Museum Seminar Series

The Museum Seminar Series is a weekly research talk at the LSU Museum of Natural Science given by invited speakers and LSU personnel that revolves around topics of natural history, ecology, or evolutionary biology. Seminars are open to the public and take place on Fridays at 3:30pm in the museum exhibits area. See schedule below. #MuseumSeminar 

2022 Fall Seminar Schedule

Date Details
September 2 

No Seminar

September 9

David Boyd & Daniel Sinopoli
LSU Museum of Natural Science
Title: Travelogues Part I: Thailand and Midwest US

September 16

Diego Cueva and Austin Chipps
LSU Museum of Natural Science
Title: Travelogues Part II: Colombia and Texas

September 23

Dr. Rafet Çağrı Öztürk & Dr. Yahya Terzi
Visiting Scholars with the LSU Museum of Natural Science
Dr. Öztürk's Title: Introduction to Karadeniz Technical University and Previous Research
Dr. Terzi's Title: Taxonomic status of the Brown Trout in Turkey

September 30 

Dr. Brooks Ellwood
Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State University
Title: The LSU Campus Mounds, with Construction beginning at ~11,300 BP, are the oldest known, intact, man-made structures in North America

October 7 

Quinn McCallum & Daniel Geldof
LSU Museum of Natural Science
Title: TBD

October 14 

No Seminar: Fall Break

October 21 

Aislinn Mumford & Katherin Arango
Dept. of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University
Title: TBD

October 28

No seminar: Yellow Rails and Rice Festival

November 4

Dr. James S. Albert
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Title:  Historical Ecology of Neotropical Freshwater Fishes

November 11 

No Seminar: Museum Retreat

November 18 

Dr. Lori Neuman-Lee
Arkansas State University
Title: Immune and Endocrine Relationships in Reptiles

November 25

No seminar: Thanksgiving Break 

December 2

Dr. Jonathan W. Armbruster
Auburn University Museum of Natural History
Title: TBD

December 9

Diego Paredes
Dept. of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University
Title: Travelogues Part III: Colombia

Diego Cueva
Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science
Entrance Seminar (BIOL7921): TBA

December 16

No seminar – Concentrated studying begins

For further information, please contact Sheila Rodriguez Machado at srodr62@lsu.edu