Seminars

WFCB Seminar Series – Fall Quarter 2026

When: Variable this quarter – please see individual dates and times.

Where: In person - Foster Room First Floor Meyer Hall 
Or via Zoom (see individual dates for Zoom links)

Interested in presenting? Please contact Eric Post ([email protected])

Wed. October 14, 2026
4:10 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (coffee social begins at 3:30)

Zoom link: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/97346506458

Mikaela Provost, Assistant Professor, WFCB
Talk:  Three Ways to Stress an Abalone (and What It Means for Marine Conservation)

Lightning talks by new and incoming WFCB graduate students and post-docs

Fri. November 6, 2026: 
12:00 p.m – 1:00 p.m.

Zoom link: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/96973422034?pwd=UYOsgzM9prHuDYCjKvzfEIA22SbebT.1

Peter Leimgruber, Director of Conservation and Science at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI)

Talk: “Connecting people, species, and landscapes to build the next generation of Biodiversity Observation Systems”

Wed. November 18, 2026
4:10 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (coffee social begins at 3:30)

Zoom link: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/97346506458

Laura Todd, PhD student, Graduate Group in Ecology
Talk: " Evaluating Pesticides in the Giant Gartersnake"

Hallie Walker Brown, Assistant Professor, WFCB
Talk: “Rewilding: Ecological restoration, evolutionary force?”