Seminars

WFCB Seminar Series – Winter Quarter 2026

When: Wednesdays, 4:10 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (coffee social begins at 3:30)

Where: In person - Foster Room First Floor Meyer Hall 
Or via 
Zoom (https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/97346506458)

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

April 15, 2026

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

Olivia Feldman, PhD Student, UCD Graduate Group in Ecology, Smith Lab
Talk title “Using Participatory Mapping to Evaluate Human-Wildlife Conflict in Patagonia Ranchland” 

May 6, 2026

Rosealea Bond, PhD Student, UCD Graduate Group in Ecology, Lusardi Lab
Talk title “One Estuary, Many Paths: Decoding Steelhead habitat specialization in a Central California bar-built estuary”

and 

Sebastian Gregorio Gonzales, MS Student, UCD Graduate Group in Ecology, Fangue Lab
Talk title “The Feasibility of Acoustic Telemetry in Delta Smelt” 

May 27, 2026

Alex Ginez, MS Student, UCD Graduate Group in Ecology, Rypel Lab
Talk title “Long-term trends of native nongame species historically classified as “rough fish” across eastern North America”

and

Laura Todd, PhD Student, UCD Graduate Group in Ecology, Bucciarelli Lab
Talk title “Evaluating Pesticides in the Giant Gartersnake”