Spring 2008/09
| Feb. 3 | Jonathan Wilson (OEB/Knoll Lab) | Reconstructing the physiology of extinct plants |
| Feb. 10 | George Weiblen (University of Minnesota) | Why are there so many herbivorous insects in tropical forests? |
| Feb. 17 | Matt Smith (Farlow Fellow/Pfister Lab) | Tuberculate ectomycorrhizae of angiosperms: the interaction between Boletus rubropunctus and Quercus species in the USA and Mexico |
| Feb. 24 | John Kress (Smithsonian Institution) | DNA Barcoding in Plants: From Genes to Genomics |
| Mar. 3 | Dr. Amity Wilczek (Brown University) | Flowering across the seasons: timing of reproduction under changing climates |
| Mar. 10 | George Chiang (Donohue/Kramer lab) | Phenological Interactions in Arabidopsis thaliana Natural Variation and Natural Selection |
| Mar. 17 | Michael Dosmann (Arnold Arboretum) | Tree herding at the Arnold Arboretum: Another paradigm in collections management |
| Mar. 31 | Dr. Susan Cameron (HUCE Fellow/Edwards Lab) | Seventy years of vegetation change in Yosemite National Park |
| Apr. 7 | Dr. C. Thomas Philbrick (Western Conn. State University) | Neotropical Podostemaceae: systematics, ecology, endemism and conservation |
| Apr. 14 | Mark Beilstein (Mercer Fellow/Mathews lab) | Uncovering the hidden histories of Arabidopsis |
| Apr. 21 | Wenheng Zhang (Davis Lab) | Evolution of Floral Symmetry in Malpighiaceae: Pollination Ecology, Parallel Evolution, and Genetic Basis |
| Apr. 28 | Dr. Abena Dove Osseo-Asare (UC Berkeley/visiting scholar) | Who Owns Africa's Plants?: The Case of Madagascar Periwinkle and Pennywort |
**Special Seminar May 4th in MCZ 101 at 10am** | ||
| May 4 | Dr. Campbell Webb (HUH/CTFS-AA/Arnold Arboretum) | Plant inventory and biodiversity informatics in Indonesia |