Afternoon of Theoretical Ecology

We are excited to announce details of the “Afternoon of Theoretical Ecology” on Tuesday, October 22, 2019, in MSC and LSB. 1:00pm:  Dr. Réka Albert will speak about using network theory to describe the ecological dynamics of plant-pollinator communities (W203 MSC) 1:40pm:  Dr. Karen Abbott will give a seminar entitled “Noise in nature: the role of stochasticity in ecological understanding” (W203 MSC) 2:20pm:  Dr. David Kennedy will talk about the evolutionary ecology of disease (W203 MSC) 3:00pm:  Join us for afternoon tea and to network with local and visiting theoretical ecologists (W202 MSC) 3:45pm:  Move from MSC to Berg auditorium (100 LSB) 4:00pm:  Dr. Simon Levin, Princeton University will give the Huck Distinguished Lecture seminar “Ecology and Evolution: Complexity” (100 LSB) 5:30pm:  Reception for Dr. Simon Levin. Graduates, postdocs and faculty interested in ecology are welcome to join us for hors d’oeuvres.  This event also serves as a Welcome Mixer for distinguished visiting participants in an NSF-funded workshop to Advance Theory in Ecology.  8:00pm: End of proceedings. If any students, postdocs or faculty would like to display a poster generally related to theoretical ecology during the evening reception in LSB, please contact Katriona Shea at k-shea@psu.edu. There are also a small number of spaces available to attend a graduate student lunch with Dr. Levin from 12-1 in MSC on October 22nd.  Please contact Katriona Shea at k-shea@psu.edu if interested.