
Monthly Group Meetings
Open to all CBio-Associated faculty, staff, students, campus affiliates of CBio, and local and regional partners
April 22, 2022
Dr. Jennifer Mandel; Dept. of Biological Sciences; Asteraceae, phylogenetics, evolution
12pm; 131 Ellington; pizza & coffee provided
June 2022
No Meeting (Month Off)
12pm; 105 Ellington; pizza & coffee provided
Oct. 28, 2022
Dr. Michael Collins; Dept. of Biology; Rhodes College; Avian ecology, community ecology, and disease ecology with a particular focus on avian malaria
1pm; 131 Ellington; pizza & coffee provided
Jan. 27, 2023
Dr. Youngsang Kwon; Dept. of Earth Sci.; biogeography, forest dynamics, species distribution modeling, terrestrial carbon cycling, RS/GIS, climate change
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Memphis Zoo Research Staff; Introductions, Research Summary
12pm; 131 Ellington; pizza & coffee provided
April 21, 2023
Dr. Na Ra Shin; Dept. of Biological Sciences (Postdoc; McKenna Lab); Horizontally acquired genes encoded in the genomes of longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae) that facilitate the metabolism of woody plant tissues.
12pm; 131 Ellington; pizza & coffee provided
July 28, 2023
Dr. Terrence Sylvester; Dept. of Biological Sciences (Postdoc; McKenna Lab); Beetle population and comparative genomics, evolution, sex chromosomes.
12pm; 131 Ellington; pizza & coffee provided
October 27, 2023
Dr. Claudio Maier; Dept. of Civil Engineering; Cottonwood (Populus deltoides) establishment on gravel-bed rivers and hyporheic flow exchange at the river bar scale.
12pm; 131 Ellington; pizza & coffee provided
January 26, 2024
No meeting due to weather conditions / campus closure
12pm; 131 Ellington; pizza & coffee provided
April 19, 2024
Dr. Alka Sharma; Dept. of Biological Sciences; Work with the TN Open Educational Resources textbook and challenge exam for the high school dual credit course “Introduction to Plant Science”.
12pm; 131 Ellington; pizza & coffee provided
August 23, 2024
Dr. Erika Moore-Pollard; UofM; Mandel Lab; Recent visit to the Royal Botanical Gardens (Kew) and the International Botanical Congress conference in Madrid, Spain.
12pm; 131 Ellington; pizza & coffee provided
November 22, 2024
Y. Sonia Holmes; Environmental Project Coordinator, City of Memphis Stormwater Department; Stormwater pollution awareness & abatement.
12pm; 131 Ellington; pizza & coffee provided
February 28, 2025
Dr. Dorian Burnette; UofM; Department of Earth Sciences; Reconstructing Extreme Weather and Climate Events.
12pm; 131 Ellington; pizza & coffee provided
May 23, 2025
Dr. Duane McKenna & Soo-hyun Jeong (PhD candidate); UofM Department of Biological Sciences. Research adventures in Madagascar.
12pm; 131 Ellington; pizza & coffee provided
September 26, 2025
Dr. Mehdi Amini; UofM; Department of Marketing & Supply Chain Management; Developing Future Transportation Technology.
12pm; 131 Ellington; pizza & coffee provided
May 27, 2022
Dr. James Moore; Dept. of Biology; Christian Brothers Univ.; riverine & wetland ecology, population & community ecology, biostatistics
Dr. Alison Happel-Parkins; Dept. of Counseling, Educational Psychology & Research; environmental justice
12pm; 131 Ellington; pizza & coffee provided
Aug. 26, 2022
Dr. Ryan Parish; Dept. of Earth Sciences; archaeology, initial colonization of the Americas, cultural resource management
Dr. Ted Maclin; Dept. of Anthropology; ethnography; food & agriculture; globalization; energy & climate change; science & policy
12pm; 105 Ellington; pizza & coffee provided
Nov. 18, 2022
Dr. Shawn Brown; Biological Sciences; cross-domain microbial ecology, mechanisms of community assembly
12pm; 105 Ellington; pizza & coffee provided
Feb. 24, 2023
Dr. Emily Puckett; Dept. of Biological Sciences; genetic architecture, introgression/ admixture, bears
Soohyun Jeong; Dept. of Biological Sciences (Graduate student: McKenna Lab); Evolution & adaptive radiation of endemic longhorn beetles in Madagascar
12pm; 131 Ellington; pizza & coffee provided
May 26, 2023
Catherine Justis; Director of Education, Wolf River Conservancy; Opportunities for research, teaching & outreach involving the Wolf River & its watershed; notable habitats & conservation activities in the region.
Hayden Johnson; PhD student; Biomed. Eng.; Fungi. Using NMR to measure metabolites in biological samples & deep learning techniques to improve data processing in NMR metabolomics.
12pm; 131 Ellington; pizza & coffee provided
August 25, 2023
Dr. Jennifer Mandel; Dept. of Biological Sciences; Plant population genetics, comparative genomics, systematics & evolution
12pm; 131 Ellington; pizza & coffee provided