BRAES brings several distinguished speakers to Kelowna each year to speak about their research. These talks are open to the campus community and to the public.
Wednesday, February 1st 2023
Conservation Biogeography in the era of global change
Visitor Speaker: Dr. Lilian Sales, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
11:00 AM – 12:00 p.m. | UNC 334 UBCO
UNC 334 is located in the third floor of the UNC Building at the UBC Okanagan Campus
Free Event
Open to the public – Refreshments will be served.
Dr. Lilian Sales is a Conservation Biogeographer from Brazil, and currently holds a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship. Combining ecological models with natural history, her research aims to unveil the impacts of past, present and future global changes on macroecological patterns of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. More info about Dr. Sales research here: https://lilianpsales.wixsite.com/website
Wednesday, September 18th, 2019
Nature’s role as municipal infrastructure”
Visitor Speaker: Emanuel Machado
Chief Administrative Officer
Town of Gibsons, B.C.
4:30 – 6:00 p.m. | EME 1202 UBCO
EME 1202 is located in the Engineering, Management and Education building at the UBC Okanagan Campus
Free Event
Open to the public – Refreshments will be served.
If you would like to arrange and individual meeting with Emanuel Machado
For 2017-2018 the distinguished speakers we have confirmed are:
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017
Dr. Colleen St. Clair, University of Alberta.
Host Lab: Complexity Lab, Dr. Lael Parrott
Information about Dr. St. Clair is available here:
https://www.ualberta.ca/science/about-us/contact-us/faculty-directory/colleen-st-clairhttps://www.ualberta.ca/science/about-us/contact-us/faculty-directory/colleen-st-clair
Wednesday, March 28th, 2018
Dr. Nathan (Nate) Swenson, University of Maryland.
Host Lab: Biodiversity and Landscape Ecology Research Facility, Dr. Jason Pither
Tittle: “Functional perspectives on tree community structure and dynamics: from traits to transcriptomes”
Information about Dr. Swenson: (http://www.swensonlab.com/ )
Dr. Swenson is a leader in plant biodiversity research. He has published a remarkable 111 papers, and has an H-index of 46, despite being an early-career researcher (less than 10 years as a prof). Dr. Swenson is at the forefront of research aiming to identify the mechanisms underlying spatial patterns of plant diversity, primarily in tropical forests. He is PI on multiple NSF grants, including a recently awarded grant that aims to complement functional-trait approaches with transcriptomics – examining whether patterns of gene expression among individuals helps to explain co-occurrence patterns.