Biology and Environmental Studies Seminar Schedule, Spring 2020
*All seminars take place at UNC Asheville, in Rhoades Robinson Hall (RRO) Room 125, 12:00–1:00pm unless otherwise noted v.02/07/20. Subject to revision, please check for updates.
January 16
Ari Miller, UNC Asheville, “What is a ‘species’ anyway? Insight into how we define and delimit biodiversity”
February 6
Dr. Jesse Hill, NC Geological Survey, “Not old dead mountains, but slumbering giants; Cenozoic uplift of the southern Appalachian Mountains”
February 13
Dr. Danny Fisher, University of California Berkeley, “Fire’s Image: Pyrodiversity and the Politics of Apprehension”
February 27
Dr. Jon Hagar, VCOM-Carolinas and Gibbs Cancer Center, “TBD: Cancer immunotherapies and cell-free reconstitution of T-cell signaling”
March 5
Dr. Olya Milenkaya, Warren Wilson College, “TBD”
March 26
Jim Chapman, NC Geological Survey, “TBD: using medium-resolution multispectral satellite imagery (Landsat) to delineate heavy mineral placer deposits in North Carolina”
April 2
Dr. Jacob Warner, UNC Wilmington, “TBD”
April 9
Dr. Sean O’Connell, Western Carolina University, “TBD: Soil microbial ecology”
April 21
UNCA Undergraduate Research Symposium