Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers give short presentations on their research.

Agenda 4pm Welcome and introduction, followed by graduate student presentations (see below for details) 5:30pm Break for food 6:10pm Report from students on program happenings (EGSO update, seminar series, extra-curricular activities) 6:30pm Presentation of J Brian Horton Award and Edward D Bellis Award 7pm Closing (linger for food and conversation) Presentations Short presentations of new faculty members Patrick Drohan Tracy Langkilde Beth Shapiro Mark Mescher Laurie Goodrich (Doctoral Candidate; Advisor: Margaret Brittingham) Stopover habitat selection by migrating accipiters in the central Appalachians Christopher Ross (Masters Candidate; Advisor: Jason Kaye) Fire history and precipitation impact soil respiration in southwest ponderosa pine forests Matt Ferrari (Postdoctoral scholar with Bryan Grenfell) Measles on the edge of chaos: epidemic dynamics and vaccine policy in the Sahel _

Contact

Jean Pierce
jep32@psu.edu