The Evolutionary Morphology Seminar Series brings together students, faculty, post-docs, and the broader evolutionary biology community, for presentations on interesting and novel topics that are relevant to research focused on evolution, ecology, morphology, geophysical sciences, theoretical evolutionary models, anatomy, and more.
Evolutionary Morphology Seminar Series
We are excited to open the 2025-2026 EvMorph series with a wide-ranging and thoughtful lineup of speakers presenting in Autumn Quarter:
| Date / Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Seminar title |
| Oct. 9, 4:30pm | Rachel Moran | UChicago E&E | Predictability in evolution: When do genomes converge on the same solutions? |
| Oct. 16, 4:30pm | Kathy Darragh | Indiana University | Ancient and repeated origins of novel biosynthetic pathways in butterflies |
| Nov. 6, 4:30pm | Dan Rabosky | University of Michigan | Strong inference in macroevolution |
| Nov. 20, 4:30pm | Ingo Braasch | Michigan State University | An odyssey of strange fish: ‘Living Fossil’ fishes reveal the genomic basis of vertebrate evolution and development |
| Dec. 4, 4:30pm | Diego Santana | Field Museum | Decoding amphibian diversity: Linking evolutionary history to conservation actions |
Students, if you missed an EvMorph: just click on the seminar title to access the Zoom recording
Spring 2025
- April 3, Linta Reji, UChicago GeoSci, From gradients to shocks: How microbial communities adapt and respond
- April 17. Sewall Wright Lecture: Martha Muñoz, Yale University, Discovering the motors and brakes of evolution
- May 1, Megan Whitney, Loyola University Chicago, The not-so-simple origins of mammalian dental complexity
- May 15, Tauana Cunha, Loyola University Chicago, From Shallow Waters to the Deep: Revealing hidden animal biology with invertebrate genomics
- May 22, David Blackburn, Florida Museum of Natural History, Unfroggetable tales of anuran evolution
Winter 2025
- Jan. 16, Arjan Mann, Field Museum Geology, The Late Carboniferous radiation of tetrapods and the origins of terrestrial ecosystems: New insights from the Midwest!
- Jan. 30, Ava Ghezelayagh, UChicago GeoSci, Space, time and trees: Understanding diversification in the oceans
- Feb. 13, Phil Anderson, UIUC, Living on the Point: A decade of puncture research from Crossbows to Fish Pendula
- Feb. 20, Admissions EvMorph: John Bates & Shannon Hackett, Field Museum Birds, The bioeconomy through the lens of birds and biodiversity
Autumn 2024
- Sept. 24, Adam Welz, nature conservationist & writer, Ameliorating climate change and the challenge of biological conservation (email evbio@uchicago for link to seminar)
- Oct. 10, Lauren Carley, UChicago E&E, Causes and consequences of intraspecific variation in plants
- Oct. 17, Anjali Goswami, Natural History Museum, London, The Shape of Life: A deep time perspective
- Oct. 24, Dakota (Cody) McCoy, UChicago E&E, Solar-powered coral reef symbioses, colorful birds, and primate pregnancy
- Nov. 7, Tyler Karp, UChicago GeoSci, Herbivore-fire interactions across spatial and temporal scales
- Nov. 21, Julia Kreiner, UChicago E&E, The tempo and mode of plant adaptation to contemporary agricultural environments