In case you are interested in our past speakers and their topics, here is a mostly complete list going back to the club's founding in the 1992-1993 school year. Since everything here was gathered from the archives, some semesters are missing or incomplete. If you have any information on missing talks, please leave a comment on the post or email us.
Spring 2012
February 20
Dr. Kevin Zippel (class of 1994)
Amphibian Ark
“The Amphibian Extinction Crisis with an Emphasis on Captive Rescue Programs”
April 9
Dr. Gabe Gartner (class of 2002)
Harvard University
“Ecological Correlates of Phenotypic Variation in Snakes”
April 23
Eric Rittmeyer (2008)
Louisiana State University
“Curious and Crocodile Skinks: Systematics and Evolution of Carlia and Tribolonotus in New Guinea”
May 7
Dr. Gordon Burghardt
University of Tennessee
“Snakes in a Conservation Maelstrom: Neat Behavior and Fearful People”
Fall 2011
September 12
Sean Griffin (class of 2011)
“Do honey bee followers perceive information in dances for nearby food sources?”
and
Anna Kusler (class of 2012)
“Territoriality and scent-marking behavior in male African cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)”
and
Jessica Tingle (class of 2012)
“Behavioral ecology of the Madagascar leaf-nosed snake (Langaha madagascariensis)”
October 17
Mitch Paine
Cornell University
“Community Centered Conservation: Sea Turtles of Ghana”
November 7
Dr. Juan Daza
Villanova University
"Gekkotan Anatomical Diversity: Presenting The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
Spring 2011
January
Dr. Joseph Mendelson
Zoo Atlanta
“The Scope and Scale of the Amphibian Crisis: Where Have We Gone?”
February
Dr. Michael Benard (class of 1999)
Case Western Reserve University
“Linking Environmental variation and phenotypic plasticity to population dynamics: Test cases with amphibians.”
March
Dr. Karen Kiemnec-Tyburczy
Cornell University (Zamudio Lab)
“The Evolution of Courtship Behavior and Sex Pheromones in Salamanders”
Fall 2010
September 13
Alex Lebron
Cornell University (class of 2011)
and
Anna Kusler
Cornell University (class of 2012)
September 20
Dr. Adam Leache
University of Washington
"Bayesian species delimitation in West African forest geckos (Hemidactylus fasciatus)"
November 8
Dr. Rocky Parker
Garter snake chemical ecology
November 22
Dr. Chris Jenkins
The Orianne Society
Indigo snake and reptile conservation
Indigo snake and reptile conservation
Spring 2010
February
Rayna Bell
Cornell University (Zamudio Lab)
March
Jesse Grismer
Villanova
“Asexuality on the Beach”
April
Betsie Rothermel (alum)
Archbold Biological Station
“Emerging Amphibian Disease in the Southern Appalachians”
(Fall 2009)
Spring 2009
March 2
Dr. Brian Stewart (class of 1995)
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
“Molecular Systematics Provides New Insights into Species Diversity of Southeast Asian Amphibians and Reptiles”
“Molecular Systematics Provides New Insights into Species Diversity of Southeast Asian Amphibians and Reptiles”
March 30
Dr. Stan Sessions
Hartwick College
Trematodes and Amphibian Limb Deformities
Trematodes and Amphibian Limb Deformities
April 27
Dr. Steve Busack
(Fall 2008)
Spring 2008
January 28
Martin Schlaepfer
“Evolutionary and behavioral responses of native tadpoles to introduced predators”
(Fall 2005-Fall 2007)
Spring 2005
February 28
Dr. David Skelly
“Amphibians of Queensland, Australia: biology and conservation”
April 11
Dan Rabosky
“Sand, spinifex, and skinks: a natural history of arid Australia’s diverse reptile communities”
Fall 2004
October 25
Dr. Kurt Schwenk
“Feeding and chemoreception in squamate reptiles: integration, conflict, and constraint”
November 8
Dr. Blair Hedges
“Evolutionary studies of West Indian amphibians and reptiles”
November 29
Dr. George Kollias
“Reptile nutrition, feeding practices, and problems”
(Spring 2004)
Fall 2003
September 29
Prof. Bruce Young
Lafayette College
“Acoustics in Snakes”
Spring 2003
February 3
Dr. Kelly Zamudio
Cornell University
“Venomous snakebite and field biology”
March 24
Dr. John Maerz
“Beyond the pond: the terrestrial habits of frogs and their implications for conservation”
(Fall 2001-Fall 2002)
Spring 2001
February 5
Rulon Clark
Cornell University (class of ????)
“Foraging behavior of the timber rattlesnake Crotalus horridus”
And
Jackie Grant
Cornell University (class of ????)
“Odorous amphibian defense”
February 26
Dr. John Maerz
Cornell University
April 16
Dr. William P. McCord
“Uncovering China’s black market: multiple cases of turtle extinction”
April 23
Dr. John Thorbjarnarson
Wildlife Conservation Society
“Conservation of crocodilians: contrasting approaches in Asia vs. Latin America”
Fall 2000
September 18
Christopher Jennings
Cornell University (class of 2001)
“Visual sensitivity in the Túngara frog (Physalaemus pustulosus)”
Spring 2000
February 14
Dr. Harry Greene
Cornell University
“Field studies on pitviper biology”
February 28
Dr. Pete Ducey
SUNY Cortland
“Amphibian distribution and development in a disturbed habitat: a case study at Onondaga Lake”
March 6
Dr. Pete Trenham
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Minnesota
“Demography and spatial population structure in California tiger salamanders”
April 3
Dr. Cynthia Sherman
Ithaca, NY
“Can dead Yosemite toads tell tales? (A new look at an old die-off)”
April 24
Dr. Leo Fleishman
Union College
“Lizard vision and the evolution of visual-signal design in anoline lizards”
Fall 1999
September 13
Yanerys Ramos
Cornell University (class of 2001)
“The impact of human developments on Anolis lizard community structure in the cloud forests of Hispaniola”
and
Peter McIntyre
Cornell University (class of ????)
“Effects of low dissolved oxygen content on predator avoidance behavior in a larval ranid frog”
October 7
Prof. Marcio Martins
University of São Paulo, Brazil
“Habitat associations of herpetofauna in Brazilian Amazonia”
November 1
Prof. James Gibbs
State University of New York
“Ecology, evolution, and conservation of giant Galapagos tortoises”
November 4
Prof. Michael J. Lannoo
Ball State University
“A tangled web of declines and deformities: amphibian conservation efforts as we approach the new millennium”
November 15
Prof. Margaret Stewart
SUNY Albany
“The role of amphibians in the food web of the Puerto Rican rain forests”
Spring 1999
March 1
Rich Sajdak
Milwaukee County Zoo
“A tree snake collection: diversity in arboreal snakes”
Fall 1998
September 14
Amber Wright
Cornell University (class of 2000)
“Life histories and sex ratios of a population of paedomorphic tiger salamanders, Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum”
and
Wesley Savage
Cornell University (class of 1999)
“Iowa herps and the infamous mutant frogs of the Midwest”
October 19
Dr. David Holtzman
University of Rochester
“Orientation and spatial learning in snakes”
November 23
Steve Morreale
Cornell University
“Sea turtles at sea: their hidden lives”
Spring 1998
February 9
Jeremy Sabatini
Cornell University (class of 1998)
“Efforts to conserve the Wyoming toad, Bufo hemiophrys baxteri”
and
Michaels Combs
Cornell University (class of 2000)
Field herpetology in the Dominican Republic
March 30
Dr. Robert Murphy
Royal Ontario Museum
April 13
Dr. Rosemarry Knapp
Cornell University
Fall 1997
September 8
Sarah Toll
Cornell University (class of 1999)
“An undergraduate experience in fieldwork and salamander behavior”
and
Michael Benard
Cornell University (class of 1999)
“Visual and olfactory communication in Phrynosomatid lizards”
September 29
Dr. Richard Wyman
The Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve, Inc.
“Factors influencing salamander populations and effects on the carbon cycle”
November 10
Lang Elliott
Nature Sound Studio
“Photographing and recording frogs and toads”
Spring 1997
February 3
Dr. Richard Howard
Purdue University
“Reproduction in an all female species of salamander: living on the edge without males”
March 3
Dr. Antonie Blackler
Cornell University
“Can the species envelope be pushed in a frog?”
April 7
Tristan Weinkle
Cornell University (class of 1995, vet 1999)
“Head-starting Blanding’s turtles (Emydoidea blandingii)”
and
Max Shpak
Cornell University (class of 1997)
“Biogeographic patterns and speciation in the Thamnophis radix complex
April 21
Dr. Karen Lips
St. Lawrence University
“Tropical amphibians in decline”
Fall 1996
September 16
Richard Glor
Cornell University (class of 1998)
“The bone clock: sea turtle research at the Smithsonian Institution”
and
Michael Benard
Cornell University (class of 1999)
“Field herpetology in the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona”
September 30
Dr. Richard Bothner
St. Bonaventure University
“The herpetology of the Everglades”
October 21
Dr. Howard Evans
Cornell University
“Anatomical features of reptiles and amphibians”
November 18
Martin Schlaepfer
Cornell University
“Costa Rican herpetofauna in a fragmented landscape”
Spring 1996
February 5
Richard Glor
Cornell University (class of 1998)
“The herpetology of Hispaniola”
March 11
Alan Krakauer
Cornell University (class of 1996)
“Brown tree snakes on Guam: accounts from the field”
and
Luis Padilla
Cornell University (class of 1996, vet 2000)
“Exploring the herpetofauna of Panama and Costa Rica”
Fall 1995
October 16
Dr. William Brown
Skidmore College
“Natural history and conservation of the timber rattlesnake”
November 6
Dr. Rex Cocroft
Cornell University
“Frogs of the Peruvian Amazon”
December 4
Dr. John Hermanson
Cornell University
“Pterodactyls: dragons of the air”
(Spring 1995)
Fall 1994
September 19
Dr. Aaron Bauer
Villanova University
“The ecology, behavior and systematics of the New Caldedonia giant geckos (Rhacodactylus)”
October 3
Dr. David Able
Cornell University
“Sexual selection in the red-spotted newt”
October 24
Dr. John Bertram
Cornell University
“Galloping ‘gators and alternative crocs: exploring the niftiness of the crocodilians”
November 14
Bryan Stuart
Cornell University (class of 1995)
“The herpetofauna of Kenya and Madagascar”
December 5
Dr. Stanley Salth
City University
“Amphibian life history strategies”
Spring 1994
February 28
Kevin Zippel
Cornell University
“The herpetofauna of Hispaniola”
March 7
Dr. George Kollias
Cornell University
“Feeding practices and nutritional disorders of captive reptiles”
March 28
Dr. Howard Evans
Cornell University
“Herpetological observations in the field and lab”
April 11
Dr. Peter Ducey
SUNY Cortland
“Snake predation and salamander defense”
April 18
Dr. Margaret Stewart
SUNY Albany
“Population regulation of the Puerto Rican Coqui”
Fall 1993
September 20
Alvin Breisch
Endangered Species Section/Wildlife Resource Center
Department of Environmental Conservation
“Management of New York state turtles”
October 4
Glenn Johnson
“Conservation biology of the Massasauga rattlesnake”
November 1
Ulmar Grafe
Cornell University
“Communication, sexual selection, and sex change in African painted reed frogs”
November 15
Dr. Antonie Blackler
Cornell University
“Frog hybridization and chromosome numbers”
December 6
Dr. William Provine
Cornell University
“Snapping turtles and water quality”
Spring 1993
January 31
Dr. Julian Lee
University of Miami
“The herpetofauna of the Yucatan”
February 23
Dr. Carl Gans
University of Michigan
“Herpetological research in India”
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