2025
Fall 2025
Lab meetings
Thursdays 2pm, Harvill 320 or Zoom
| Date of Lab Meeting | Led by | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| August 5th, 2025 | Kristen, Kiran, Ian, Cristian | Informal discussion |
| August 12th, 2025 | Kristen, Kiran, Ian | Check-in |
| August 19th, 2025 | TBD | TBD |
| August 26th, 2025 | Cristian Román-Palacios | Intro Meeting to Fall Semester |
| September 4th, 2025 | Kristen Martinet | SSARP suggestions |
| September 11th, 2025 | Group led | Discussion on current tasks |
| September 18th, 2025 | Michael Nafis | Pratice talk |
| September 25th, 2025 | Delaney Scott-Martin | TBD |
| October 2nd, 2025 | Ian Estacio | TBD |
| October 9th, 2025 | Kiran Basava | TBD |
| October 16th, 2025 | Lab members (Point of contact: Kristen) | Writing retreat |
| October 23rd, 2025 | Guest Speaker? | TBD |
| October 30th, 2025 | Cristian Román-Palacios | TBD |
| November 6th, 2025 | Kristen Martinet | TBD |
| November 13th, 2025 | Kennedy Gezella | TBD |
| November 20th, 2025 | Michael Nafis | TBD |
| November 27th, 2025 | Delaney Scott-Martin | TBD |
| December 4th, 2025 | Ian Estacio | TBD |
| December 11th, 2025 | Guest speaker? | TBD |
| December 18th, 2025 | Cristian Román-Palacios | TBD |
Journal club
Second Thursday of the month, 3:30 pm
| Date of Lab Meeting | Led by | Paper |
|---|---|---|
| September | Delaney Scott-Martin (LIFE) + Kiran Basava (Mistakes) | LIFE: A metric for mapping the impact of land-cover change on global extinctions AND Common mistakes in ecological niche models |
| October | Ian Estacio | Land use change and pollinator extinction debt in exurban landscapes |
| November | Kristen Martinet | Coextinctions dominate future vertebrate losses from climate and land use change |
| December | Cristian Román | The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly |
Professional development
Third Thursday of the month, 3:30 pm
| Date of Lab Meeting | Activity | Led by |
|---|---|---|
| September | Publication workshop | Kristen Martinet |
| October | Application materials | Cristian |
| November | Grants | Ian Estacio |
| December | Book chapter | Kiran Basava |
Misc (hikes, general activities)
| Date of Lab Meeting | Activity | Led by |
|---|---|---|
| September | Hike at Mt Lemmon | Cristian |
| September | Front door | Kennedy |
| October | Parker Canyon Lake | Kiran |
| November | Biosphere2 visit | Cristian |
Spring 2025
Lab meetings
Wednesdays time TBD, Harvill 320 or Zoom
| Date of Lab Meeting | Led by | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| January 15th, 2025 | Cristian Roman | Intro meeting |
| January 22nd, 2025 | Kristen Martinet | Intro to SSARP and feedback on vignettes |
| January 29th, 2025 | Michael Nafis | Practice presentation on BUSCO |
| February 5th, 2025 | Kiran Basava | Current progress on the Animal Culture Database |
| February 12th, 2025 | Ian Estacio | Agent-based simulations for MAB 2025 |
| February 19th, 2025 | Yichao Zeng | Case study for ABC-based framework on co-phylogenetic systems |
| February 26th, 2025 | Cristian Román Palacios | Lab discussion on current projects |
| March 5th, 2025 | Paige Cherry & Kennedy Gezella | Island radiations approached from testudinids & A summary of professional goals |
| March 19th, 2025 | Kristen Martinet | SSARP |
| March 26th, 2025 | Delaney Scott-Martin | Historic climatic conditions between recently extinct species and their sister taxa |
| April 2nd, 2025 | Paige Cherry | Progress on capstone project – tortoises (website + GitHub repo) |
| April 9th, 2025 | Kristen Martinet | Session to update websites |
| April 16th, 2025 | Cristian Roman | Session to discuss current work (proposals, manuscripts, etc) |
| April 23rd, 2025 | TBD | No meeting/informal meeting |
| April 30th, 2025 | Sarah, Andrea, and Jinyu (3 pm) | Science of Science and recent research in InfoSci |
| May 7th, 2025 | CAMBIUM Meeting | Research discussion: https://cambium.arizona.edu/events/cambium-research-discussion-series-1 |
| May 7th, 2025 | CAMBIUM discussion, Saturday hike, and summer work | Cristian, group discussion |
Journal club
Second Thursday of the month, 4 pm
| Date of Lab Meeting | Led by | Paper |
|---|---|---|
| January | Discussion on the sequence | TBD |
| February | Yichao Zeng | Biogeography confounds the signal of cospeciation in Batesian mimicry |
| March | Kiran Basava | Science of science: A multidisciplinary field studying science or 2 |
| April | Paige Cherry/Kristen Martinet | Ecological erosion and expanding extinction risk of sharks and rays (https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adn1477) |
| May* | TBD | TBD |
*Need to review notes from initial meeting.
Professional development
Third Thursday of the month, 3 pm
| Date of Lab Meeting | Activity | Led by |
|---|---|---|
| January | Collaborative workshop, CVs, research statements | Danielle Van Boxel |
| February | Miller Vick – Chapters 3–5 | Kristen Martinet |
| March | Invited speaker 2: Daniel Portik (10 mins), Miller Vick – Chapters 6–8 | Ian Estacio |
| April | Invited speaker 3: Heidi Steiner (10 mins), Linder – Chapters 1–4 | Kiran Basava |
| May | Invited speaker 3: TBD (10 mins), Linder – Chapters 5–7 | Cristian Roman |
Misc (hikes, general activities)
| Date of Lab Meeting | Activity | Led by |
|---|---|---|
| January | 320D collab art session | Ellie and Isabella |
| February | 320 door art session | Kiran and Paige |
| March | Hike | Yichao |
| April | Biosphere2 visit | Cristian |
| May 7th | iShowcase 12-2 pm | Paige and Eleanor |
| May 10th | DDL Hike | Cristian |