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 [...]
Join us on Thursday, November 26 at 5 pm UTC, for a talk by Dr. Maria Dornelas
November 30, 2022 5-6 pm UTC (Noon - 1 pm CDT) Join us on Wednesday, November 30th at Noon Central Daylight Time (5 pm UTC), for a talk by Dr. Juan Rocha. Juan C. Rocha is a research scientist at the Stockholm Resilience Centre where he co-leads the theme on complex systems. His research [...]
October 26, 2022 5-6 pm UTC (Noon - 1 pm CDT) Join us on Wednesday, October 26th at Noon Central Daylight Time (5 pm UTC), for a talk by Dr. Núria Galiana Ibáñez. Dr. Ibáñez studied environmental sciences at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, where she also obtained her master’s degree in [...]
