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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,...

Dr. Jeremy Bono Professor, Graduate Program Director Department Biology at CU Colorado Springs NIH Postdoctoral Excellence in Research and Teaching (PERT) Fellow NSF International Postdoctoral Fellow Ph.D., Colorado State University - Biology B.A. with High Honors and Distinction, Kenyon Colleg e Date: October 24th Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm Location: Denver...

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...

Dr. Matthew Olm Assistant Professor - Dept. Integrative Physiology at CU Boulder Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley - Microbiology B.Sc., University of Pittsburgh – Microbiology; Minor in Computer Science Date: October 3rd Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm Location: Denver Campus – Science Building, Room 2001 How Do Babies Build Their Microbiomes?...

Dr. Libby Pansing Director of Forest and Restoration Science at American Forests Ph.D., University of Colorado Denver - Integrative and Systems Biology M.S., University of Colorado Denver – Integrative Biology B.A., University of Colorado Boulder – Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Date: May 2nd Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm Location: Denver Campus...

Audrey Spencer Ph.D. Candidate Ackerfield & Bruederle Lab CU Denver Department of Integrative Biology | Denver Botanic Gardens When: Friday, April 25th, 2025, 12:00 - 1:00pm Where: North Classroom, Room 3207 Systematics and Biogeography of the Eastern Asian-North American Disjunct Genus, Physocarpus (Rosaceae) The contemporary distributions of species reflect their...

Congratulations My-Lan Le! Master's Degree Candidate Moore/Hufft Lab CU Denver Department of Integrative Biology When: Friday, April 18th, 2025, 12:00 - 1:00pm Where: North Classroom, Room 3207 Investigating Ecological Drivers of Reproductive Variation in an Endemic Alpine Plant ( Physaria alpina ): Competition, Pollen Limitation, and Habitat Variation Many rare...

UCD Graduate Seminar Presents: Dr. Michelle DePrenger-Levin Denver Botanic Gardens | Manager of Conservation Programs Ph.D., University of Colorado Denver - Integrative and Systems Biology M.S., University of Colorado Denver and Health Science Center - Biology B.A., Macalester College - Environmental Studies; Core: Biology Date: April 11th Time: 12:00pm -...