Fall 2026 Animal Behavior Graduate Group Seminar Series
Animal Behavior Graduate Group Seminar Series (Fall 2026)
Fridays at 9:30AM in Green Hall 1022
Graduate students: ANB 290 CRN: 20811
Undergraduate students: NPB 190C: 38603
For questions, contact Felicity Muth ([email protected])
| Date of Seminar | Speaker | Speaker Institution | Title of Talk |
| September 25, 2026 | Dr. Sarah Kocher | UC Berkeley | Repeated evolution of sociality in sweat bees provides new insights into the evolution of social behavior |
| October 2, 2026 | Dr. Ashley Mensing | UC Davis | Revisiting the aggression-boldness syndrome in a cognitively complex primate |
| October 9, 2026 | Dr. Jonas Henske | UC Davis | Chemical Communication in Orchid Bees |
| October 16, 2026 | Dr. Laura Stein | University of Oklahoma | It's All in the Family: Parents, stress, and plasticity's role in evolution |
| October 23, 2026 | Dr. Jenna Hulke | Texas Biomedical Research Institute | Causes and Consequences of doing it with oneself: our current understanding of neodermatan hermaphroditic mating systems |
| October 30, 2026 | Dr. Anaid Cárdenas-Navarrete | UC Davis | Behavioral flexibility and resilience to disturbed and novel environments in primates |
| November 6, 2026 | Dr. Cathy Marler | University of Wisconsin - Madison | Do Hormones Just Turn Behavior On or Off or is Context Important? |
| November 13, 2026 | Dr. Becca Young | UT Austin | Neurotranscriptomic Insights into the Evolution and Development of Complex Behavior |
| November 20, 2026 | Dr. Hannah Justen | UC Davis | When tadpoles fight: How early-life experiences shape behavior and the brain in the long-term |
| November 27, 2026 | NO SEMINAR | ||
| December 4, 2026 | Jacob Johnson | UC Davis - Exit Seminar | Uncovering Bird Behavior in Postfire and Urban Environments |