Department Seminars
Past Seminars:
| Date | Speaker Name | Speaker Institution | Seminar Title | Mode (In-person or Online) |
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| 02/10/2023 | ||||
| Brandon Ogbunu | Yale University | By wind and by water: how pathogenic vibrios travel | In-person | |
| 03/03/2023 | Jennifer Fraterrigo | University of Illinois | In-person | |
| 03/10/2023 | ||||
| Spring Break – no seminar | ||||
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| Kim Novick | Indiana University | TBD | In-person | |
| 04/07/2023 | George Hurtt | University of Maryland | Beyond MRV: The development and application of next generation forest carbon monitoring and modeling system for policy support |
In-person |
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| 05/05/2023 | TBD |
| DATE | SPEAKER NAME | SPEAKER INSTITUTION | TALK TITLE (click on title to access the recording) |
| 9/23/2022 | Phil Townsend | University of Wisconsin | Ecological Insights from Imaging Spectroscopy of Foliar Functional Traits |
| 9/30/2022 | Volker Radeloff | University of Wisconsin | Analyses of trends in time-series of satellite data |
| 10/7/2022 | Jeff Brawn | University of Illinois | What do 40 years of sampling tell us about prospects for tropical birds under expected climate change? |
| 10/14/2022 | Ellen Ketterson | Indiana University | When to migrate when to breed: Is now still the right time? |
| 10/21/2022 | T.B.A. | ||
| 10/28/2022 | Jing M. Chen | University of Toronto | Leaf Carboxylation Rate Derived from Flux and Satellite Data for Global Carbon Cycle Research |
| 11/4/2022 | Skylar Hopkins | North Carolina State University | Ecology of environmentally mediated diseases in wildlife and humans |
| 11/11/2022 | Dan Grear | National Wildlife Health Center | Bsal: a (not yet) conservation crisis for North American Amphibians |
| 11/18/2022 | T.B.A. | ||
| 11/25/2022 | THANKSGIVING BREAK | ||
| 12/2/2022 | T.B.A. | ||
| 12/9/2022 | Jens Kattge | Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry | Recent developments around the TRY Plant Trait Database |
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 Sept. 18 |
Biome stability in South America and its impacts on Biodiversity Gabriel C. Costa, Associate Professor, Auburn University Montgomery Webpage: http://costagc.weebly.com/ Bio: Dr. Gabriel Costa is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences at Auburn University – Montgomery. Dr. Costa received his B.A. and M.S. from the University of Brasília, Brazil, and his Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma. Currently, much of his research aims to study patterns of species richness, endemism, and co-phylogeography in reptiles and amphibians in South American drylands. |
 Sept. 25 |
Title: Helminth coinfections: Insights from a Natural System Presenter: Dr. Vanessa Ezenwa, Professor, University of Georgia. Webpage: http://ezenwalab.uga.edu/ Bio: Dr. Vanessa Ezenwa is a Professor in the Odum School of Ecology and Department of Infectious Diseases at the University of Georgia. She obtained her B.A. at Rice University and her Ph.D. at Princeton University. Dr. Ezenwa and her team study the ways in which animal behavior influences parasitic infections. They also examine the complex immunological interactions resulting from helminth co-infections, as well as immune system trade-offs and tissue regeneration in mammals. The Ezenwa Lab focuses on a range of host species, including Grant’s gazelles, African buffalo, and spiny mice for their disease ecology studies. |
 Oct. 2 |
Title: Disease ecology in the face of global change Presenter: Dr. Jessica Hua, Associate Professor, Binghamton University. Webpage: https://jhua13.wixsite.com/jhua Bio: Dr. Jessica Hua is an Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at Binghamtom University (SUNY). Dr. Hua completed her B.A. at Southwestern University, Ph.D. at the University of Pittsburgh, and a postdoc at Purdue University. Research in the Hua Lab focuses on mechanisms that shape ecological interactions and evolutionary processes, including the roles of humans in driving these mechanisms. More specifically, Dr. Hua and her team seek to understand how anthropogenic activities influence toxicology and disease ecology in organisms ranging from aquatic microbiota to terrestrial reptiles and amphibians. |
 Oct. 9 |
Title: Getting the most out of camera trapping: monitoring wildlife, plants, and people Presenter: Dr. Catherine Sun, University of British Columbia. Webpage: https://conservationcorridor.org/author/cat-sun/ Bio: Dr. Catherine Sun is a postdoc in the Department of Forest Resources Management at the University of British Columbia. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. from Cornell University where she studied spatial distribution patterns and monitoring approaches for black bears. Currently, she uses a variety of techniques in her research, including spatial capture-recapture and hierarchical modeling, as well as citizen science and population genetics, to inform wildlife management and conservation. |
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Dr. Tony Chang Oct. 16 |
Title: A deep-learning approach for fusing multi-sensor data for forest classification and structural estimation Presenter: Dr. Tony Chang, Conservation Science Partners Webpage: https://www.csp-inc.org/about-us/core-science-staff/chang-tony/ Bio: Dr. Tony Chang is a Data Scientist at Conservation Science Partners (CSP) in Bozeman, MT. Dr. Chang uses innovative techniques to detect forest disturbances such as wildfires and insect outbreaks, and to predict hydrologic responses that may result from forest disturbance events. In this webinar, he will discuss using deep learning for integrating multiple datasets to estimate forest structure and classification. Dr. Chang earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at UCLA, his M.S. in Environmental Science and Policy at Northern Arizona University, and his Ph.D. in Ecology and Earth Sciences at Montana State University. Following graduate school, he joined the Conservation Science Partners (CSP) as a David H. Smith Postdoctoral Fellow and has recently transitioned into his current position as a Data Scientist at CSP. |
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Multiple Speakers Oct. 30 |
Wildlife of Halloween Multiple researchers in the department will present a spooktacular installment of the F&WE Webinar! |
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Dr. Michael Nelson Nov. 13 |
Title: Diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in traditional Natural Resources fields: A call for critical self-reflection Presenter: Dr. Michael P. Nelson, Oregon State University Webpage: https://www.michaelpnelson.com/ Description: Dr. Michael P. Nelson is a Professor and Ruth H. Spaniol Chair of Renewable Resources at Oregon State University, as well as Lead Principal Investigator for the LTER-HJ Andrews Experimental Forest. He is also the philosopher in residence of the Isle Royale Wolf-Moose Project, the longest-run study of predator-prey relations in the world. In this webinar, Dr. Nelson will discuss a recent paper of his, Considering the case for diversity in natural resources. In addition, he will share insights from a study that combines empirical and philosophical evidence to assess progress being made toward the goals of eliminating discrimination and improving equality in natural resources disciplines and other STEM fields. Dr. Nelson will also present suggestions for how further advancements can be made toward these goals. |
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Feb. 12 |
Title: Empirically tested methods to promote inclusion Presenter: Markus Brauer, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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Feb. 19 |
Title: Not all who wander are lost? What movement and behavioral ecology can tell us about disease dynamics in bighorn sheep Presenter: Kezia Manlove, Assistant Professor, Utah State University |
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Feb. 26 |
Title: Wildlife surveys using drones from the ground up Presenter: Susan Felege, Associate Professor, University of North Dakota |
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Mar. 5 |
Title: Responses of large mammals to climate change: the challenge of the decades Presenter: Robyn Hetem, Senior Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand Webpage: https://www.wits.ac.za/staff/academic-a-z-listing/h/robynhetemwitsacza/ |
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Mar. 12 |
Title: Satellite reflectances: what do they tell us about global gross primary production (GPP) of vegetation? Presenter: Joanna Joiner, Atmospheric Physicist, NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center Webpage: https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sed/bio/joanna.joiner-1 |
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Mar. 19 |
Title: Sustaining fire-adapted forest ecosystems through collective management Presenter: Paige Fischer, University of Michigan Webpage: https://energy.umich.edu/energy-faculty/faculty/paige-fischer/ |
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Apr. 9 |
Singing in a silent spring: Birds respond to soundscape reversion during the COVID-19 shutdown Presenter: Elizabeth Derryberry, Associate Professor, University of Tennessee |
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Apr. 16 |
Title: Icebound: How the extreme polar physiology of Arctic carnivores is clashing with climate change Presenter: Terrie M. Williams, University of California – Santa Cruz Webpage: williams.eeb.ucsc.edu |
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Apr. 23 |
Title: Using the behavior of rehabilitated and released elephant calves to guide conservation translocation project benchmarks Presenter: Shifra Goldenberg, Research Fellow, San Diego Zoo, Institute for Conservation Research Webpage: https://institute.sandiegozoo.org/staff/shifra-goldenberg-phd |
| Date | Speaker | Institution | Title |
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| Feb 14 | Grace DiRenzo | Pennsylvania State University | Using Bayesian approaches to examine ecological processes governing disease dynamics |
| Feb 21 | No seminar | #colspan# | #colspan# |
| Feb 28 | Marta Jarzyna | Ohio State University | Capturing the critical scales and dimensions of biodiversity change |
| Mar 6 | Marketa Zimova | University of Michigan | Understanding the potential of wild populations to adapt to climate change: Lessons from color molting mammals |
| Mar 13 | Hilary Dugan | University of Wisconsin – Madison | The salinization of freshwater environments |
| Mar 20 | Spring Break | #colspan# | #colspan# |
| Mar 27 | Hannay Carey | University of Wisconsin – Madison | — |
| Apr 3 | No seminar | #colspan# | #colspan# |
| Apr 10 | Ryan Norris | Nature Conservancy of Canada | A multi-decade study on the ecology and demise of a food-caching boreal bird at the southern edge of its range |
| Apr 17 | Susan Simard | University of British Columbia | Leopold Lecture |
| Date | Speaker | Institution | Title |
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| Sep 13 | Kaitlyn Gaynor | National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis | Spatial and temporal responses of wildlife to predation risk and human disturbance |
| Sep 20 | None | #colspan# | #colspan# |
| Sep 27 | Charlotte Chang | National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis at University of Tennessee – Knoxville | Solutions for nature and people: Bridging the ecological and social dimensions of conservation |
| Oct 4 | None | #colspan# | #colspan# |
| Oct 11 | Eliezer (Elie) Gurarie |
University of Maryland – College Park and University of Montana – Missoula | Frontiers in movement Ecology: From cognitive foundations to global scales |
| Oct 18 | None | 25th Annual Wisconsin Ecology Fall Symposium | #colspan# |
| Oct 25 | TBA | #colspan# | TBD |
| Nov 1 | Jonathan Patz | Global Health Institute at University of Wisconsin – Madison | Climate Change & Health: the risks of no action and the benefits of a green economy |
| Nov 8 | Preston Cole | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | Ecology, conservation and wildlife policy issues: A DNR perspective |
| Nov 15 | Katie Moriarty | United States Forest Service | Weasels worth waiting for – using new technology at multiple scales to describe marten and fisher ecology and habitat |
| Nov 22 | Mourad Gabriel | Integral Ecology Research Center | Cannabis and ecology |
| Date | Speaker | Institution | Title |
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| Sep 21 | Erika Marin-Spiotta | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Out of sight, out of mind? Belowground carbon response to landscape disturbance |
| Sep 28 | Sam Cushman | Forest Service, Flagstaff, AZ | Integrating connectivity modeling, landscape genetics, and scenario analysis in conservation planning |
| Oct 5 | Karen Oberhauser | UW Arboretum | Monarchs, milkweed, and citizen monitoring: Setting conservation targets with messy data |
| Oct 12 | Wisconsin Ecology Fall Symposium | #colspan# | #colspan# |
| Oct 19 | Ben Zuckerberg | University of Madison | Disappearing winter refugia in a warming world |
| Oct 26 | Dan Linder | Forest Service, Madison, WI | Portrait of a Killer: Tracking the fungus that is decimating North American bat populations |
| Nov 2 | Jed Meunier | Wisconsin DNR, Madison, WI | Maintaining resilient landscapes in the Lake States requires re-evaluating fire history |
| Nov 9 | David Lewis | Oregon State University | Climate, adaptation, and the value of forestland: A national Ricardian analysis of the United States |
| Nov 16 | David Post | Yale University | Migrating Wildebeest and Raging Hippos on Kenya’s Mara River |
| Date | Speaker | Institution | Title | Title |
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| Sep 22 | Dan Salkeld | Colorado State University | Ecology of wildlife-to-human infectious diseases: insights from plague, Lyme disease and fried chicken. | Ecology of wildlife-to-human infectious diseases: insights from plague, Lyme disease and fried chicken. |
| Sep 29 | Sean Schoville | UW-Madison | Evolution and ecology of cold-specialized insects in western North America | Evolution and ecology of cold-specialized insects in western North America |
| Oct 6 | Madhu Khanna | University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana | Is Forest Bioenergy Carbon Neutral or Worse than Coal? Implications of Carbon Accounting Methods? | Is Forest Bioenergy Carbon Neutral or Worse than Coal? Implications of Carbon Accounting Methods? |
| Oct 13 | None | WE SYMPOSIUM | http://ecology.wisc.edu/symposium/index.php | NA |
| Oct 20 | Joel Brown | University of Illinois at Chicago | Ecology of Fear: Foraging games between predator and prey | Ecology of Fear: Foraging games between predator and prey |
| Oct 27 | Elizabeth Hennessy | UW-Madison | On the Backs of Tortoises: the will to save the Galápagos Island | On the Backs of Tortoises: the will to save the Galápagos Island |
| Nov 3 | Amanda Carter | Illinois State University | The eco-physiology of heat waves: perspectives from a reptile with temperature-dependent sex determinatio | The eco-physiology of heat waves: perspectives from a reptile with temperature-dependent sex determinatio |
| Nov 10 | Wes Larson | UW-Stevens Point | The importance of preserving adaptive genetic diversity: lessons from Pacific salmon and applications to Great Lakes fishes | The importance of preserving adaptive genetic diversity: lessons from Pacific salmon and applications to Great Lakes fishes |
| Nov 17 | Holger Klinck | Cornell University | Bioacoustics – a powerful tool for wildlife monitoring and management | Bioacoustics – a powerful tool for wildlife monitoring and management |
| Dec 1 | Tara Hudiburg | University of Idaho | Fire, Drought, Beetles, and Humans: Quantifying the Impacts of Disturbance on the Forest Carbon Cycle | Fire, Drought, Beetles, and Humans: Quantifying the Impacts of Disturbance on the Forest Carbon Cycle |