Science Seminars at the Academy
The Academy host a series of scientific seminars throughout the year sponsored by the Academy's chapter of Sigma Xi. These technical seminars are intended for scientists and college-level students. Guests from other research and higher education institutions and organizations are encouraged to attend.
Those interested in presenting their research at the Academy should contact Katriina L. Ilves at .
These seminars are typically held during the Fall, Winter, and Spring. All seminars are held at 12 noon in the Academy's Darwin Room unless otherwise noted.
Upcoming Seminars
- Friday, August 27, noon, Darwin Room
- Kevin A Judge, University of Lethbridge
“Material benefits of sexual cannibalism in Cyphoderris buckelli (Orthoptera: Haglidae)”
Recent Seminars
- Friday, May 28, noon, Darwin Room (rescheduled from May 7)
- Alain Maasri, the Academy of Natural Sciences
“Community structure and foraging behavior of Chironomids in high nutrient enriched streams” - Friday, May 21, noon, Darwin Room
- Frank Burbrink, City University of New York, College of Staten Island
“How does ecological opportunity influence rates of speciation, extinction and morphological diversification in New World ratsnakes (tribe Lampropeltini)?” - Friday, May 14, noon, Darwin Room
- Todd D. Levine, Murray State University
“Zooplankton Phenology: Two decades of questions and answers from the long-term monitoring of Kentucky Lake” - Wednesday, April 28, 12 noon, Darwin Room
- John Lundberg, the Academy of Natural Sciences
“The fossil catfishes of North America and their evolutionary significance” - Friday, April 23, 12 noon, Darwin Room
- Lauren Spitz, Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania
“Vascular Flora and Community Assemblages of Delhaas Woods, a Coastal Plain Forest in Bucks County, PA” - Friday, April 16, 12 noon, Darwin Room
- Makiri Sei, Arcadia University
“The Biodiversity Survey of Northern Chihuahuan Springs” - Friday, March 26, 12 noon, Darwin Room
- Tonia Hsieh, Temple University
“Invasion dynamics: Are morphological changes due to phenotypic plasticity or adaptive evolution in the native green anole lizard?” - Friday, March 5, 12 noon, Darwin Room
- David Hewitt, AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow
“Fitting science into policy” - Wednesday, February 3, 12 noon, Dawin Room
- Emily Basile, Drexel University
“Organohalogen contaminant concentrations in diamondback terrapins from Barnegat Bay, New Jersey” - Friday, January 29, 2010, 12 noon, Darwin Room
- Fabio Laurindo da Silva, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil
“Systematics and biogeography of the aquatic midge genus Labrundinia Fittkau 1962 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae): a morphological and molecular approach” - Alexey Reshchikov, St Petersburg State University, Russia
“Ichneumon wasps of the tribe Perilissini (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) new findings in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia”