Mondays 4:00pm - 5:00pm | Hubbard Hall 231
Seminars are open to the public. Attendance is required for all students enrolled in Biol 497, Biol 797, and all current graduate students.
For additional information, please contact Dr. Mark Schneegurt.
Seminars
Presented by the Wichita State University Department of Biological Sciences
August | September | October | November
August 17th, 2026
Orientation
- All enrolled students are required to attend
August 24th, 2026
Barrett Houchen, MS
- Affiliation: Montrose Environmental Group
- Topic: Unraveling the Ecology of Macrophomina phaseolina in Native Grassland Soils
August 31st, 2026
Gavin Rice, PhD
- Affiliation: Kansas State University
- Topic: Drosophilia Evolutionary Biology
September 7th, 2026
Labor Day
- No Seminar
September 14th, 2026
Nick Miller, PhD
- Affiliation: Illinois Tech
- Topic: Bugs, Fish, Sequences and Students: Using 'omics and population genetics to study evolution, manage populations, and support undergraduate research
September 21st, 2026
TBD
September 28th, 2026
Chuan-Ju Liu, PhD
- Affiliation: Yale School of Medicine
- Topic: Transforming Musculoskeletal Medicine: From biological discover to novel therapeutics
October 5th, 2026
Keith Harmoney, PhD
- Affiliation: Kansas State University
- Topic: A Silver Lining - Vegetation responses to recent northwest Kansas wildfires
October 12th, 2026
Fall Break
- No Seminar
October 19th, 2026
Molly Reichenborn, PhD
- Affiliation: Kansas State University
- Topic: From Theory to Practice: Translating grassland research to land management change
October 26th, 2026
Katie Waugh, PhDWatkins Visiting Professor
- Affiliation: University of Kansas Medical Center
- Topic: Inflammation as a Developmental Determinant of Health and Disease in Down Syndrome
November 2nd, 2026
Rob McMinn, PhD
- Affiliation: University of Kansas
- Topic: TBD
November 9th, 2026
Kristen Baum, PhD
- Affiliation: University of Kansas
- Topic: Monarch Butterflies in a Changing Landscape: Habitat, stressors, and migration
November 16th, 2026
Graduate Student Presentations:
- Mentor: Dr. Li Yao
- Mentor: Dr. Raj Logan
- Mentor: Dr. Bill Hendry
- Mentor: Dr. Mark Schneegurt
November 23rd, 2026
Graduate Student Presentations:
- Mentor: Dr. Greg Houseman
- Mentor: Dr. George Bousfield
- Mentor: Dr. Mark Schneegurt
- Mentor: Dr. Raj Logan
November 30th, 2026
Graduate Student Presentations:
- Mentor: Dr. Bin Shuai
Benjamin Cloud
- Mentor: Dr. Li Yao
Sadie Hopman
- Mentor: