Apr 5, 2021
The following students are presenting dissertation defenses, or proposal defenses, in Spring Quarter 2021. Please look for emails to the clusterall listserv for specific information on joining students' presentations via Zoom.
| Student | Date | Time | Type of Defense | Title |
| Wei Lu | 4/9 | 2:00 pm | proposal | The genetic basis of mate preference in Heliconius butterflies |
| Jacob R. Drucker | 4/13 | 12:30 pm | proposal | Resource use by Neotropical birds |
| Sophia Mae Horigan | 4/13 | 1:00 pm | proposal | Combining theory and experiment to understand how climate change modulates competition between pathogen species |
| John Park | 4/19 | 9:00 am | dissertation | Life history evolution in cyclical environments |
| Hannah Farrell | 5/10 | 10:00 am | proposal | A holistic approach to the functional morphology of the hominoid clavicle and its implications for interpreting hominin locomotor behavior |
| Carolyn Abbott | 5/13 | 9:00 am | proposal | The Lilliput Effect and other life history responses to biotic crisis: A case study of Lystrosaurus (Therapsida: Anomodontia) during the Permo-Triassic transition |
| Isaac Magallanes | 5/19 | 9:30 am | proposal | Morphological modularity/integration and the evolution of the mammalian tooth row |
| Peishu Li | 5/20 | 9:00 am | proposal | Evolution of the mammalian hyoid apparatus and Its Implication for swallowing biomechanics |
| Senna Robeson | 5/25 | 9:00 am | proposal | Expansions that stick: Testing the drivers of geographic range size in tarflowers (Bejaria, Ericaceae) |
| Armun Liaghat | 6/1 | 9:00 am | proposal | Eco-evolutionary dynamics of microbe-virus systems: Pattern and process |
| Gayani Senevirathne | 6/1 | 10:00 am | dissertation | Ontogeny of the Anuran Urostyle: The developmental context of evolutionary novelty |
| Brooke Weigel | 6/1 | 12:30 pm | dissertation | The diversity and functional role of microbial communities associated with the bull kelp, Nereocystis luetkeana |
| Robert W. Burroughs | 6/7 | 10:00 am | dissertation | Developmental and evolutionary mechanisms that shape rodent molars |
| Dylan Sosa | 6/9 | 2:00 pm | proposal | Evolution of gene essentiality in Drosophila |