Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolution Seminar Series

Everyone, regardless of affiliation, is welcomed and encouraged to attend the E&E seminars.

Unless otherwise noted, seminars are held on Thursdays at 4 p.m. The seminars this semester will be in-person or virtual. In-person seminars will be held in the Alampi room at DMCS.

For scheduling information, please contact Dr. Brooke Maslo (brooke.maslo@rutgers.edu) and or Shaneika Nelson (s.nelson@rutgers.edu)

Zoom Information for Virtual Seminars (Only)

Zoom Webinar Link: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/95092400820?pwd=EVlZwHXQUZyN6JTfvlN46RMfEyUDYc.1
Webinar ID: 950 9240 0820
Webinar Password: EEweb25

**Spring 2025 Seminars**
Date	Speaker, Affiliation, and Seminar Title	Host, Platform
Jan. 23	Special Seminar: Wildlife Disease Faculty Candidate Emily Cornelius-Ruhs Post Doctoral Research Associate Field Museum Univesity of Chicago "The impacts of environmental and energetic stressors on animal health and infection Dynamics" In-Person Seminar	Dr. Julie Lockwood
Jan. 30	Special Seminar: Wildlife Disease Faculty Candidate Evan Eskew Data Scientist University of Idaho Pathogen spillover in a changing world "Pathogen spillover in a changing world" In-Person Seminar	Dr. Julie Lockwood
Feb. 6	Special Seminar: Wildlife Disease Faculty Candidate Erin Sauer Post Doctoral Fellow Department of Biological Sciences University of Arkansas "Behavioral and physiological drivers of wildlife disease" In-Person Seminar	Dr. Julie Lockwood
Feb. 13	William Zipse Supervising Forester New Jersey Forest Service Seminar Title: TBD	Dr. Allyson Salisbury
Feb. 20	Kyle P. McCarthy Professor of Wildlife Ecology University of Delaware "Global wildlife conservation: Insights from ecological research on carnivores and habitat suitability" In-Person Seminar	Lydia Heilferty (Maslo Lab)
Feb. 27	Mark Johnson University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign "Environmental DNA monitoring for aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity" Virtual Seminar	Daniel Fisher (Maslo Lab)
Mar. 6	Andrea Bodnar (Eminent Ecologist) Donald G. Comb Science Director Gloucester Marine Genomics Lab "The Ocean’s Methuselahs - Genomic signatures of exceptional longevity and negligible aging in sea urchins" Eminent Ecologist Seminar	Erin Chille (Bhattacharya Lab)
Mar. 13	Sara Zeigler Research Geographer USGS - St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center "Integrating ecosystem, human, and geomorphic interactions to understand coastal change" In-Person Seminar	Lydia Heilferty (Maslo Lab)
Mar. 27	Christina Rhiel Associate Professor Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Princeton University Seminar Title: TBD In-person Seminar	Tyler Christensen (Maslo Lab)
Apr. 3	Chris Paddock Medical Officer, Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch Center for Disease Control Seminar Title: TBD	Jose Ramirez-Garofalo (Lockwood Lab)
Apr. 10	Mitchell LeSage Senior Research Specialist Relyea Lab, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute "Carrion, scavenging, and sickness: A scavenger's role in the transmission of infectious diseases" Virtual Seminar	Morgan Mark (Maslo Lab)
Apr. 17	Jeff Clements Research Scientist Fisheries and Oceans Canada Virtual Seminar	Sophia Piper (Munroe Lab)
Apr. 24	Gerald Carter Associate Professor Princeton University In-Person Seminar	Dr. Brooke Maslo
May 1	Lukas Musher Postdoctoral Scholar Academy of Natural Sciences, Drexel "The macroevolutionary and genomic signatures of diversification on dynamic landscapes" In-Person Seminar	Dr. Erin Vogel

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