The School of Natural Resources Fall Research Seminar Series kicked off Sept. 3 with Emily Moore, assistant professor in the School of Biological Sciences, who presented “Between species and sexes: the genetic basis of adaptive traits in African cichlid fishes.”
The next seminar is Sept. 10 with Barb Boustead presenting “Wilder Weather: Research, Communication, and Connection.”
All seminars are on Wednesdays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in 107 South Hardin Hall Auditorium. Seminars are free and open to the public and will also be streamed via Zoom and recordings can be found here. Updates to the semester schedule can be found at that link.
Tentative schedule for the rest of the Fall 2025 semester are:
9/10 - Barb Boustead (Climatologist | Meteorologist | Instructor | Writer) - Wilder Weather: Research, Communication, and Connection
9/17 - Eric Hunt, Deb Bathke and Ross Dixon (Nebraska State Climate Office and UNL -Earth and Atmospheric Sciences) - Climate Change in Nebraska
9/24 - Leon Higley (Insect Ecologist with SNR) - Crime Scene Ecology
10/1 - Robert & Anne Diffendal (Emeritus - Research Geologist) - Geology of Lewis & Clark trail in great plains
10/8 - Erin Schaefer (PhD candidate at Northern Illinois University) - Small mammal ecology/education
10/15 - Richard Berl (Computational social scientist with a background in evolutionary theory, behavior, and cultural change)
10/22 - Allie Mazurek (Engagement Climatologist with Colorado Climate Center)
10/29 - Troy Gilmore (Groundwater Hydrologist) - Image-based hyrdology software and research
11/5 - TBA
11/12 - Anni Poetzl (Assistant Extension Instructor/Educator - Water Quality at UNL)
More details at: https://snr.unl.edu/aboutus/when/seminars.aspx