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Seminars

Department of Biology and Geology

The Department of Biology and Geology offers an ongoing seminar series throughout the Fall and Spring semesters. Our speakers join Department of Biology and Geology undergraduate research students in offering an in-depth series of seminars that provide the latest information on a wide array of topics. 

All seminars take place in SCI 327 from 1:00-2:30 pm.

USC AIKEN DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY AND GEOLOGY
Spring 2023
SEMINAR SCHEDULE

Date Presenter Title

JAN 13

 Brad Reinhart

Safety Training

JAN 20

Leah Delorenzo

Connecting genotype and phenotype: Investigating the functional morphology and molecular architecture that influences craniofacial divergence using Lake Malawi cichlid fishes​

JAN 27

James Garabedian

When territorial animals care to share space: How studying animal space use can help manage wildlife

FEB 3

Mingli Xu

Could adult plants grow back to juvenile? Mechanism for vegetative phase change

FEB 10

Besim Dragovic

Constraining the rates of metamorphism and fluid flow at subduction zones: insights from the exhumed rock record

FEB 17

 

FEB 24

Daniel Peach

The Secret Life of Mosquitoes: Mosquito Ecology

MAR 3

Benjamin Overlie

Corridor Project, a landscape ecological research project on the Savannah River site.

MAR 10

Spring Break

No Seminar

MAR 17

Jose Payero

 

MAR 24

   

MAR 31

490 Student Seminars

 

APR 7

490 Student Seminars

 

APR 14

490 Student Seminars

Scholar Showcase

APR 21

490 Student Seminars

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