Panel Session: Thursday, April 22, 2021 • 3:00-4:00pm

Hosted By: Binghamton University Libraries

As the effects of climate change continue to ravage ecosystems across the globe, it has become increasingly essential to engage in discussions that recognize how climate change has impacted biodiversity on our planet. In this panel session, we welcome a diverse group of ecologists, conservationists, researchers, students, and teachers to discuss how climate change is affecting biodiversity and how we all can help to mitigate our own impact on our surrounding environments.

Join us April 22nd from 3-4pm! Register online at bit.ly/BUearth.

About the Panelists:

Julian Shepherd earned his BA in Zoology from Cornell in 1964, and his PhD in Biology from Harvard in 1972. He has worked at Binghamton University since 1975, teaching classes on Entomology, Zoology, Tropical Ecology, Conservation Biology, and many others. His research is in insect and tick physiology, but he also has strong interests in ecology and natural history.

Haley Arnold is a PhD candidate in the Binghamton University Biological Sciences Department. She is an evolutionary biologist interested in the genetics underlying the formation of species. She uses an ecological approach to investigate traits that contribute to this process and studies how they help populations adapt to new and changing conditions. She is currently focused on Californian monkey flowers in the genus Mimulus and is studying the genes behind seed dormancy and seed dispersal of limestone soil specialists, and how they isolate the species from other populations.

Jess Hua is an Associate Professor in the Binghamton University Biological Sciences Department and Director of the Center for Integrated Watershed Studies. She is an ecologist interested in understanding the effects of pollutants in the environment. She received her B.A. in Biology and Kinesiology from Southwestern University and her Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. Outside of work, she loves the outdoors, is an avid reader, and will take any opportunity to play sports.  https://jhua13.wixsite.com/jhua

Chad DeVoe is the OCM BOCES Environmental Science Teacher at Lime Hollow Nature Center. In addition to teaching high school students environmental issues, he is an off-grid homesteader including building, living in, and consulting on Earthships. He also runs the Tapped Earth farm.