Seminar Series

Meredith Prentice Master's Thesis Defense Advisors: Dr. April Goebl, Dr. Timberley Roane, & Dr. Paula Fornwalt Date: September 25th, 2026 Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm Location: Science Building 1111 Zoom link: http://https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/91565128311?pwd=C07a4TgS5KWe9j0krhk1wKXafqEwrT.1 Meeting ID: 915 6512 8311 Passcode: 509758 Post-fire Understory Plant Community Assembly in Ponderosa Pine Forests: Linking Above and...

Dr. Urbain Weyemi NCI Center for Cancer Research Date: September 4 Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm Location: Science Building 1111 My talk will be focused on the dialogue between genomic instability and redox metabolism in cancer. My talk will be focused on the dialogue between genomic instability and redox metabolism in...

Dr. James Gallagher Postdoctoral Research Scholar, University of California, Davis Date: August 28th Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm Location: Science Building 1111 The Emergence of Phenotypic Variation: From Individual Development to Evolutionary Change Across taxa, populations with greater phenotypic variation are generally better able to adapt to changing environments and are...

Dr. Emily Mooney Associate Professor, Dept of Biology Univ. of Colorado, Colorado Springs Date: April 17th, 2026 Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm Location: North Classroom 1003 Insects in the Anthropocene: Case Studies of Changing Insect Abundance from Colorado Insect populations worldwide are experiencing significant declines, raising concerns about ecosystem health and...

Dr. Lily Durkee NSF Postdoctoral Fellow CSU Date: April ,10 2026 Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm Location: North Classroom 1003 Gene Flow and Adaptation to Environmental Change In a rapidly changing world, the persistence of populations often depends on their ability to adapt to novel environments. My research explores gene flow...

Dr. Molly Nepokroeff Head Curator of Natural History Collections Date: April 3, 2026 Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm Location: North Classroom 1003 A Tale of Two Island Systems: Phylogeography of Hawaiian and Sky Island Plants of Colorado Studies of the biota of islands have figured prominently in our understanding of adaptive...

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. Mara Heilig Post Doctoral Fellow at CU Denver Date: February 6, 2026 Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm Location: Denver Campus – North Classroom 1003 Nutritional and Transcritpional Factors Impacting Transgenerational Signaling of the Diapause Program in the Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes Albopictus Transgenerational signaling allows many organisms to anticipate seasonal...

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...

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...