Seminar Series

Spring 2026

Our Biology seminar series take place in the Gottwald Science Center, the Auditorium (room A001) on most Mondays from 12-1 p.m.

Monday, January 12

Jen Moss, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech

  • Exploring the Contributions of Sex and Reproduction to Thermal Ecology: A Case Study in Plethodontid Salamanders

Monday, January 26

Dr. Carrie Wu, Professor of Biology, University of Richmond

  • How Plants Respond to Shifting Environments: Insights from Native Montane and Invasive Forest Species

Monday, February 2

Dr. Phoebe Stewart, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Vice Chair for Education, Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

  • Structural Mechanisms Underlying Variability in Cytokine Storm Response to Therapeutic Adenovirus Vectors 

Monday, February 9

Dr. Isaac Skromne, Associate Professor of Biology, University of Richmond

  • TBD

Monday, February 16 

  •  TBD

Monday, February 23 

  • TBD

Monday, March 2 

  • TBD

Monday, March 16

Dr. Colleen Carpenter, Assistant Professor in Biology, University of Richmond 

  • TBD

Monday, March 23 

  • Student Honors Presentation

Monday, March 30 

  • Student Honors Presentation

Monday, April 6 

  • Student Honors Presentation

Monday, April 13

Dr. Ximena Bernal, Professor of Biology, Purdue University, Research Associate, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar

  • Traffic, Noise and Artificial Light at Night: Human Impact on Frog Communication

 

Contact seminar series organizer Stacey Criswell with questions.