Institute of Ecology and Evolution

Lecture Series in Ecology and Evolution

Seminar Location

Haller-Auditorium 248, Geologie, Baltzerstrasse 1

Seminar Schedule

Tuesday, 16:15

Speakers

Autumn Semester 2024
Date Speaker Title
17.09.2024 Dr. Franziska Komossa, University of Zurich Landscape, Perception & (Multi-) functionality: navigating tradeoffs in human-environment interactions
Organiser: Prof. Dr. M. Owuor
24.09.2024 Prof. Dr. Eva Ringler, University Bern, IEE What amphibians and reptiles can teach us about the evolution of parental care
Organiser: Prof. Dr. C. Bank, Prof. Dr. C. Peichel
01.10.2024 Dr. Florence Bansept, Institute of Mediterranean Microbiology in France Host-associated microbial communities: stories of migration
Organiser: Prof. Dr. X. Li Richter
08.10.2024 Dr. Julien Clavel, Université Lyon 1 Modelling phenotypic evolution on phylogenetic trees
Organiser: Prof. Dr. A.-C. Fabre
15.10.2024 Prof. C. Brandon Ogbunu, Yale University Context & constraint in complex biological systems: Lessons from epidemiology
Organiser: Prof. Dr. C. Bank
22.10.2024 Dr. Carolin Sommer-Trembo, University of Basel Exploratory behaviour - a key player in evolutionary processes?
Organiser: Prof. Dr. C. Peichel
29.10.2024 Prof. Dr. Jonathan Henshaw, Universität Fribourg Who cares and why? The coevolution of parental care and mating competition
Organiser: IEE junior staff (E. Rees-Baylis)
05.11.2024 Dr. Kin Onn Chan, Kansas University A genomic perspective on cryptic species: Extraordinary hidden diversity or exaggerated taxonomic inflation?
Organiser: Dr. S. Hertwig (NMBE)
12.11.2024 Prof. Dr. Madhav P. Thakur, University Bern, IEE Ecological responses to climate extremes
Organiser: Prof. Dr. C. Bank, Prof. Dr. C. Peichel
19.11.2024 Prof. Jelena Pantel, Université de Franche-Comté, Laboratoire Chrono-environnement Models, data, and predictions for eco-evolutionary dynamics in populations, communitities, and metacommunities
Organiser: Prof. Dr. O. Seehausen
26.11.2024 Dr. Fabien Condamine, CNRS & Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier Macroevolutionary history of sharks with fossil and phylogenetic data
Organiser: IEE junior staff (Dr. V. Louppe)
03.12.2024 Ass. Prof. Israel Borokini, Montana State University An integration of phylogenetic, geospatial, and ecological data to investigate the drivers of plant diversity and distributions
Organiser: IEE junior staff (Dr. A. Mahulu)
10.12.2024 Prof. Dr. Laurent Excoffier Riding a genetic wave, surfing, and looking backward
Organiser: Prof. Dr. C. Bank, Prof. Dr. C. Peichel
17.12.2024 Exam

Speakers

Spring Semester 2025
Date Speaker Title
18.02.2025 Dr. Gabriel Jorgewich Cohen, Universität Zürich
Organiser: Prof. Dr. C. Bank
25.02.2025 Prof. Dr. Rike Stelkens, Stockholm University
Organiser: IEE junior staff (L. Hablützel)
04.03.2025 -
11.03.2025 -
18.03.2025 Dr. Mordecai Ogada, Conservation Solutions Africa & Colorado State University
Organiser: Prof. Dr. O. Seehausen
25.03.2025 Prof. Dr. Pleuni Pennings, San Francisco State University
Organiser: Prof. Dr. C. Bank
01.04.2025 Dr. Manuela Sann, NMBE
Organiser: Prof. Dr. M. P. Thakur
08.04.2025 -
15.04.2025 Dr. Sanja Hakala, University of Lausanne
Organiser: Prof. Dr. E. Ringler
29.04.2025 Dr. Conor Waldock, IEE
Organiser: IEE junior staff (Dr. A. Mahulu)
06.05.2025 Prof. Dr. Mark Kirkpatrick, University of Texas
Organiser: Prof. Dr. C. Peichel
13.05.2025 Dr. Alexa Sadier, Universite de Montpellier
Organiser: Prof. Dr. A.-C. Fabre
20.05.2025 Prof. Dr. Yagmur Erten, University of Groningen
Organiser: Prof. Dr. X. Li Richter
27.05.2025 Exam

Exam

The semester exam (open-book, 45 minutes) of this lecture series covers the lectures given in this semester. At the exam you will receive three themes corresponding to three talks given in this semester and you will be asked to choose one.

State for this selected theme the three results or statements that you judge as being most important.
You are encouraged to supplement your explanation by graphs or tables, if appropriate, and to describe and value the applied methodology. Critique would be welcome, if you were not entirely happy with methods or interpretation.

Most importantly, you should justify your judgements with arguments – this is what will be evaluated by the examiners, not your selection of what you found most important. Please discuss only issues that were presented in the respective talks, and not related issues that you know from other sources. Please be concise and aim to condense your text to one page.