Spring 2025 Seminars
February 3
Dr. Laura Azzarella, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District
"Building Strong: US Army Corps of Engineers Career and Project Highlights"
February 10
Colin O’Connor, NYS Dept Health
"Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology of Ticks and Tick-borne Disease in New York State"
February 17
NO CLASS
President's Day
February 24
Dr. Soren Busch, BioSense Solutions, Denmark
"Developing a unique live-cell imaging analysis technology for microbiology"
March 3
Dr. Jim Watkins, Cornell
"The pelagic and benthic life of Mysis diluviana, native mysid shrimp of the Great Lakes"
March 10
Dr. Zhen Wang, UB
"Medicinal plants: the biosynthesis and ecology of plant natural products"
March 17
Dr. Josie Reinhart, SUNY Geneseo
"Impacts of sex ratio Meiotic drive on stalk eyed flies"
March 24
NO CLASS
Spring Break
March 31
Dr. Gavin Leighton
"The Evolutionary Causes and Consequences of a Continental Interspecific Dominance Hierarchy"
April 7
Dr. Alexander Ford, 4th Family Inc.
"From Buffalo State through Nutrition Educator and Dietitian to Family Medicine – A Career Journey"
April 14
Dr. Maria Sagot, SUNY Oswego
"Calling the Shots: How Vocal Roles Shape Collective Decisions in Disk-winged Bats"
April 21
Dr. Bob Minckley, U Rochester
"Hotspots of species richness and diversification rate for bees are the North American deserts"
April 28
Dr. Chirantana Mathkari, Canisius University
"The Cow Paradox: An Exploration of the Human-Bovine Dynamic in India"
May 5
Lauren Smith & Emily Klimczak
"Exploring Mimicry and Visual Communication in Woodpeckers: A Field Study Utilizing 3D-printed Models" and "Crayfish Fight Club: Winner-loser Effect as a Management Strategy Against Invasive Crayfish"