Professional Presentations

2015

Evolution in the Anthropocene: New York City Wildlife as a Case Study. Invited Seminar, EvoS: Evolutionary Studies Program, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, 9 February. (click on link for video)

2014

Population genomics of rodents in New York City. Invited seminar, Department of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 12 November.

New York City as an evolutionary force. Invited seminar, Gowanus Canal Conservancy, Brooklyn, NY, 14 October.

Population genomic structure and historical demography of rats in New York City. Oral presentation, Evolution 2014—Annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Raleigh, NC, 24 June.

Evolution in the Anthropocene: landscape genomics of NYC wildlife. Invited seminar, Department of Biology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, 04 April.

Evolution in the Anthropocene: population genomics of NYC wildlife. Invited seminar, Yale Climate & Energy Institute, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 31 March. See full video below:

Evolution in the Anthropocene: landscape genomics of NYC wildlife. Invited seminar, Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19 March.

2013

Landscape Genomics of New York City Wildlife. Invited talk, Priscilla F. Pollister Biology Seminar Series, Brooklyn College-CUNY, Brooklyn, NY, 12 December.

Landscape Genomics of New York City Wildlife. Invited seminar, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, 08 November.

Landscape Genomics of White-footed Mice along an Urban to Rural Gradient. Oral presentation, 20th Annual Conference of the Wildlife Society, Milwaukee, WI, 09 October.

Evolutionary Forces in Urban Landscapes (click for figshare slides). Invited talk, IGNITE session-Urban Ecology: From Biophysics to Society, 98th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Minneapolis, MN, 06 August.

Landscape Genomics of White-footed Mice along an Urban-to-Rural Gradient. Oral presentation, 98th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Minneapolis, MN, 06 August.

Evolution in the Anthropocene: landscape genomics of NYC Peromyscus (click for slides on figshare). Invited talk, thematic session on Recent Advances in Mammalogy, 93rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Philadelphia, PA, 15 June.

Evolution in the Anthropocene: landscape genetics of NYC wildlife. Invited talk, The Ecology of New York City: Organisms, Environment & History, Columbia University, New York, NY, 20 April.

Landscape Genomics of New York City. Invited seminar, Department of Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 28 February.

2012

Adaptive Landscape Genomics of White-footed Mice in New York City. Invited seminar, NYU Evening Evolution Group, New York University Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York, NY, 16 October.

Urbanization as an Evolutionary Force. Invited Plenary talk, Science in the Modern World Series, New York Academy of Sciences & Purchase College, Purchase, NY, 10 April.

Evolution in the Anthropocene. Invited seminar, Natural Resources Group of the NYC Dept of Parks & Recreation, The NYC Urban Field Station, Ft. Totten, NY, 25 April.

Urbanization as an evolutionary force: Is the history of New York City reflected in the genes of its inhabitants? The 15th Annual Samuel D. Ehrenpreis Memorial Lecture, Department of History, Gould Memorial Library Auditorium, Bronx Community College, New York, NY, 19 April.

Animal behavior and evolution in the Anthropocene: white-footed mice as a model for adaptation to urban environments. Invited seminar, The CUNY Animal Behavior Initiative 1st Annual Conference, The Roosevelt House, New York, NY, 31 March.

Evolutionary dynamics of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in New York City. Invited seminar, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 09 February.

Urbanization as an evolutionary force. Invited seminar, Student Pugwash Society, Rockefeller University, 24 January.

2011

Genetic connectivity of white-footed mouse populations is associated with urban canopy cover in New York City.  Invited speaker, Special Session on “Natural History of the New York Botanical Garden: Interpreting an Urban Old Growth Forest”, Northeast Natural History Conference, Albany, NY, 07 April.

Landscape-scale associations between genetic connectivity of white-footed mouse populations and urban canopy cover in New York City. Invited seminar, Columbia University Seminar in Population Biology (#521), 21 March.

2010

Population genetics of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in New York City, Invited seminar, Department of Natural Sciences, York College, 18 November.

Population genetics of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in New York City, Invited seminar, Department of Natural Sciences, Queens College, 17 November.

Landscape genetics of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in New York City.  Oral presentation at Evolution 2010-Annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Portland, OR, 27 June.

Landscape genetics of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in New York City, Invited seminar, Department of Biology, Adelphi University, 16 April.

Landscape genetics of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in New York City, Invited seminar, New York Entomological Society, 16 March.

Urbanization results in rapid genetic differentiation of white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) populations in New York City, Poster presented at MillionTrees NYC, Green Infrastructure, and Urban Ecology Research Symposium, The New School, 05 March.

 2009

Landscape genetics of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in New York City: concepts and preliminary results, Invited Speaker, Comparative Biology Seminar Series, Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History, 07 December.

Landscape genetics of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in New York City: concepts and preliminary results, Invited seminar, Department of Biology, City College of New York, 30 November.

Landscape genetics of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in New York City: preliminary results from a model system for investigating the evolutionary implications of urbanization.  Oral presentation at the 94th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque, NM, 04 August.

Landscape genetics of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in New York City: concepts and preliminary results, Invited seminar, Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC), Columbia University, 21 April.

Landscape genetics of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in New York City: concepts and preliminary results, Invited seminar, Department of Biology, Fordham University, 08 April.

 2008

Conservation Genetics and Physiology of Forest Elephants in Central Africa.  Invited talk, Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, University of Malaysia, Sabah, 21 August.

Genetic Examination of Recent Demographic History in African Elephants: Poaching or Climate? Oral presentation at the 22nd annual meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, Chattanooga, TN, 17 July.

Evaluating Learning Gains from Conservation Exercises across Multiple Institutions (multiple authors listed in alphabetical order), Poster presented at the 93rd annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Milwaukee, WI, 3-8 August.

 2007

Biodiversity Conservation in a Resource Hungry World.  Invited talk; Biological Anthropology Colloquium, Department of Anthropology, Yale University, 08 November.

Biodiversity Conservation in a Resource Hungry World.  Invited talk; Animal Behavior and Conservation seminar, Hunter College, City University of New York, 15 November.

Physiological Stress and Individual Movements of African Forest Elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) in relation to anthropogenic disturbance in Gabon.  Poster presented at the 3rd International Conservation Genetics Symposium, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, 27-29 September.

Physiological Stress and Individual Movements of African Forest Elephants (Loxodonta africana) in relation to human disturbance in Gabon.  Oral presentation at the 21st annual meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 03 July.

 2006

Extra-pair Paternity and Female-Biased Dispersal in the Large Treeshrew, Tupaia tana.  Poster presented at Biennial Congress of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology (ISBE), Tours, France, 23-29 July.

 2005

Social Organization, Monogamy, and Dispersal in the Large Treeshrew, Tupaia tana, in Primary and Logged Forests in Sabah, Malaysia (NE Borneo).  Oral presentation at the 42nd annual meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, Snowbird, Utah, 10 August

Behavioral Responses of the Large Treeshrew, Tupaia tana, to Mast Fruiting and Selective Logging in Sabah, Malaysia.  Oral presentation at the 16th annual meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, Brasilia, Brazil, 18 July.

2004

Evolution of Monogamy in the Large Treeshrew, Tupaia tana.  Invited talk, Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, University of Malaysia, Sabah.

2002

The Ecological Basis of Longevity in Parrots.  Poster presented at 9th Biennial Congress of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology (ISBE), Montréal, Canada.