Seminar

On 21 January, Jan Vermaat will be giving a seminar to our department with the title “Ecosystem services as an analytical framework: it can help to answer questions of management, planning and policy”. His work centers on ecosystem services, catchment biogeochemistry and floodplains as well as macrophytes.

Jan is a professor at the Department of Environmental Sciences of the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and research dean at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management. He will be visiting our department on 21 and 22 January. The seminar will take place on 21 January, at 13:15 CET in 5D307 and on https://kau-se.zoom.us/j/65816884688!

On 27 February, Gabriele Consoli will be giving a seminar to our department with the title Ecomorphological effects of experimental floods in an alpine river: insights from the long-term e-flow program on the Spöl River. His work centers on the ways in which large wood and flow management affect rivers and their ecological functioning. Having a background in ecology and geomorphology, he now works as a postdoc at the River Ecosystems research group at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland), where he combines abiotic, biotic and drone data to find out how flow affects the geomorphology and ecology of streams.

Read more about the River Ecosystems research group on their website and join us for the seminar on 27 February at 13:15 CET via  https://kau-se.zoom.us/j/65816884688

On February 20, Dr. Frank Jauker will be giving a talk about his work on agricultural landscapes and biodiversity promotion at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany. He will specifically present the GreenGrass project, where many societal stakeholders work together to improve grazing management, with the ultimate goal of making dairy production more sustainable.

Attend the seminar via Zoom: https://kau-se.zoom.us/my/kaubiology, at 13:15 CET on February 20.

Tuesday 23 January 2024, kl. 13.15 or Room 5D307 (https://kau-se.zoom.us/j/65816884688). You are welcome!

Felix Eissenhauer, a PhD student at the University of New Brunswick, will be giving a seminar entitled “Ecology of the American eel (Anguilla rostrata) in a large tidal and hydropower-regulated river” over Zoom  https://kau-se.zoom.us/j/65816884688 at 13:15 CET on December 5, 2023.

Felix’s work focuses on the ecology of the American eel in the Wolastoq River, a large tidal and hydropower-regulated river in Canada. He is studying how a hydropower dam affects the recruitment of eel elvers and using mark-recapture methods to assess their population size and demographics. Further, Felix uses acoustic telemetry to study the depth and thermal habitat use and the seasonal migration behaviour of yellow eels in the Wolastoq River.

You are welcome to join this seminar

Louis Addo, a doctoral student from the Department of Environmental and Life Science, biology, will give a 50 percent seminar on his doctoral research work. The opponent will be Paul Hart, Professor Emeritus, from the University of Leicester, UK. Date: November 16 at 13.15 CET. Location: 5F423  and Zoom: https://kau-se.zoom.us/s/65816884688. You are warmly welcome!

Stephen’s research focuses on understanding the causes and consequences of natural selection, specifically in sexually reproducing populations. In this seminar, he will argue the following points: sexual dimorphism, or within species differences between the sexes, are a pervasive form of biodiversity, often with ecological importance. He will then present a series of experiments from salamanders and flies that test for a role of direct ecological causes of sexual dimorphism – that is, ecological character displacement between the sexes. He will then go on to explore the theoretical and realized consequences of sexual dimorphism for the assembly of ecological communities. 

Tuesday 31 October 2023, kl. 13.15 Room 5F322 (https://kau-se.zoom.us/j/3552606964). You are welcome!

Satu Ramula, an Adjunct Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from University of Turku, Finland will give a seminar entitled ” The role of soil microbes in plant invasions“. Satu’s areas of expertise are Demographic methods, invasive species, plant ecology, population ecology, and structured population models.

Time and Date: Friday 13th October 2023 from 09:00 to 9:50 CET over zoom (https://kau-se.zoom.us/j/63791052457). You are cordially welcome to join this seminar.

Raviv Gal, PhD student at NRRV, will give a seminar about freshwater mussels as ecosystem engineers. Freshwater mussels are a highly endangered group with a fascinating life history and an important role in the ecosystem. Raviv will tell us about what we know about the role of mussels in freshwaters, with a focus on his own research into their interactions with the rest of the benthic macroinvertebrate community and decomposition processes. Date and Time: Tuesday 19 September 2023 at 13:15 CET. You can join this seminar live on Zoom (https://kau-se.zoom.us/j/63110430909) or in Room 5D306 at Karlstad University campus. You are all invited.