16 May 2025 Dr. Ricardo Betancur-R, UC San Diego – Scripps (Host: Chris Martinez) “Integrating phylogenetic and genomic approaches to study fish macroevolution.” Time 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
09 May 2025 Dr. Julia Schwartzman, University of Southern California (Host: Toby Hammer) “Ecological dynamics of bacterial cell collectives” Time 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
02 May 2025 Dr. Leonora Bittleston, Boise State University (Host: Maria Rebolleda-Gomez) “Investigating community assembly, function, and coexistence of plant-associated microbes.” Time 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
18 April 2025 Dr. Stuart Sumida, CSU San Bernardino (Host: Miles Valencia / Azizi lab) “Exceptional Preservation of Late Paleozoic fossils from Europe provide insights into the earliest example of a modern terrestrial ecosystem.” Time 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
11 April 2025 David Good, University of Guelph (Host: Jennifer Martiny) “The Microbiome of the Yanomami people” Time 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
14 March 2025 Dr. Monica Palta, University of California, Irvine (Host: Celia Symons) “Restore, Rehabilitate, or Refrain? Managing Urban Wetlands for Ecosystem Services” Time 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
07 March 2025 Dr. Magnus Egerstedt, University of California, Irvine (Host: Monica Daley) “Robot Ecology: Constraint-Based Design for Long-Duration Autonomy” Time 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
21 February 2025 Dr. Jesse Jackson, University of California, Irvine “Art and Ecology in the Places We Live” Time 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
06 December 2024 Dr. Jonathan Schilling, University of Minnesota (Host: Dr. A. Rodriguez-Verdugo) Time 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM