WILD/Ecology Center 2018-2019 Seminar Schedule
September 2018
| Wednesday, Sep 5 | 4:00pm NR 105, WILD Department |
WILD Host - Dr. Terry Messmer and Dr. Eric Thacker | TBA |
| Wednesday, Thursday, Sept 12/13 |
Wednesday, 4:00 pm, BNR 102 Thursday, 4:00 pm, ESLC 46 |
Ecology Center Seminar - Dr. Nalini Nadkarni, Professor of Biology, University of Utah, SLC, UT | TBA |
| Wednesday, Sep 19 | 4:00pm NR 105, WATS Department |
Dr. Kimberly Hageman, Associate Professor, Utah State University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry | "Predicting Pesticide Vapor Drift and Exposure to Pollinators" |
| Wednesday, Sep 26 | 4:00pm NR 105, ENVS Department |
Hilary Boudet | TBA |
October 2018
| Wednesday, Oct 3 | 4:00 pm, NR 105, Dean's Office | Dr. Ben Abbott, USU Alumni, Assistant Professor of Ecosystem Ecology, Brigham Young University | TBA |
| Wednesday, Thursday, Oct 10/11 |
Wednesday, 4:00pm, BNR 102 Thursday, 4:00 pm ESLC 46 |
Ecology Center Seminar - Dr. Andrew Jorgenson, Professor & Chair, Sociology & Environmental Studies, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA | TBA |
| Wednesday, Oct 17 | Restoring the West Conference | Rose McKinney-James | |
| Wednesday, Oct 24 | 4:00pm NR 105, WATS Department |
Tim Palmer, Associate at the Pennsylvania State University's Riparia Center and a Visiting Scholar at Portland State University |
"Wild and Scenic Rivers: An American Legacy" |
| Wednesday, Oct 31 | 4:00 pm, NR 105, WATS Department | Dr. Sarah Null, Associate Professor, Watershed Sciences Department, Utah State University |
"Hydropower Development in Chile: Balancing Energy and Ecosystems" |
November 2018
| Wednesday, Thursday, Nov 7/8 | Wednesday, 4:00 pm, BNR 102 Thursday, 4:00 pm, ESLC 46 |
Ecology Center Seminar - Dr. Craig Allen, Research Ecologist, USGS Fort Collins Science Center, Los Alamos, NM | TBA |
| Wednesday, Nov 14 | 4:00 pm, NR 105, WILD Department | Lauren Porensky | TBA |
| Wednesday, Nov 21 | Thanksgiving Break | No Seminar | |
| Wednesday, Nov 28 | 4:00pm NR 105, ENVS Department |
TBA | TBA |
December 2018
| Wednesday, Thursday, Dec 5/6 | Wednesday, 4:00 pm, BNR 102 Thursday, 4:00 pm, ESLC 46 |
Ecology Center Seminar- Dr. Francesca Cotrufo, Professor & Associate Head, Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, CO | TBA |
January 2019
| Wednesday, Jan 9 | 4:00 pm, NR 105 | Wildland Resources Seminar: Kezia Manlove, Assistant Professor, Wildland Resources, USU |
“A plague in high places: The strange interactions between disease, climate, and behavior that shape the future of bighorn sheep” |
| Wednesday, Thursday, Jan 16/17 | Wednesday, 4:00pm, LSB 133 Thursday, 4:00 pm, LSB 133 |
Ecology Center Seminar - Dr. Johanna Varner, Assistant Professor, Biology, Colorado Mesa University, Fort Collins, CO | TBA |
| Wednesday, Jan 23 | 4:00 pm, NR 105 | Wildland Resources Seminar: Clark Rushing, Assistant Professor, Wildland Resources, USU | "Population dynamics of migratory birds across the annual cycle: effects of habitat loss and climate change on population limitation" |
| Wednesday, Jan 30 | 4:00pm NR 105 |
Wildland Resources Seminar: Dan MacNulty, Associate Professor, Wildland Resources, USU |
"Understanding the role of wolves in food webs" |
February 2019
| Wednesday, Feb. 13 | 4:00 pm, NR 105 | Wildland Resources Seminar: Tom Stephenson, Senior Environmental Scientist, California Department of Fish and Wildlife | "Recovering an endangered mountain ungulate: perspectives on time, space, and energy" |
| Wednesday, Thursday, Feb 20/21 | Wednesday, 4:00 pm Thursday, 4:00 pm |
Ecology Center Seminar - Dr. Elizabeth Borer, Professor, Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. | TBA |
| Wednesday, Feb. 27 | 4:00 pm, NR 105 | Wildland Resources Seminar: Susannah French, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, USU | “Physiological trade-offs in a changing environment: Costs for individuals and populations” |
March 2019
| Wednesday, Mar 6 | 4:00 pm, NR 105 | Wildland Resources Seminar: Andrew Felton, Post-Doc, Wildland Resources, USU | "Predicting grassland responses to increases in climatic variability and extremity: combing experiments, observations, and modeling." |
| Wednesday, Mar 13 | Spring Break | no seminar | |
| Wednesday, Mar 20 | 4:00 pm, NR 105 | Wildland Resources Seminar: Doug Ramsey, Professor, Wildland Resources, USU | "After 47 years of remote sensing, clouds are now our friends: Extracting biophysical data from cloud-based platforms." |
| Wednesday, Thursday, Mar 27/28 | Wednesday, 4:00 pm, Thursday, 4:00 pm |
Ecology Center Seminar - Dr. Tim Essington, Professor & Associate Director, SAFS, University of Washington, Seattle, WA | TBA |
April 2019
| Wednesday, April 3 | 4:00 pm, NR 105 | Wildland Resources Seminar: Tal Avgar, Assistant Professor, Wildland Resources, USU | "Cognitive Space-Use Ecology" |
| Wednesday, April 10 | 4:00 pm, NR 105 | Wildland Resources Seminar: David Stoner, Research Assistant Professor, Wildland Resources, USU | TBA |
| Wednesday, Thursday, April 17/18 | Wednesday, 4:00 pm, Thursday, 4:00 pm |
Ecology Center Seminar - Dr. Emily Darling, Post Doctoral Fellow, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, ON, Canada | TBA |
| Wednesday, April 24 | 4:00 pm, NR 105 | Wildland Resources Seminar: Toshpulot Rajabov, Range Ecologist from Uzbekistan visiting USU on a Fulbright | TBA |
