Fall 2017 EEB Seminar Series – Ron Eytan
November 20, 3:30 pm
Location: 410 Rudder Tower
Title:
From coral reefs to the deep dark sea: the evolution of marine fishes
Speaker: Ron Eytan, Texas A&M University at Galveston
Hosted by Jessica Light
Refreshments served before start
Fall 2017 EEB Seminar Series – Joshua Drew
Joshua Drew
Lecturer and M.A. Program Advisor, Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology, Columbia University
“Ecosystem Services and Fisheries Resiliency in Pacific Coral Reefs”
Hosted by Jessica Light
Refresments served before start.
Spotlight: Jessica Light
Dr. Jessica Light is an Associate Professor in the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, the Mammal Curator at the Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections, and Communications Chair for EEB.
Dr. Light is a native Michigander and received her B.S. from University of Michigan. She then moved south and obtained her Ph.D. from Louisiana State University and completed a postdoctoral position at University of Florida.
Research in the Light lab is focused broadly in evolutionary biology with a focus on systematics, population genetics, and coevolutionary associations between distantly related organisms, particularly mammals and their parasites. [Read more…]
Master’s defense: Aleyda Galan
EEB-relevant Master’s defense coming up!
Baseline Biodiversity Assessment of Small Mammals, Ticks, and Tick-Borne Pathogens in South Texas
