Dr. Nathan Senner Ast. Professor, UMass, Amherst Date: February 13, 2026 Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm Location: North Classroom Room 1003 How Far Can Species Bend Before They Break? Environments around the globe are changing in myriad ways. There has accordingly been much debate about whether, and how, species can respond...
Dr. Diana Tomback Ph.D. Professor, Biology Research Faculty CU Denver Date: January 30, 2026 Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm Location: Denver Campus – North Classroom 1003 Restoring Whitebark Pine: Plans, Strategies, Toolkits, and Technology Whitebark pine was federally listed as threatened in the U.S. in January 2023. In accordance with the...
Congratulations to Dr. Michael Moore for being awarded 2026 CLAS Award for Excellence in Research by T/TT Faculty. Dr. Moore has done extensive study on dragonflies and amphibians and supported several students in their research careers. Dr. Moore has been actively contributing to the research culture at CU with multiple...
Congratulations to Dr. Paul Le as the recipient of the 2026 CLAS Excellence in Teaching by IRC Faculty. Dr. Le has been an incredible inspiration to the students through his teaching style and creativity. Dr. Le has led students to Belize, Costa Rica and Tanzania for real world understanding of Biology.
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...
Casey W eissburg Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam Advisor: Dr. Michael Wunder When: Friday, February 13, 2026 Where: Science Classroom, Room 1111 Time: 8:00am Age-and Season-Specific Demographic Rates for the Mountain Plover: Variation Between Populations and Across the Annual Cycle Pinpointing what factors drive population change requires understanding variance in demographic rates...
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...
Congratulations to Jessica Loeffler for receiving the 2025 Fall CLAS Outstanding MS student Award. She has contributed positively to the research mission, the teaching mission, and the overall culture of the department. This is now seven semesters in a row that one of our students has won either the Outstanding...
Congratulations to Alyssa Hohorst for receiving the 2025 Fall CLAS Outstanding PhD Student Award. She has contributed positively to the research mission, the teaching mission, and the overall culture of the department. This is seven semesters in a row that one of our students has won either the Outstanding MS...
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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...
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...
