Research Talks
The Arnold Arboretum holds a weekly seminar series most Mondays at 12:10 p.m. 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 9, 2019Mon, 12:10 p.m. Weld Hill |
Al KovaleskiArboretum Putnam Fellow Winter physiology matters |
Sept 16, 2019Mon, 12:10 p.m. Weld Hill |
Samridhi ChaturvediPostdoctoral fellow, Hopkins Lab Quantifying the predictability of evolution at the genomic level in Lycaeides butterflies |
Sept 23, 2019Mon, 12:10 p.m. Weld Hill |
James CrallPostdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
Social resilience: Understanding how environmental stressors impact the behavior
and health of bees
|
Sept 30, 2019Mon, 12:10 p.m. Weld Hill |
Anne Short GianottiAssociate Professor, Boston University; Harvard Forest Bullard Fellow The politics and ecology of suburban deer, forests, and people |
Oct 7, 2019Mon, 12:10 p.m. Weld Hill Host: Holbrook |
Scott McAdamAssistant Professor, Purdue University Forget roots, leaves are the main site of abscisic acid biosynthesis |
Oct 21, 2019Mon, 12:10 p.m. Weld Hill Host: Friedman |
Louise LewisProfessor, University of Connecticut Overview of green algal evolution, with a focus on the transitions to land |
Oct 28, 2019Mon, 12:10 p.m. Weld Hill |
Alison BrodyProfessor, University of Vermont Interactions above and below ground affect plants and their pollinators |
Nov 4, 2019Mon, 12:10 p.m. Weld Hill |
Wendy ClementAssociate Professor, The College of New Jersey; Arnold Arboretum Jewett Prize recipient Integrating leaf and seed morphometrics with phylogeny to study the evolutionary history of reproductive ecology in the Dipsacales |
Nov 18, 2019Mon, 12:10 p.m. Weld Hill |
Peter Del TrediciSenior Research Scientist Emeritus, Arnold Arboretum 100 years of Stewartia research at the Arnold Arboretum |
Nov 25, 2019Mon, 12:10 p.m. Weld Hill Host: Hopkins |
Eric von WettbergAssistant Professor, University of Vermont Chickpeas, peas, and lentils: A contemporary take on Vavilov’s homologous series |
Dec 2, 2019Mon, 12:10 p.m. Weld Hill Host: Hopkins |
Deren EatonAssistant Professor, Columbia University Isolation, interference, and introgression: Genomic perspectives on plant diversification |
Jan 27, 2020Mon, 12:10 p.m. Weld Hill |
Erin SparksAssistant Professor, University of Delaware The development and function of stem-borne roots in maize |
Feb 3, 2020Mon, 12:10 p.m. Weld Hill |
Don PfisterProfessor and Curator, Harvard University Adventures in the uttermost part of the Earth: Fungi, plants and biogeography |
Feb 10, 2020Mon, 12:10 p.m. Weld Hill |
Brook MoyersAssistant Professor, University of Massachusetts, Boston Dynamic quantitative genetics in rice under stress |
Feb 24, 2020Mon, 12:10 p.m. Weld Hill |
Yaowu YuanAssociate Professor, University of Connecticut Genetics, development, and evolution of pigmentation patterns in monkeyflowers (Mimulus) |
March 2, 2020Mon, 12:10 p.m. Weld Hill |
Rebecca Y. KartzinelAssistant Professor and Director, Brown University Herbarium Drivers of adaptation and diversity in plant populations |
March 9, 2020Mon, 12:10 p.m. Weld Hill |
Daniel Short GianottiPostdoctoral researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Water limitation and vegetated ecosystem responses |
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).