Biology & Marine Biology

Fall 2019 Seminar Series

* The location listed as R21 is one of the trailers located across from Dobo Hall. (Campus Map)

Seminar series schedule
Date Day  Time Location Speaker Topic
08/23 Fri. 3 pm R21 2115 Dr. Pierre Le Pabic
UNC Wilmington
"Evolution of Morphological Diversity in Cichlid Fishes"
08/30 Fri. 3 pm R21 2115 Dr. Ray Danner
UNC Wilmington

“Bird ecology and evolution in a hot, fragmented, and noisy world”

09/13 Fri. 1:30 pm R21 2110 Dr. Kara Yopak
UNC Wilmington
"Are Sharks Smart? Brain Evolution in Sharks and Thier Relatves"
09/13 Fri. 3 pm R21 2115 Ashley McKenzie
UNC Wilmington
“Ecology and paleoecology of Pygoscelis penguins using stable isotopes and lipid biomarkers."
09/20 Fri. 3 pm R21 2115 Dr. Nick Pyenson
Smithsonian Institution

"Whale worlds, past and future"

09/27 Fri. 3 pm R21 2115 James Evans
UNC Wilmington
“Microbial symbionts of sessile marine invertebrates”
10/4 Fri. 3 pm R21 2115 Dr. Stuart Pimm
Duke University

“Using science to save species from extinction.”

10/11 Fri. 3 pm No Seminar Fall Break
10/18 Fri. 3 pm R21 2115 Dr. Luis Hückstädt
Institute of Marine Sciences
UC Santa Cruz

“Hunting under the ice: the trophic ecology of Antarctic Phocids”

10/25 Fri. 3 pm R21 2115 Dr.Soon Goo Lee
UNC Wilmington
"Bitter & Sweet: Bioactive Natural Products"
11/1 Fri. 3 pm R21 2115 Dr. Darin Penneys
UNC Wilmington

"Tropical plant species evolution, discovery, and conservation"

11/8 Fri. 3 pm R21 2115 Dr. Ari Friedlaender
UCSC
"Seeing below the surface: using science and technology to study and conserve baleen whales in Antarctica"
11/15 Fri. 3 pm R21 2115 Dr. Marianne Porter TBA
11/22 Fri. 3 pm R21 2115 Graduate Student Symposium
UNC Wilmington
Various Topics
11/29 Fri. 3 pm No Seminar Thanksgiving
12/6 Fri. 3 pm No Seminar Finals