Honors Seminar Program
Center of Excellence for Field Biology & Department of Biology, Austin Peay State
University
Spring 2019
Honors Seminar Program
Seminars are presented at 11:15 AM on Mondays, Room E106A, Sundquist Science Center
January 14, 2019 - Meet with class.
January 21, 2019 - APSU closed.
January 28, 2019 - Daniel Frederick, PhD. Professor, Department of Geosciences, Austin Peay State University. "Temporal changes in the Foraminifera assemblage of Budd Inlet, Puget Sound, Washington State, USA."
February 4, 2019 - Microbiologist Candidate Seminar.
Special Seminar, Friday, February 8, 2019 - Ecologist Candidate Seminar.
February 11, 2019 - Microbiologist Candidate Seminar.
Special Seminar, Friday, February 15, 2019 - Ecologist Candidate Seminar.
February 18, 2019 - Microbiologist Candidate Seminar.
Special Seminar, Friday, February 22, 2019 - Ecologist Candidate Seminar.
February 25, 2019 - Microbiologist Candidate Seminar.
March 4, 2019 - Spring Break - no classes.
March 11, 2019 - Jack W. Sites, Jr. PhD. Emeritus Professor of Biology and Curator of Herpetology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. "Lizards as model organisms for ecological/evolutionary studies."
March 18, 2019 - Sarah Princiotta, PhD. Postdoctoral Research Associate, Hancock Biological Station, Murray State University. "Microbial food web dynamics in a green world: Biotic relationships between a bloom-forming cyanobacteria and a flagellate predator."
March 25, 2019 - Nicole Creanza, PhD. Vanderbilt University. "The evolution of learned behaviors: insights from birds and humans."
April 1, 2019 - Carl W. Dick, PhD. Department of Biology, Western Kentucky University. "The Vampire's Vampire: associations between bats and ectoparasites."
April 8, 2019 - Dylan Shropshire. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, Vanderbilt University. "Identifying bacteriophage genes that manipulate arthropod reproduction."
April 15, 2019 - Lynn Von Hagen, MS. "The elephant in the room: Finding ways for people and pachyderms to coexist."
April 22 2019 - Melissa Pardi, PhD. NSF Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University. "Predicting environmental impacts on species, perspectives from interdisciplinary and historical data."