The Evolutionary Morphology Seminar Series brings students, faculty, and the broader evolutionary biology community together for presentations on a vast array of topics.
Our Autumn Quarter 2021 lineup features the following distinguished speakers and seminar titles:
| Date | Time | Speaker | Institution | Seminar title |
| Thurs, 10/7 | 4pm | Evan Saitta | Field Museum | Molecular fossil hunting: Analytical and experimental taphonomy |
| Thurs, 10/21 | 4pm | Jingmai O'Connor | Field Museum | The importance of the Jehol Lagerstatten in understanding the evolution of modern avian physiology |
| Thurs, 11/11 | 4pm | Jim Usherwood | Royal Veterinary College | Some implications of the scaling of work and power relating to animal form and gait | Legs as linkages |
| Thurs, 12/2 | 4pm | Jon Nations | UChicago Dept. of Geophysical Sciences | Function, history, and ecology in two exceptional (and exceptionally different) mammal radiations |
Students, please note: we request permission from our speakers to record their seminars via Zoom. If you have a time conflict, and would like to hear an EvMorph seminar this quarter that you are unable to join in real time, please email evbio@uchicago.edu to request access to the recording.
Did you miss a Spring Quarter EvMorph? Catch up now!
- Clare Baker, April 8 - The development and evolution of vertebrate lateral line electroreceptors
- Corina Tarnita, April 22 - The origin of biological construction: multicellularity, sociality, eusociality (annual Sewall Wright lecture)
- Josef Uyeda, May 6 - Making sense of macroevolution: State, rate and biological process knowledge
- Rosanna Zenil-Ferguson, May 20 - Integration of traits and diversification: Lessons from small and big phylogenies
Recordings from Spring Quarter EvMorph seminars only are available till the end of autumn quarter.