SPRING 2023 - Organized by ANDREA SWEIGART AND KELLY DYER Date Speaker 1/20/23 ILS recruitment 1/27/23 IPS recruitment 2/3/23 no EDGE 2/10/23 Mia Rochford, Plant Biology 2/17/23 Inam Jameel, Genetics 2/24/23 Huifang Xu, Genetics 3/3/23 Paige Duffin, Genetics 3/10/23 No EDGE - Spring Break 3/17/23 Derek Denney, Plant Biology 3/24/23 Samantha Day, Genetics 3/31/23 Makenzie Whitener, Genetics 4/7/23 John Maerz, Warnell 4/14/23 Theresa Miorin, Genetics 4/21/23 Matt Farnitano, Genetics 4/28/23 Riley Thoen, Plant Biology FAll 2022 - Organized by Kaixiong Ye and Mike White Date Speaker 8/19/22 Evolution & Ecology ILS Welcome Event 8/26/22 Meghan Brady, Department of Genetics 9/2/22 Nan Yao, Department of Genetics 9/9/22 Matthew Treaster, Department of Genetics 9/16/22 No EDGE - Genetics Department Retreat 9/23/22 Cancelled 9/30/22 Andrew Duitsman, Department of Genetics 10/7/22 Justine Shiau, Department of Infectious Diseases 10/14/22 Kelly McCrum, Department of Plant Biology 10/21/22 Maria Luisa Müller Theissen, Ecology 10/28/22 No EDGE - Fall Break 11/4/22 Jingxuan Chen, Institute of Bioinformatics 11/11/22 Audrey Ward, Department of Genetics 11/18/22 Margot Popecki, Department of Genetics Spring 2022 - Organized by Andrea Sweigart and Kelly Dyer Date Speaker 1/28/22 Vanessa Raditz, Geography 2/4/22 Megan Meany, Genetics 2/11/22 Inam Jameel, Genetics 2/18/22 No EDGE, ILS recruitment 2/25/22 Dustin Dial, Entomology 3/4/22 Ben Luttinen, Genetics 3/11/22 No EDGE, Spring Break 3/18/22 Alex Sotola, Genetics 3/25/22 No EDGE, SEEPEG Annual Meeting 4/1/22 Nia Keyes-Scott, Entomology 4/8/22 Mia Rochford, Plant Biology 4/15/22 Philip Bentz, Plant Biology 4/22/22 Philip Brailey-Jones, Genetics 4/29/22 Makenzie Whitener, Genetics Fall 2021 - Organized by Mike White and Kaixiong Ye Date Speaker 8/20/21 Evolution & Ecology ILS Welcome Event 8/27/21 Carmen Blubaugh, Department of Entomology 9/3/21 Aaron Alcala, Department of Genetics 9/10/21 Ran Zhou, Department of Genetics 9/17/21 Ahvi Potticary, Department of Entomology 9/24/21 Megan DeMarche, Department of Plant Biology 10/1/21 Daniel Shaw, Department of Genetics 10/8/21 Moria Robinson, Department of Entomology, Michigan State University 10/15/21 Adam Hannon-Hatfield, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 10/22/21 Screening of "Can We Talk? Difficult Conversations with Underrepresented People of Color: Sense of Belonging and Obstacles to STEM Fields" with the filmmaker, Dr. Kendall Moore. 10/29/21 No EDGE, Fall break 11/5/21 Sam Mantel, Department of Genetics 11/12/21 Nan Yao, Department of Genetics Spring 2021 - Organized by Kelly Dyer and Andrea Sweigart Date Speaker 1/15/21 No EDGE - ILS Recruitment 1/22/21 Happy Hour (via Zoom) 1/29/21 Raven Bier, Savannah River Ecology Lab 2/5/21 Elena Hamann, Department of Genetics 2/12/21 No EDGE - ILS Recruitment 2/19/21 Olivia Smith, Department of Entomology 2/26/21 Sara Heisel, Washington University, Department of Biological Anthropology 3/5/21 Theresa Miorin (UGA Genetics) and Brandon Turner (UNC Charlotte) 3/12/21 No EDGE - Instructional Break 3/19/21 Rick Field, Department of Genetics 3/26/21 Emily Dittmar, Department of Plant Biology 4/2/21 Margot Popecki, Department of Genetics 4/9/21 Samantha Bock, Odum School of Ecology 4/16/21 Cristina Portales Reyes, Department of Plant Biology 4/23/21 Gabbie Sandstedt, Department of Genetics 4/30/21 Rachel MacTavish, Department of Genetics Fall 2020 - Organized by Mike White and Kaixiong Ye Date Speaker 8/28/20 Jonathan Arnold, Department of Genetics 9/4/20 Kristen Nolting, Department of Plant Biology 9/11/20 Horace Zeng, Department of Entomology 9/18/20 Alex Sotola, Department of Genetics 9/25/20 Rachel Ann Perez-Udell, Department of Plant Biology 10/2/20 Shunhua Han, Institute of Bioinformatics 10/9/20 Meredith Zettlemoyer, Department of Plant Biology 10/16/20 Matt Farnitano, Department of Genetics 10/23/20 Jacque Pena, Department of Plant Biology 10/30/20 No EDGE, Fall Break 11/6/20 Yelena Pacheco, Department of Plant Biology 11/13/20 Shivangi Nath, Department of Genetics 11/20/20 Carissa Gilliland, Department of Entomology Spring 2020 - Organized by Dave Hall Date Speaker 1/10/20 Happy Hour at Little Kings 1/17/20 Jessica Barb, Departments of Plant Biology and Crop and Soil Sciences 1/24/20 No EDGE - ILS recruiting 1/31/20 No EDGE - IPS recruiting & Ecology Graduate Student Symposium 2/7/20 No EDGE - ILS recruiting 2/14/20 Sam Arsenault, Department of Entomology 2/21/20 Megan Peterson, Department of Plant Biology 2/28/20 No EDGE - ILS recruiting 3/6/20 Jessica Kissinger, Department of Genetics 3/13/20 No EDGE - Spring Break 3/20/20 Amanda Meier, Department of Entomology 3/27/20 Shivangi Nath, Department of Genetics 4/3/20 Yelena Pacheko, Department of Plant Biology 4/10/20 Kelly Petersen, Odum School of Ecology 4/17/20 Karen Bobier, Department of Genetics 4/24/20 Dustin Dial, Department of Entomology Fall 2019 - Organized by Mike White Date Speaker 8/23/19 Happy Hour at Little Kings 8/30/19 Max Barnhart, Plant Biology 9/6/19 Joseph O'Brien, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station 9/13/19 Todd Pierson, University of Nevada Reno and Savannah River Ecology Lab 9/20/19 Andrius Dagilis, University of North Carolina 9/27/19 Anny Chung, Plant Biology 10/4/19 SEPEEG at Clemson 10/11/19 Eduardo Scopel, Institute of Bioinformatics 10/18/19 Liliana Salvador, Infectious Diseases and Bioinformatics 10/25/19 Kaylee Arnold, Ecology 11/1/19 Fall break 11/8/19 Sam Mantel, Genetics 11/15/19 Jingqi Zhou, Genetics 11/22/19 Alice Shanfelter, Genetics 11/29/19 Thanksgiving break Spring 2019 - Organized by Kelly Dyer Date Speaker 1/11/19 Happy Hour at Little Kings 1/18/19 ILS Recruitment - No EDGE 1/25/19 Ecology Grad student symposium - No EDGE 2/1/19 IPS Recruitment - No EDGE 2/8/19 ILS Recruitment - No EDGE 2/15/19 Yin Wang, Entomology 2/22/19 Michelle Ziadie, Genetics 3/1/19 Max Farrell, Ecology 3/8/19 Jen Moss (Mississippi State) 3/15/19 Spring Break - No EDGE 3/22/19 Tom Pendergast, Crop & Soil Sciences 3/29/19 Alex Marand, Genetics 4/5/19 Trish Moore, Entomology 4/12/19 Derek Denney, Plant Biology 4/19/19 Emily Dittmar, Plant Biology 4/26/19 Guilherme Dias, Genetics Fall 2018 - Organized by Andrea Sweigart Date Speaker 8/24/18 ILS Ecology & Evolution IG Welcome at Little Kings 8/31/18 Jordan Bemmels, Genetics/Ecology 9/7/18 Shunhua Han, Genetics 9/14/18 Andries Temme, Plant Biology 9/21/18 Sara Heisel, Ecology 9/28/18 Ana Bento, Ecology 10/5/18 No EDGE due to SEPEEG 10/12/18 Craig McClain, LUMCON (JPW host) 10/19/18 Gabbie Sandstedt, Genetics 10/26/18 Fall break 11/2/18 Cancelled 11/9/18 Paul Ginsberg, Genetics 11/16/18 Shivangi Nath, Genetics 11/23/18 Thanksgiving break 11/30/18 Aaron Alcala, Genetics Spring 2018 - Organized by Kevin Vogel Date Speaker 1/12/18 1/19/18 Karen Bobier, Genetics 1/26/18 No EDGE - ILS recruitment 2/2/18 Amanda Shaver, Genetics 2/9/18 No EDGE - ILS recruitment 2/16/18 Jenna Hamlin - Plant Biology 2/23/18 Amanda Rugenski, Ecology 3/2/18 Germain Chevignon, Entomology 3/9/18 Matt Herron, Georgia Tech 3/16/18 No EDGE - Spring Break 3/23/18 Sam Arsenault, Entomology 3/30/18 Kara Ann Tinkler, Microbiology 4/6/18 Sam Mantel, Genetics 4/13/18 Kerri Miazgowicz, Infectious Disease 4/20/18 Kelsey Coffman, Entomology Fall 2017 - Organized By Dave Hall Date Speaker 8/18/17 Happy Hour at Little Kings 8/25/17 Ford Ballantyne, Ecology 9/1/17 Kevin Vogel, Entomology 9/8/17 Emily Dittmar, Plant Biology 9/15/17 Ellen Martinson, Entomology 9/22/17 Kip Lacy, Entomology 9/29/17 Ruby Harrison, Entomology 10/6/17 Vince Martinson, Entomology 10/13/17 Natalia J Bayona-Vásquez, Environmental Health Science 10/20/17 No EDGE - SEPEEG (sepeeg.web.unc.edu) 10/27/17 No EDGE - Fall Break 11/3/17 Dave Hall, Genetics 11/10/17 Ash Pathak, Infectious Disease 11/17/17 Christoph Haag, CNRS, Montpellier 11/24/17 No EDGE - Thanksgiving 12/1/17 Mike White, Genetics Spring 2017 - Organized by Shu-Mei Chang and Kathrin Stanger-Hall Date Speaker 1/6/17 No EDGE talk - social at Little Kings, 4:30 pm 1/13/17 Rachel Kerwin, Genetics 1/20/17 No EDGE - ILS recruitment 1/27/17 Sandra Correa, Ecology/Genetics 2/3/17 No EDGE - ILS recruitment 2/10/17 Dorothy Christopher, Plant Biology 2/17/17 Stacy Krueger-Hadfield, University of Alabama at Birmingham 2/24/17 Nick Colvard, Northeastern University 3/3/17 Ashley Rea, Plant Biology 3/10/17 No EDGE - Spring break 3/17/17 Bret Boyd, Entomology 3/24/17 Andries Temme, Plant Biology 3/31/17 Lauren Easerman, Plant Biology 4/7/17 Amanda Shaver, Genetics -- Cancelled 4/14/17 Rishi Masalia, Plant Biology 4/21/17 Alice Shanfelter, Genetics 4/28/17 Michelle Ziadie, Genetics Fall 2016 - Organized by John Wares Date Speaker 8/19/16 No EDGE talk - social at Little Kings, 430 pm 8/26/16 John Schramski, Engineering 9/2/16 John Wares, Genetics/Ecology 9/9/16 Courtney Murdock, Ecology 9/16/16 Andrew Park, Ecology 9/23/16 NO EDGE, Jim Porter retirement 9/30/16 Lisa Donovan, Plant Biology 10/7/16 Kelly Dyer, Genetics 10/14/16 Tish Yager, Marine Sciences 10/21/16 No EDGE, SEPEEG weekend 10/28/16 Chris Smith, Willamette (hosted by Jim Leebens-Mack) 11/4/16 CANCELLED 11/11/16 THE FABULOUS NICK BATORA (Genetics) 11/18/16 Graham Reynolds, UNC Asheville 12/2/16 CANCELLED Spring 2016 - Organized by Jill Anderson and Mike White Date Speaker 1/15/16 Happy hour at Little Kings (at 4:30 pm) 1/22/16 ILS recruitment - No EDGE 1/29/16 Chad Niederhuth, Genetics 2/5/16 Dave Hall, Genetics 2/12/16 ILS recruitment - No EDGE 2/19/16 Krista Capps, Ecology 2/26/16 Scott Jackson, Crop and Soil Sciences 3/4/16 Ford Ballantyne, Ecology 3/11/16 Spring Break - No EDGE 3/18/16 Andries Temme, Plant Biology 3/25/16 Jessica Stephens, Plant Biology 4/1/16 C.J. Tsai, Genetics 4/8/16 Kelly Lane, Genetics 4/15/16 Mike McEachern, Genetics 4/22/16 Katie Pieper, Genetics 4/29/16 Natarajan Kannan, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Fall 2015 - Organized by Kelly Dyer and Andrea Sweigart Date Speaker 8/21/15 Happy hour at Little Kings (at 4:30 pm) 8/28/15 John Schramski, Engineering 9/4/15 Art Edison, Biochemistry and Genetics 9/11/15 Pej Rohani, Ecology 9/18/15 Katie Putney, Plant Biology 9/25/15 Lauren Eserman, Plant Biology 10/2/15 Adam Bewick, Genetics 10/9/15 Chris Cunningham, Genetics 10/16/15 Sandra Correa, Ecology 10/23/15 SEPEEG hosted by UGA - No EDGE 10/30/15 Fall break - No EDGE 11/6/15 Stephen Spear, The Orianne Society 11/13/15 Susana Wadgymar, Genetics 11/20/15 Kelsey Coffman, Entomology 11/27/15 Thanksgiving break - No EDGE 12/4/15 Matt Zuellig, Genetics 12/11/15 Pilar Haye, Universidad Católica del Norte - Coquimbo Spring 2015 - Organized by Gaelen Burke and Kevin Vogel Date Speaker 1/9/15 Katie Pieper, Genetics 1/16/15 Alex Harkess, Plant Biology 1/23/15 Tommy McElrath, Entomology 1/30/15 Ford Ballantyne, Ecology 2/6/15 Megan Behringer, Genetics / ILS recruitment 2/13/15 Clare Scott, Univ of Alabama 2/20/15 Caitlin Conn, Genetics / ILS recruitment 2/27/15 Carlos Infante, Genetics 3/6/15 3/13/15 No EDGE. Spring Break 3/20/15 Nick Batora, Genetics 3/27/15 Kerri Coon, Entomology 4/3/15 Caitlin Ishibashi, Plant Biology - cancelled 4/10/15 Ranjani Namasivayam, CTEGD 4/17/15 John Wares, Genetics 4/24/15 Ashley Duxbury, Entomology Fall 2014 - Organized by Dave Hall Date Speaker 8/22/14 Shu-Mei Chang, Plant Biology 8/29/14 Adam Greer, Engineering 9/5/14 Gaelen Burke, Entomology 9/12/14 Greg Moyer, USFWS 9/19/14 Katie Bockrath, Genetics 9/26/14 Katie Putney, Plant Biology 10/3/14 Kevin Vogel, Entomology 10/10/14 Eileen Roy-Zokan, Genetics 10/17/14 Carrie Keogh, Ecology 10/24/14 No EDGE. SEPEEG meeting 10/31/14 No EDGE. Fall Break 11/7/14 Brendan Hunt, Entomology 11/14/14 Kyle Benowitz, Genetics 11/21/14 Erik Goolsby, Plant Biology 11/28/14 No EDGE. Thanksgiving Break 12/5/14 Nick Arthur, Genetics Spring 2014 - Organized by Kelly Dyer Date Speaker 1/10/14 no speaker due to faculty recruitment 1/17/14 no speaker due to faculty recruitment 1/24/14 Louisa Staton, Genetics 1/31/14 Kerin Bentley, Genetics 2/7/14 Judith Mank, UCL (ILS Recruitment) 2/14/14 No meeting (ILS Recruitment) 2/21/14 Matt Zuellig, Genetics 2/28/14 Adam Bewick, Plant Biology 3/7/14 Emily Weigel, Michigan State University 3/14/14 No meeting - Spring Break 3/21/21 Erin Coughlin, Ecology 3/28/14 Alex Harkness, Plant Biology 4/4/14 Megan Behringer, Genetics 4/11/14 Chase Mason, Plant Biology 4/18/14 Jessica Stephens, Plant Biology 4/25/14 Trish Moore, Entomology 5/2/14 Mary Rougeau, Genetics Fall 2013 - Organized by John Wares Date Speaker 8/23/13 Paul Schliekelman, Statistics 8/30/13 no talk scheduled 9/6/13 Dave Hall, Genetics 9/13/13 Nathan Bailey, University of St. Andrews 9/20/13 Josh Reece, Valdosta State 9/27/13 Paula Pappalardo, Ecology/Genetics 10/4/13 Christine Ewers, Genetics 10/11/13 Cancelled 10/18/13 Cancelled 10/25/13 Emily Lankau, scientific consultant 11/1/13 Fall Break 11/8/13 Brian Shamblin, Warnell 11/15/13 Jim Hamrick, Plant Biology Spring 2013 - Organized by Andrea Sweigart Date Speaker 1/11/13 Chase Mason, Plant Biology 1/18/13 Paola Barriga, University of Arkansas 1/25/13 Jonathan Corbi, Plant Biology 2/1/13 No meeting, Genetics graduate recruitment 2/8/13 Cheryl Pinzone, Genetics 2/15/13 Bud Freeman, GA Museum of Nat History, Ecology 2/22/13 Carlos Infante, Genetics 3/1/13 Caitlin Conn, Genetics 3/8/13 Chris Cunningham, Genetics 3/15/13 Spring Break 3/22/13 Colin Meiklejohn, Indiana University, Biology 3/29/13 Anna Joy Lehmicke, Warnell 4/5/13 Christine Ewers, Genetics 4/12/13 Kimmy Kellett, Ecology 4/19/13 Daniel Keymer, Plant Biology 4/26/13 Jenna Hamlin, Genetics Fall 2012 - Organized by Rick Lankau Date Speaker 8/17/2012 Royal Peasant happy hour 8/24/12 Becky Shirk, Plant Biology 8/31/12 Stephanie Pearl, Plant Biology 9/7/12 Allen Moore, Genetics 9/14/12 Rich Shefferson, Ecology 9/21/12 Nick DiRienzo, UC Davis Animal Behavior 9/28/12 Aiko Iwata, CAGT/PBGG 10/5/12 Sarah Budishak, Ecology 10/12/12 no meeting, SEPEEG conference 10/19/12 Sarah Sander, Genetics 10/26/12 Fall Break 11/2/12 Adam Rivers, Marine Science 11/9/12 Amanda Kenney, Genetics 11/16/12 Joan West, Genetics 11/23/12 Thanksgiving 11/30/12 Daniel Streicker, Ecology Spring 2012 - Organized by Dave Hall Date Speaker 1/13/2012 Jared Lee, Genetics 1/20/2012 No meeting, Ecology and ILS graduate recruitment 1/27/2012 Jessica Hoffman, Genetics *Room C114 Life Sciences* 2/3/2012 No meeting, Genetics graduate recruitment 2/10/2012 Amanda Kenney, Genetics 2/17/2012 Cesar Ribiero, Genetics 2/24/2012 Michael Yabsley, Forestry and Natural Resources 3/2/2012 John Finger, Environmental Health Science 3/9/2012 Chris Cunningham, Genetics 3/16/2012 Spring Break. Special meeting: CJ Tsai, Genetics 3/23/2012 Anna McKee, Environmental Health Science 3/30/2012 Kerin Bentley, Genetics 4/6/2012 Shu-Mei Chang, Plant Sciences 4/13/2012 Vanessa Ezenwa, Ecology & Infectious Diseases 4/20/2012 Guo-Qi Chen, Genetics 4/27/2012 Amanda Brothers, Genetics Fall 2011 - Organized by Kelly Dyer Date Speaker 8/19/2011 Happy hour 8/26/2011 Russell Malmberg, Plant Biology 9/2/2011 John Drake, Ecology 9/9/2011 Kamal Ghandi, Forestry 9/16/2011 Jena Chojnowski, Genetics 9/23/2011 Annette Hynes, Marine Sciences Cancelled 9/30/2011 Haiwei Luo, Marine Sciences 10/7/2011 Subhash Rajpurohit, Genetics 10/14/2011 Richard Lankau, Plant Biology 10/21/2011 SEPEEG meeting in North Carolina 10/28/2011 Fall break 11/4/2011 Anji Ballerini, Genetics 11/11/2011 Lisa Donovan, Plant Biology 11/18/2011 Jeff Hepinstall-Cymerman, Forestry 11/25/2011 Thanksgiving break 12/2/2011 Rich Shefferson, Ecology 12/7/2011 (reading day) Spring 2011 Date Speaker 1/14/2011 Jared Lee, Genetics 1/21/2011 Lindsey Tuominen, Genetics 1/28/2011 No edge - grad recruitment activities 2/4/2011 No edge - Vitousek talk in Ecology 2/11/2011 Barbara Han, Ecology 2/18/2011 JP Schmidt, Ecology & Marine Sciences 2/25/2011 Sarah Budischak, Ecology 3/4/2011 Tim Shaw, Bioinformatics 3/11/2011 Su Yee, Entomology 3/18/2011 SPRING BREAK 3/25/2011 Heather Barton, Ecology 4/1/2011 Charles Cowden, Ecology 4/8/2011 Sarah Sander, Genetics 4/15/2011 Paul Schliekelman, Statistics & Genetics 4/22/2011 Dave Hall, Genetics 4/29/2011 Adam Bewick, McMaster University Fall 2010 Date Speaker 8/27/10 No speaker: Happy hour at Aromas 9/3/10 David Hall, Genetics 9/10/10 Evan Staton, Genetics 9/17/10 Jason Perry, Engineering 9/24/10 Michael McKain, Plant Biology 10/1/10 Eileen Roy, Genetics 10/8/10 NO MEETING - SEPEEG 10/15/10 Richard Hall, Ecology 10/22/10 Kathrin Stanger-Hall, Plant Biology 10/29/10 FALL BREAK 11/5/10 Mark Fisher, Genetics 11/12/10 Sonia Altizer, Ecology 11/19/10 Kerry Oliver, Entomology 11/26/10 THANKSGIVING 12/3/10 Su Yee Lim, Entomology Spring 2010 Date Speaker 1/15/10 Jared Lee, Genetics 1/22/10 Kerin Bentley, Genetics 1/29/10 No meeting: Genetics/Ecology recruitment. 2/5/10 Mike Arnold, Genetics 2/12/10 Hassan Mansour, Genetics CANCELLED 2/19/10 Mark Fisher, Genetics 2/26/10 Su Yee Lim, Entomology 3/5/10 Emily Peeden, Genetics 3/12/10 No meeting: Spring Break 3/19/10 Kelly Dyer, Genetics 3/26/10 Cheryl Pinzone, Genetics 4/2/10 Carlos Infante, Genetics 4/9/10 Jake Moorad, Genetics 4/16/10 Joan West, Genetics 4/23/10 Jessie Kissinger, Genetics 4/30/10 No meeting: Furlough Day Fall 2009 Date Speaker 8/21/09 Andrew Park, Ecology and Infectious Disease 8/28/09 John Maerz, Forestry 9/4/09 John Wares, Genetics 9/11/09 Jonathan Arnold, Genetics 9/25/09 John Drake, Ecology 10/2/09 Chip Small, Ecology 10/9/09 Gina Baucom, Genetics 10/16/09 Louisa Carter, Genetics 10/23/09 SEEPAGE meeting 10/30/09 No meeting: Furlough Day 11/6/09 Jeb Byers, Ecology 11/13/09 Rich Shefferson, Ecology 11/20/09 Su Yee Lim, Entomology 11/27/09 No meeting: Thanksgiving 12/4/09 Daniel Promislow 12/11/09 Christina Zakas, Genetics
