Join us on Wednesday, July 31, at 4 pm UTC for the Funk Lecture given by Dolors Armenteras Pascual. Talk Title: "Biogeographic Perspectives on Amazon Forest Degradation" Dolors Armenteras is a Full Professor of Landscape Ecology at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogotá. Initially trained as a biologist at the University of [...]
Join us on Wednesday, June 26, at 4 pm UTC for the Funk Lecture given by Michael Douglas. Talk title: "Promoting Biogeography Through Cruise Ship Lecturing" Dr. Douglas is a retired NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) research meteorologist who worked for 22 years at the National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Oklahoma. [...]
Join us on Wednesday, April 24, at 5 pm UTC for the Funk Lecture given by Barnabas Daru. Talk Title: "The biogeography of native botanical diversity in the age of humans" Barnabas Daru is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Stanford University. Research in his lab focuses on the broad patterns of plant [...]
February 28, 2024 4-5 pm UTC Join us on Wednesday, February 28, at 4 pm UTC for the Funk Lecture given by Erin Saupe. Talk Title: "The emergence of latitudinal diversity gradients" This seminar will focus on quantifying the emergence of latitudinal diversity gradients in the marine realm, from benthic invertebrates to [...]
October 25, 2023 4-5 pm UTC Join us on Wednesday, October 25, at 4 pm UTC for the Funk Lecture given by Crystal McMichael. Talk Title: "Ecological legacies and forests resilience in Amazonia" Crystal McMichael is a paleoecologist, tropical ecologist, and biogeographer working in the Department of Ecosystem and Landscape Dynamics at [...]
Join us on Thursday, September 28, at 4 pm UTC for the first Funk Lecture of the new season, given by Joaquín Hortal. "Mapping ignorance on biodiversity: towards a fair account of data-driven uncertainty in biogeograpical analyses" Joaquín Hortal is a biogeographer and community ecologist working at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales [...]
June 28, 2023 5-6 pm UTC Join us on Wednesday, June 28 at 5 pm UTC, for a talk by Luís Valente. Islands: laboratories of biogeography threatened by anthropogenic extinction Luís Valente is an evolutionary biologist and island biogeographer interested in biodiversity in isolated environments. He uses fieldwork, phylogenetics, modelling and genomics [...]
May 31, 2023 5-6 pm UTC Join us on Wednesday, May 31 at 5 pm UTC, for a talk by Professor Jennifer McElwain. In this talk 'Tropical Arctic' Jenny will/ explain our planet’s story of environmental upheaval, mass extinction, and resilience as revealed by fossil plants unearthed from Triassic and Jurassic strata of East [...]
March 29, 2023 5-6 pm UTC We're excited to let you know about the forthcoming Funk Lecture! Join us on Wednesday, March 29 at 5 pm UTC, for a talk by Dr. Pablo A. Marquet. PABLO A. MARQUET is Full Professor in the Department of Ecology at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de [...]
February 22, 2023 5-6 pm UTC Funk lecture series continues unabated! Join us on Wednesday, February 22 at 5 pm UTC, for a talk by Prof. José Alexandre Felizola Diniz Filho. José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho is a Professor in Ecology and Evolution at Universidade Federal de Goiás, in Central Brazil, for over [...]
