Seminar Series
Each week the IAE hosts a seminar on a broad range of topics, such as environmental management, genetics, water science, ecotoxicology and conservation ecology. Speakers are drawn from external organisations and research institutions, as well as IAE researchers and students.
The seminars are open to the public, and are held most Fridays at 11: 30 am in Building 6, Level C, Room 12.
See below for a list of seminar speakers and topics for Semester 1, 2025.
All Welcome!
Recordings of some talks will be shared below.
Date | Time | Speaker | Title | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Feb | 11:30 am | Rebecca Webb | The amphibian chytrid fungus: Understanding the interactions between fungi, frog and environment | Building 6 Level C Room 12 |
| 28 Feb | 12:15 pm | Juliette Tariel-Adam | Fish using tools: Uncovering factors driving tool use evolution | Building 6 Level C Room 12 |
| 7 March | 11:30 am | Jarrod Sopniewski | Conservation across continent: an exploration of novel methods to preserve biodiversity at landscape scales | Building 6 Level C Room 12 |
| 14 March | 11:30 am | Jess Thomson | Behaviour and population dynamics of the Canberra grassland earless dragon | Building 6 Level C Room 12 |
| 21 March | 11:30 am | Klaus Henle | Effects of climate change on a reptile community in arid Australia, with a focus on extreme events | Building 6 Level C Room 12 |
| 28 March | 12:15 pm | Alana Cormican | Growing with the flow – the effect of an overbank flow event on regulated river food webs | Building 6 Level C Room 12 |
| 4 April | 11:30 am | Fiona Dyer | Large scale evaluation of vegetation diversity responses to environmental water: making the most of a small data set | Building 6 Level C Room 12 |
| 11 April | 11:30 am | Milad Esmaeilbeigi | Does metal pollution provide disease refugia for amphibians against the chytrid fungus? | Building 6 Level C Room 12 |
| 2 May | 12:15 pm | Rebecca Jordan | Building resilience to change: Understanding intraspecific variation to guide plant conservation and restoration in a changing world | Building 6 Level C Room 12 |
| 9 May | 11:30 am | Steph Deering | Crows versus cane toads - the final battle | Building 6 Level C Room 12 |
| 16 May | 11:30 am | Peta Hill | Poopulation genetics - southern cassowary population genetics from scat | Building 6 Level C Room 12 |
| 23 May | 11:30 am | Rosie Cooney | The positive impact of conservation action | TBC |
The seminars will also be streamed live on Zoom, link to join online.
The information above will be updated with relevant speakers and talk titles as we receive confirmation.
Semester 1 2025 Recordings
Coming soon!