[Ocees] Darwin Speaker Vote

[Kuchta, Shawn]

Hello OCEESers!

Thank you to everyone who nominated someone as the OCEES Darwin Speaker!!   Below is the list of nominees (in alphabetical order). When you are ready to vote, go to the link below.  You get to vote for TWO people.  We will leave this open until 3 PM on Friday, Oct. 25th.

Sincerely,
Shawn Kuchta
John Schenk

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Dean Adams
Distinguished Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University
https://www.eeob.iastate.edu/people/dean-adams
Dean Adams is a noted ecologist and evolutionary biologist who works on the evolution of multivariate phenotypes, including both empirical studies and theoretical work. He is dynamic, high energy, interactive, and a great speaker. In addition, Adams teaches an acclaimed short course (2-3 days) on Geometric Morphometrics. The aim would be for Dr. Adams to give the Darwin lecture, then OCEES would pay for him to stay and offer his course to undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty (for free).

Michael S. Barker
Associate Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
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The Barker research group studies the origins of biodiversity and how changes to the genome can influence that diversity, including WGD. Their goal is to connect patterns of genome evolution across timescales.

Ana Carolina Carnaval
Professor, Department of Biology, City College of New York
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Our lab studies spatial patterns of biodiversity and their underlying evolutionary and ecological processes, with the explicit aim of improving biodiversity prediction and conservation.

Christian Cooper
Birder, author, activist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Cooper
Christian was Keynote at the American Ornithological Society meeting this week. His talk was outstanding and he received a standing ovation from the ~ 1000 people in the room. Christian talked about the decision to change all common (English) names with people’s names in them.

Briana Pobiner
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
https://humanorigins.si.edu/about/human-origins-program-team/briana-pobiner
She studies the evolution of hominin diets and is particularly known for her work on the evidence for meat eating in the fossil record. She is also a renown taphonomist and outreach/pedagogy specialist.

David Quammen
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David Quammen is a noted and highly accomplished science writer who has written 17 books. In 2022 he wrote “Breathless" on the origin and evolution of COVID. The book was a finalist for the National Book Award in Nonfiction that year. Given the widespread interest in COVID and Quammen's fame as a science writer, there is great potential for Quammen to draw in a large crowd from across campus and the Athens community, which is the chief aims of the Darwin lectures.

Doug Tallamy
Professor, Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, University of Delaware
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Doug Tallamy is an insect ecologist and conservation activist.  He is internationally recognized for his work on the ecology and evolution of insect-plant interactions (over 100 publications).  More recently, he has become known for promoting the Home Grown National Park, a grass-roots campaign to encourage homeowners to convert suburban lawns to wilder habitat landscaped with native plants to support biodiversity and ecosystem function. He has authored several books, including the New York Times best seller 'Nature’s Best Hope' and several other books such as 'Bringing Nature Hope', 'The Living Landscape', and 'The Nature of Oaks', and has developed an ambitious social media presence for the Home Grown Natl Park.  He's a sought-after speaker and would have appeal to gardeners, native plant enthusiasts, etc. in the broader Athens community.

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