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graduate Student
​Symposium in Ecology 

2021 Symposium

12/18/2020

 
 Join us for the 14th Annual UC Davis Graduate Student Symposium in Ecology! 
When: February 5th, 2021
Location: Virtual, further details TBA

 Registration Information:

 Registration is now open! It's best if you can register by February 1st (late registrations accepted). 
Click HERE to register!

 Folks from ALL departments as well as prospective students are invited to attend, and all graduate students are invited to present their research in any area of ecology. The GSSE is a unique and valuable forum for sharing ideas across programs, departments, and labs, and for fostering new connections and collaborations. It is also a great opportunity for graduate students to get comfortable presenting to a broader ecological audience. The GSSE is a free event!

 Virtual format: The 2021 Symposium will be the first entirely virtual symposium in light of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. We will miss sharing bagels & coffee, happy hour drinks, and face-to-face quality ecologist time with our fantastic attendees. HOWEVER, our team is working hard to make the most of this unusual situation and put on a FANTASTIC virtual event! We know that our GGE community is as strong, curious and supportive as ever during this crisis time, and we look forward to sharing the exceptional scientific efforts and creative endeavors to which we have all been dedicated while socially distanced. We will update with further details about the virtual platform(s) soon!

 To Submit an Oral Presentation or Poster: You do not need to present research in order to attend; however, presenting at the symposium is a great way to get feedback in a low pressure environment! Presentations should be 15 minutes followed by 5 minutes for questions. Poster submissions will be electronic, but there will be a virtual poster session with opportunities to discuss your posters and mingle with colleagues comparable to an in-person poster session happy hour. To submit a presentation or poster, enter your title and abstract with your registration no later than February 1st (early submissions encouraged!). Additional presentations may be accepted after the deadline if there is space left in the program. Prizes will be awarded to the top presentation(s) and poster(s) based on audience vote.

 Eco-Art and Photo Contest: Submit your ecologically-inspired work to the art/photo contest (held in conjunction with the poster session) by entering the information for your artwork with your registration. Given the virtual format, submissions of art must be in digital picture / photo form, but artwork submission can also be submitted for the EGSA Fundraiser Auction and sold in auction as 3D pieces! Prizes will be awarded to the attendee favorites. Artwork submissions will be by Google Drive, detailed instructions coming soon.
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 ​More details coming soon! Please stay tuned for details on the Diversity Committee sessions and this year's keynote speaker. We've been honored to have some excellent speakers at this event including: Dr. Mehana Vaughan (U Hawai`i Manoa), Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe (UC Merced), and Dr. Meg Lowman (California Academy of Sciences). 
 
Please contact this year's GSSE Chairs Lauren Redosh and David Mitchell with any questions!

1st - 14th Annual Symposium Archive

12/17/2020

 
14th annual: Friday, February 5, 2021
  • Chairs: Lauren Redosh and David Mitchell
  • Keynote address: "Wealth, race and wildlife: The impacts of structural inequality on urban wildlife”
    • Dr. Christopher Schell, University of Washington - Tacoma
  • Presentations: 12 oral presentations, 5 posters
  • Click here to view abstracts for oral presentations and posters
  • Click here to view and download oral presentation videos

13th annual: Friday, February 7, 2020
  • Chairs: Aviva Fiske and Sophie Preckler-Quisquater
  • Keynote address: "Kaiāulu: Gathering tides”
    • Dr. Mehana Vaughan, University of Hawai`i at Manoa
  • Presentations: 15 oral presentations, 10 posters
  • Click here to view abstracts for oral presentations and posters
  • Click here to view and download oral presentation videos

12th annual: Saturday, February 9, 2019
  • Chairs: Aviva Fiske and Emily Brodie
  • Keynote address: "Looking deeper: role of sub-soils in organic matter dynamics
    • Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, University of California - Merced
  • Presentations: 10 oral presentations, 9 posters - View abstracts

11th annual: Saturday, February 10, 2018​
  • Chairs: Rebecca Walker and Helen Killeen
  • Keynote address: “Using Canopy Research as a Hook to Inspire Forest Conservation”
    •  Dr. Meg Lowman, California Academy of Sciences 
  • Presentations: 12 oral presentations, 12 posters – View abstracts
  • Attendees: 151
  • Program

10th annual: Saturday, February 11, 2017
  • Chairs: Emilie Graves, Amy Collins, and Helen Killeen
  • Keynote address: “Supporting undergraduate student success through computer-based instruction and assessment”
    • Dr. Joel Abraham, California State University, Fullerton
  • Presentations: 11 oral presentations, 7 posters – View abstracts
  • Attendees: 163
  • Program

9th annual: Saturday, February 20, 2016
  • Chairs: Allison Simler, Rebecca Walker, Rob Blenk, and Emilie Graves
  • Keynote address: “What are the consequences of losing biological diversity?”
    • Dr. Erika Zavaleta, UC Santa Cruz
  • Presentations: 13 oral presentations, 5 posters

8th annual: Saturday, February 14, 2015
  • Chairs: James Farlin, Jason Sadowski, and Allison Simler
  • Keynote address: “Beyond Assessing Biological Knowledge – Card Sorting, Superheroes, and Moving Towards Measuring Biological Expertise among Undergraduates”
    • Dr. Kimberly Tanner, San Francisco State University
  • Presentations: 9 oral presentations, 8 posters – View abstracts

7th annual: Saturday, February 15, 2014
  • Chairs: Katie Eskra, James Farlin, and Grace Ha
  • Keynote address: “Are salt marshes and salt marsh die-off consumer driven alternative states?”
    • Dr. Mark Bertness, Brown University
  • Presentations: 11 oral presentations, 3 posters 

6th annual: Saturday, February 16, 2013
  • Chairs: Sacha Heath and Jens Stevens
  • Keynote adress: “Food webs in river networks: towards predictive mapping”
    • Dr. Mary Power, University of California, Berkeley
  • Presentations: 16 oral presentations, 6 posters – View abstracts
  • Program

5th annual: Saturday, February 18, 2012
  • Chairs: Alison Marklein and Lauren Camp
  • Keynote address: “Past climate change from the tropics to the poles: what’s the scoop with natural variability versus modern anthropogenic warming”
    • Dr. Rob Dunbar, Stanford University
  • Presentations: 13 oral presentations, 2 posters – View abstracts
  • Program

4th annual: Saturday, February 19, 2011
  • Chair: Lydia Beaudrot
  • Keynote address: “Biodiversity research and conservation – turning the ship around”
    • Dr. Hal Mooney, Stanford University
  • Presentations: 17 oral presentations, 6 posters – View abstracts
  • Program

3rd annual: Saturday, February 20, 2010
  • Chairs: Rich Cobb and Kristy Deiner
  • Keynote address: “Fish stocking impacts to Sierra Nevada ecosystems: promise and peril of policy-relevant science”
    • Roland Knapp
  • Presentations: 14 oral presentations, 6 posters – View abstracts
  • Program

2nd annual: Saturday, February 7, 2009
  • Chair: Kristen Dybala
  • Keynote address: “Wings over borders – migration of shorebirds around the Pacific Basin”
    • Dr. Nils Warnock
  • Presentations: 18 oral presentations, 5 posters – View abstracts
  • Program

1st annual: Saturday, May 17, 2008
  • Chair: Kristen Dybala
  • Keynote address: “Save an ant, save a planet: the race to discover Madagascar’s biodiversity”
    • Dr. Brian Fisher, Chair of the Department of Entomology at the California Academy of Sciences
  • Presentations: 11 oral presentations, 3 posters – View abstracts

    About

    EGSA’s annual Graduate Student Symposium in Ecology (GSSE) is a unique forum for sharing research ideas across graduate programs, departments, and labs, and fostering new collaborations. With at least 17 graduate programs and departments at UC Davis that conduct ecological research, the Graduate Student Symposium in Ecology provides an ideal place for graduate students to practice giving scientific presentations to the broader ecological community on campus. Each year the symposium features talks and posters from UC Davis graduate students working in any field of ecology, a prominent, student-nominated ecologist as keynote speaker, and a photo contest.

    PC: Christian John

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