MSU Ecology Seminar Series
Fall Semester 2024
Thursdays 3:30-4:30
Live talks will be held in 346 Leon Johnson Hall unless otherwise noted. Please check the individual seminars below for information on which seminars will be live and/or virtual. In-person seminars will not be offered virtually, and are not recorded.
Undergraduate students may get credit for attending/viewing seminars and writing critiques in course BIOE 494, a 1-credit, fall-only course. Please see your advisor if interested.
| Date | Seminar Details | More Info |
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August 29 |
Department Introductions Graduate students describe their current research |
346 Leon Johnson Hall
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| September 5 |
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| September 12 |
Erim Gomez, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Wildlife Biology, University of Montana "Parallels Between the Importance of Charismatic Minifauna Research and Increasing Human Diversity in the US Conservation Field" |
346 Leon Johnson Hall |
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September 19 |
Nancy Chen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Rochester "The complex consequences of dispersal in a fragmented landscape" |
346 Leon Johnson Hall |
| September 26 |
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| October 3 |
David Christianson, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Departments of Ecosystem Science and Management at the University of Wyoming "Animal Distributions: Social and Spatial" |
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| October 10 | ||
| October 17 |
Michael Quist, Ph.D. Professor of Fisheries Management and Assistant Unit Leader, Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at the University of Idaho "Beyond Wilford Brimley: Using Science to Guide Population-Level Management" |
346 Leon Johnson Hall |
| October 24 |
No Seminar |
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| October 31 |
Cecily Costello, Ph.D. Biologist with Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, & Parks "Studies on Grizzly Bear Strategies for Obtaining and Allocating Food Energy" |
346 Leon Johnson Hall |
| November 7 |
Susan Adams, Ph.D. Fisheries Research Scientist, U.S.F.S. "A plague of invaders or native delights? Montana crayfish conundrums" |
346 Leon Johnson Hall |
| November 14 |
Stella Capoccia, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Montana Technical University "Progressive Ecological Management of a Superfund Site: Biodiversity of the Berkeley Pit" |
346 Leon Johnson Hall |
| November 21 |
Gabriella Pardee, Ph.D. Research Director, The Wild Basin Creative Research Center "Examining Plant-Pollinator Interactions and Plant Reproduction in a Changing World" |
346 Leon Johnson Hall |
| November 28 |
Thanksgiving Break |
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| December 5 |
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