2026
Fall 2026
Lab meetings
Wednesday at 2:00pm, In-person & Zoom
| Date of Lab Meeting | Led by | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| August 12th, 2026 | Cristian | Lab overview |
| August 19th, 2026 | N/A | No meeting this week |
| August 26th, 2026 | Sarah | USAH-Atlas Project |
| September 2nd, 2026 | Julia | Intro: past experience and PhD objectives |
| September 9th, 2026 | Michael | Internship update |
| September 16th, 2026 | All | Paper: Applying Cultural Evolution to Address Climate and Environmental Challenges |
| September 23rd, 2026 | Delaney | PCA for city-level clusters |
| September 30th, 2026 | Cristian | New methods |
| October 7th, 2026 | NO LAB MEETING | Attend Sarah's CAMBIUM Talk - @ ENR2, rm S215, 2-3pm |
| October 14th, 2026 | All | Sharing tips and tricks! |
| October 21st, 2026 | Kiran | Bibliometrics |
| October 28th, 2026 | Daniel | Community science from GBIF |
| November 4th, 2026 | Cristian | Projects and updates |
| November 11th, 2026 | All | Paper: Hottest year in recorded history compounds global biodiversity risks |
| November 18th, 2026 | All | Paper: Beyond Co-Occurrence: Multi-Scale evidence for segregation dominated plant networks in the French Alps |
Important: "Professional development: marketing in science and CV/research statement" + this paper need to be rescheduled
Summer 2026
Lab meetings
Wednesday at 1:00pm, Zoom
| Date of Lab Meeting | Led by | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| May 27th, 2026 | N/A | No meeting this week! |
| June 3rd, 2026 | TBD | TBD |
| June 10th, 2026 | Coworking | Coextinction project |
| June 17th, 2026 | Kristen | Practice talk |
| June 24th, 2026 | Cristian | TBD |
| July 1st, 2026 | Miles | Presenting a talk |
| July 8th, 2026 | Michael | Presenting a talk |
| July 15th, 2026 | Daniel | TBD |
Spring 2026
Lab meetings
Thursdays at 2:00pm, Harvill 320 or Zoom
| Date of Lab Meeting | Led by | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| January 15th, 2026 | Cristian | Organizing spring meetings |
| January 22nd, 2026 | Cristian | InfoSci Presentation |
| January 29th, 2026 | All | Lab writing retreat updates |
| February 5th, 2026 | Ian | Predictions for wildfire updates |
| February 12th, 2026 | Kristen | Adaptive radiation comparison update |
| February 19th, 2026 | Cristian | Practice for presentation |
| February 26th, 2026 | All | Updates/cowork on misc papers/cowork on coextinction |
| March 5th, 2026 | Cristian | Go over NEON/funding |
| March 19th, 2026 | Kristen | WBM paper discussion |
| March 26th, 2026 | Coworking | Go over questions or anything missing from framework - Nina is joining us |
| April 2nd, 2026 | Delaney | TBD |
| April 9th, 2026 | All | Updates and going over different questions/feedback |
| April 16th, 2026 | Jhan | Practice for presentation |
| April 23rd, 2026 | Coworking | Work on proposal |
| April 30th, 2026 | Kiran | Practice Presentation |
| May 7th, 2026 | Michael | Retreat presentation |
| May 14th, 2026 | TBD | TBD |
Journal club
Second Thursday of the month, 3:30 pm
| Date of Lab Meeting | Led by | Paper |
|---|---|---|
| January 22nd | Everyone | Discussion |
| February 19th | Kiran | When are hypotheses useful in ecology and evolution? |
| March 19th | Cristian | Multiple bursts of speciation in Madagascar’s endangered lemurs |
| April 16th | Kristen | One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants |
| May 21st | Ian/Michael | TBD |
Professional development
Third Thursday of the month, 3:30 pm
| Date of Lab Meeting | Activity | Led by |
|---|---|---|
| January | Discussion | Everyone |
| February | Linder et al. (2020) - Chapter 15 and 18 | Kristen |
| March | Linder et al. (2020) - Chapter 22 and 23 | Kiran |
| April | TBD | TBD |
| May | TBD | TBD |
Misc (hikes, general activities)
| Date of Meeting | Activity | Led by |
|---|---|---|
| January 31st | Hike | Cristian |
| February | Possible Ben's Bells | TBD |
| March | Biosphere 2 | Cristian |
| April | TBD | TBD |