of Integrative Biology is proud to celebrate a lifetime honor for our chair, Dr. Diana Tomback, who has just been named as an AAAS Fellow for the class of 2023! The American Association for the Advancement of Science is one of the world’s largest general scientific societies and...
“ Climate change is already forcing lizards, insects and other species to evolve – and most can't keep up”, an article written by Dr. Michael Moore and Dr. James T. Stroud, (Georgia Institute of Technology), was published in the current edition of Yahoo News – “The Conversation addresses. The article...
Diana Tomback, former Integrative Biology graduate student Thomas McLaren, and Yellowstone National Park wildlife biologists, publish a chapter on Clark's nutcrackers and whitebark pine in Yellowstone’s Birds: Diversity and Abundance in the World’s First National Park , a 2023 Princeton University Press book. This book is the first to describe...
The Ricketts Conservation Foundation and American Forests in association with Yellowstone National Park hosted an event on September 28, 2023, at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana. The event publicized conservation work for whitebark pine and highlighted its seed disperser Clark’s nutcracker. This was the unveiling of a...
Jessic a Loeffler M a ster’s Thesis Defense Adviso rs: Dr. Andrew Wilson, Dr. Michael Greene, and Dr. Sara Branco When: November 21, 2025 12:00pm – 1:00pm Where: Science Building, Room 2001 Join Zoom Meeting: https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/98409192103 Meeting ID: 984 0919 2103 or Join by SIP • 98409192103@zoomcrc.com Comparing the Fungal...
Gabr ielle Cerep-Funke Master's Thesis Defense Advisor: Dr. Chrissy Alba When: Thursday, November 20, 2:00pm - 3:00pm Where: Science Building, Room 4127 Zoom: https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/94940451010 Evaluating the Performance of Horticulturally Relevant Native Forbs under Increasingly Limiting Water Availability Climate models predict a hotter and drier future for Colorado, which can impact...
J ustin J. Loucks Defense Exam Advisor: Dr. Andrew Wilson When: Friday, November 14, 2025 1:30pm – 3:30pm Where: Science Building, Room 4127 Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/77907961149?pwd=VdQqOUhtyKl0fvWM2Ua56Vz8s9Jg4p.1 Meeting ID: 779 0796 1149 Passcode: QEb2VF TAXONOMY AND SYSTEMATICS OF THE FUNGAL GENUS BOLETOPSIS IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA The fungal genus Boletopsis...
Alyssa Hohorst PhD Dissertation Defense Advisor: Dr. Ben Greenwood Department of Integrative Biology When: Friday, November 7th 2025 10:00am Where: Science Building, Room 4127 Clarifying the Mechanisms Underlying Estrous Cycle Modulated Fear Extinction and Relapse Extinction that occurs during high ovarian hormone phases, proestrus or estrus (Pro/Est), or following E2...
Ali Alghamdi Ph.D. Student Dr. Diana Tomback's Lab Department of Integrative Biology When: 10/28/2025 - Time: 11:00 am Where: Science Building 4127 Ecological Restoration in Forest and Aridland Systems: Nature-Based Solutions to Counter Disturbance and Degradation. My dissertation investigates how ecosystems recover when disturbances push them to their resilience limits...
Ryan Jones Ph.D. Degree Candidate Advisor: Dr. Paula Cushing (Denver Museum of Nature and Science) When: Friday, October 17th, 2025, 12:00pm Where: Science Building, Room 2001 A phylogenomic and biogeographic hypothesis for North American solifuge family Eremobatidae (Arachnida: Solifugae) and the resurrection of genus Eremospina Roewer Quantifying and qualifying biodiversity...
Emmy Johnson Master's Degree Candidate Advisor: Dr. Laurel Hartley CU Denver Department of Integrative Biology When: Friday, October 10th, 2025, 12:00pm Where: Science Building, Room 2001 Impacts of Professional Development on Perceptions and Emotions of Graduate Teaching Assistants as Mentors in Biology CUREs (Course-Based Undergraduate Research) through the framework of...
Alex Moss Ph.D. Candidate Advisor: Dr. Michael Greene CU Denver Department of Integrative Biology When: Friday, October 10th 2025, 9:00am Where: Science Building, Room 4127 (4th Floor Conference Room) Follow the leader: Group recruitment in the "greedy" ant T etramorium immigrans Urban environments are one of the fastest growing environments...
Jillyn Tittle Ph.D. Student Dr. John D. (Nick) Fisk's Lab Department of Integrative Biology When: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025, 2:00pm - 3:30pm Where: Student Commons (ACAD), Room 2504 Modeling the Molecular Dynamics of Engineered Filamentous Phage Systems for Phage Display Applications Bacteriophages , viruses that infect bacteria, are the most...
Joseph Tucker Ph.D. Student Dr. Alan Vajda's Lab Department of Integrative Biology Date: Thursday, September 19th Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm Location: Science Building, Room 4127 Title: Determining Bioconcentration Factors and Physiological Effects on Pimephales promelas by use of a Complex Mixture of Poly- and Per- Fluoroalkyl Substances Historical use of...
Congratulations to Jessica Romero for receiving the 2023 Fall CLAS Outstanding MS Student Award. The Department would like to recognize both of our nominees for the Fall 2023 CLAS Outstanding Graduate. Student Awards, Laurel Sindewald for PhD and Jessica Romero for MS. Both students have contributed positively to the research...
Congratulations to the 2023 Spring Integrative Biology Student Excellence Award recipients. The Department recognizes outstanding graduate and undergraduate students for their accomplishments in teaching or research. Teaching can include any formal teaching-related activities (e.g., teaching assistants, learning assistants, tutors, supplemental instructors, etc.). Research can include scholarly activities that make an...
The Department would like to announce the recipients of our 2022 Spring Student Excellence Awards. This year we had four awardees, two graduate students and one undergraduate student in the Research Award category, and one undergraduate student in the Teaching Award category. Students were allowed to submit self-nominations but also...
Don’t Miss the Next Installment of High-Elevation Five-Needle White Pines: Science and Management Webinar Series! Held the 3 rd Tuesday of each month from 12-1 PM MST. Learn more about this year's webinar series. On November 21st, Stephen Huysman will present: Projecting future whitebark pine susceptibility to white pine blister...
