Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, & Organismal Biology (EEBOB) seminar series

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Speaker: Dr. Alex Baecher, Assistant Professor @ Emory University Title: “Least cost path or random walk? The movement ecology of an academic career” Abstract: Dr. J Alex Baecher, who is an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Emory University, earned his BS in Biology from the University of Arkansas, MS in Biology from Eastern Kentucky University, and his PhD in Interdisciplinary Ecology from the University of Florida. Alex's talk details his research in quantitative ecology—from understanding how climate change induces shifts in species distributions to the spread of invasive pythons to predictive models of West Nile virus spillover—and charts his path through academia. Come to learn more about the integration of modeling into ecology and what it's like to pursue a career in academia.

The Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, & Organismal Biology (EEBOB) seminar series focuses on biological topics at the scale of whole organisms, their ecology, and the evolutionary relationships among them. Guest speakers come from universities, governmental agencies, NGOs, zoos, museums, and other institutions. The EEBOB seminar is an opportunity to learn about career paths and research in the biology discipline and for students to engage with professionals in a wide variety of biology careers.

This seminar series consists of a pre-recorded seminar, which will be posted to a playlist the beginning of each week, and a live, virtual Q&A session with the speaker. All are welcome to attend! To be granted access to the live Q&A session, interested attendees should email Dr. Todd Pierson. The live Q&A session will be held each Thursday at 9:35 AM.