Integrated Bioscience Seminar Series 2026

Seminars are from 2:45-3:35PM on Fridays in ASEC (biology) B201. Please contact the listed host if you would like more information about the speaker or details about their visit. Follow the links for information about the speaker. All Seminars are In-Person, unless denoted by “***” which indicates a virtual presentation on TEAMS. Please come back for updates on seminar titles. Follow hyperlinked speaker names for more information.

Date Speaker & Title/Topic Affiliation UA Host
16-Jan No Seminar Scheduled
23-Jan No Seminar.   
30-Jan No Seminar Scheduled. IB Student Organizational Meeting Dr. Niewiarowski
6-Feb Dr. Hope Ball

Akron Children's Hospital Dr. Duff
13-Feb

Dr. Brian Corbin

Rational Design of Chalcone and Flavonoid Fluorescent Sensors for Improved Biological Imaging

UA Dr. Liu
20-Feb Dr. Constance E. Hausman
I didn't know you did all that...how Cleveland Metroparks implements ecosystem research to inform long-term management decisions

Cleveland Metroparks Dr. Mitchell
27-Feb Tish O’Dell

Confronting Systemic Injustice Through Community and Nature Rights (tentative)

Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund Dr. Jauk-Ajamie
6-Mar Dr. Eric Gangloff

The Future is Wall Lizards: How one species has made it in the Anthropocene

Ohio Wesleyan University Dr. Niewiarowski
13-Mar Dr. Marilyn Howarth

Legacy Environmental Contamination and Health: Working with Communities, Regulators and Decision Makers

Penn Dr. Behrman
20-Mar Dr. Nathan Stout

Regretting Doing the Right Thing: Moral Regret in Clinical Ethics

University Hospitals Dr. Huss
27-Mar

spring break : no seminar

3-Apr Dr. Jamie Watson

Expertise and the Crisis of Trust in Science and Medicine

Cleveland Clinic Dr. Huss
10-Apr Dr. John Finnerty

Corals that Climb Trees — the Contribution of Habitat Generalists to Reef Resilience in the Anthropocene

Boston University Dr. Huss
17-Apr Dr. Todd W. Pierson

The ecology and evolution of alternative reproductive tactics in two-lined salamanders

Kennesaw State University Dr. Miller
24-Apr Dr. Yash Sondhi

Title TBA

CWRU Dr. Blackledge
1-May Dr. Laura Guidry-Grimes

Title TBA

CWRU Dr. Huss