Seminars

Weekly Applied Ecology Seminars

Last updated December 12, 2025

Applied Ecology will host weekly, in-person seminars in David Clark Labs 101 every Thursday from 4-5 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Seminars are being organized by Skylar Hopkins.

In-person attendance is highly encouraged. Refreshments are served prior to the lecture at 3:45 p.m. and immediately after for casual conversation with the speaker at 5 p.m. If you are unable to be on NC State campus, you are welcome to join us via zoom.

The schedule of speakers is:

Mini Series	Date	Name	Institution	Title	Notes
New Year, New Ecologies	January 15	Jason Donaldson	Duke University
New Year, New Ecologies	January 22	TBA
New Year, New Ecologies	January 29	Tong Qiu	Duke University
Wild Minds: How Animals Think, Choose, and Communicate	February 5	Molly Cummings	UT Austin		Biology, Ecology, and Evolution Seminar Series (BEESS)
Wild Minds: How Animals Think, Choose, and Communicate	February 12	Madhu Katti	NC State University
Wild Minds: How Animals Think, Choose, and Communicate	February 19	Robert Mason	Oregon State University
Seasick: Life in a Toxic Ocean	February 26	Austin Gray	Virginia Tech
Seasick: Life in a Toxic Ocean	March 5	Martin Grosell	University of Miami		Toxicology Seminar
Inside Stories: Why Does Ecology Take Guts?	March 12	April Sharp	NC State University		PhD Defense Seminar
	March 19- No Seminar, Spring Break
Inside Stories: Why Does Ecology Take Guts?	March 26	Nita Bharti	Penn State University		Global One Health Academy Seminar
Inside Stories: Why Does Ecology Take Guts?	April 2	Charlie Nunn	Duke University
Warming Signs: Ecologies of Our Future	April 9	Jared Bowden	State Climate Office of North Carolina
Warming Signs: Ecologies of Our Future	April 16	Cathy Jachowski	Clemson University	Weathering the Extremes: Wildlife, Water and a World in Flux
Warming Signs: Ecologies of Our Future	April 23	Carlos Garcia-Robledo	University of Connecticut