Research Talks
The Arnold Arboretum holds a weekly seminar series most Mondays at 12:10pm at the Weld Hill Lecture Hall (*unless otherwise noted). All talks are free and open to everyone. To receive announcements, sign up for the AA Research Talks mailing list.
WATCH LIVE on the Arboretum’s YouTube channel if you are unable to attend in person. The streaming video is entitled “AA Research Talks Live” and is visible only when a live stream is scheduled or in progress.
Sept 10, 2018Mon, 12:10p Weld Hill |
Jake GrossmanArboretum Putnam Fellow The mystery of Smith’s aspen: uncovering the genetic identity and climate change vulnerability of a hybrid Pleistocene relic |
Sept 17, 2018Mon, 12:10p Weld Hill |
Rick HarperExtension Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Aligning production methods & urban tree planting objectives |
Sept 24, 2018Mon, 12:10p Weld Hill |
Jenica AllenAffiliate Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire Invasive plant challenges and opportunities in the U.S. |
Oct 1, 2018Mon, 12:10p Weld Hill |
Stephanie ConwayPostdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, Kramer Lab LEAFY function in the model fern Ceratopteris richardii: reconstructing the ancestral role of a flowering meristem identity gene |
Oct 15, 2018Mon, 12:10p Weld Hill |
Hilary CallahanProfessor, Bernard College, Columbia University UnPAK – Undergraduates Phenotyping Arabidopsis Knockouts: Engaging hands, eyes and brains in the age of automation |
Oct 22, 2018Mon, 12:10p Weld Hill |
Graham DowResearch Assistant Professor, Boston University Understanding the relationships between stomatal development, leaf function, and environmental response |
Oct 29, 2018Mon, 12:10p Weld Hill |
Monica GeberProfessor, Cornell University Ecology and evolution of species range limits |
Nov 5, 2018Mon, 12:10p Weld Hill |
Robin HopkinsAssistant Professor, OEB, Harvard University and Faculty Fellow, Arnold Arboretum The evolution of mate choice to avoid hybridization in plants |
Nov 19, 2018Mon, 12:10p Weld Hill |
Pam DiggleProfessor and Associate Department Head, University of Connecticut The botany of Thanksgiving (dinner) |
Nov 26, 2018Mon, 12:10p Weld Hill |
Margaret GroseSenior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, University of Melbourne Arboretum Sargent Award Recipient EH Wilson’s “another planet”— Australia’s plants, global differences, and landscape architecture |
Dec 3, 2018Mon, 12:10p Weld Hill |
Andrew GrooverResearch Geneticist, USDA Forest Service Embracing the complexity of nature –genomic approaches for understanding the development and evolution of forest trees |
Jan 28, 2019Mon, 12:10p Weld Hill Host: Hopkins |
Juliette de MeauxProfessor, University of Cologne, Germany The double threat of habitat shrinking and gene flow to Arabis nemorensis: a genomics study |
Feb 4, 2019Mon, 12:10p Weld Hill |
Avalon OwensPhD Student, Tufts University Arboretum Cunin/Sigal Award Recipient Strangers in the night: Will light pollution lead to firefly declines? |
Feb 25, 2019Mon, 12:10p Weld Hill Host: Friedman |
Spencer BarrettUniversity Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto Reproductive evolution across geographical ranges |
March 11, 2019Mon, 12:10p Weld Hill |
Mark AshtonProfessor and Director of School Forests, Yale University Understanding principle mechanisms of tropical forest degradation with application to their restoration |
March 25, 2019Mon, 12:10p Weld Hill Host: Friedman |
Paul ManosProfessor, Duke University Mighty oaks from little acorns grow: phylogenomic data add new branches to the Quercus tree of life |
April 1, 2019Mon, 12:10p Weld Hill |
Evan PreisserProfessor & Chair, University of Rhode Island Just how friendly IS my enemy’s enemy? Herbivore-herbivore interactions on eastern hemlock |
April 8, 2019Mon, 12:10p Weld Hill Host: Friedman |
Shu-Mei ChangProfessor, University of Georgia Maintenance of variation in sex expression in the wild geranium, Geranium maculatum |
July 8, 2019Mon, 12:10p Weld Hill |
William (Ned) FriedmanDirector and Faculty Fellow of the Arnold Arboretum; Arnold Professor, Harvard University Asa Gray, Charles Darwin and the discovery of Eastern Asia – eastern North America woody plant disjuncts |
July 26, 2019*FRI, ~9:15am* Weld Hill |
2019 DaRin Butz InternsDaRin Butz Foundation Undergraduate Research Program Summer Presentations |
See our calendar for more lectures, classes and tours at the Arboretum.
See more Harvard Events (calendar hosted by the Harvard University Center for the Environment).
See Biology Week (calendar hosted by the Whitehead Institute) for more biology seminars and symposia in the Boston/Cambridge area.
