The Center for Ecology and the Environment’s Spring Symposium 2023 was held May 1–2, 2023, at the Fluno Center, 601 University Ave.
The annual Spring Symposium highlights the variety of ecology research across campus, with a focus on early-career researchers, including undergraduates, graduates, and postdoctoral researchers.
This year’s event will include two keynote speeches, talks from graduate students and postdocs, and a poster session featuring undergraduate and graduate student research. Each day will include opportunities to network and socialize, including during snack/beverage breaks, and the graduate student lunch with the keynote speaker.
Keynote Speaker
James Albert
Professor, Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
With zoology degrees from the University of California–Berkeley and the University of Michigan, Albert’s research focuses on the diversity, systematics, and evolution of tropical fishes as a mechanism to investigate evolutionary questions at cellular, morphological, and organismal levels.
Schedule
Monday, May 1
- Noon–1 p.m.: Grad student lunch with Dr. James Albert
- 2–2:05 p.m.: Registration and coffee/tea
- 2:05–2:10 p.m.: Introduction
- 2:10–3:25 p.m.: Grad student/postdoc speakers
- 2:10–2:35 p.m.: Grace Cagle
- 2:35–3 p.m.: Amélie Dolfi
- 3–3:25 p.m.: Savannah Gentry
- 3:25–4 p.m.: Poster session and snacks in atrium
- 4–5 p.m.: Keynote by Dr. James Albert, “Assembling the Most Diverse Continental Fauna I: A Series of Fortunate Events”
- 5–5:30 p.m.: Reception
Tuesday, May 2
- 2–2:05 p.m.: Registration and coffee/tea
- 2:05–2:10 p.m.: Introduction
- 2:10–3:25 p.m.: Grad student/postdoc speakers
- 2:10–2:35 p.m.: Tyler Wintermute
- 2:35–3 p.m.: Grace Melone
- 3–3:25 p.m.: Brooke Propson
- 3:25–4 p.m.: Poster session and snacks in atrium
- 4–5 p.m.: Keynote by Dr. James Albert, “Assembling the Most Diverse Continental Fauna II: A Theory of Continental Biogeography”
- 5–5:30 p.m.: Reception
- 5:30–7 p.m.: Graduate student social at the Memorial Union Terrace (rain location: Rathskeller)
Contact Us
Contact the Graduate Student Committee organizers with any questions.
Dana Johnson
dbjohnson7@wisc.edu
Roberto Carrera-Martinez
carreramartn@wisc.edu
Jamie Botsch
botsch@wisc.edu
Carson Keller
cbkeller@wisc.edu
Aldo Arellano
aaarellano2@wisc.edu
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