Evolution Matters Lecture Series

Free Exhibition Opening Lecture Roberto Kolter, Professor Emeritus, Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School; Director, Microbial Sciences Initiative, Harvard University Scott Chimileski, Microbiologist and Photographer, Kolter...

Scott Chimileski, Microbiologist and Photographer, Kolter Lab, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University Roberto Kolter, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University In this lecture, Scott Chimileski...

Free Public Lecture and Book Signing Jonathan Losos, Monique and Philip Lehner Professor for the Study of Latin America; Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology; Curator in Herpetology, Museum of...

James T. Costa, Professor, Department of Biology, Western Carolina University; Executive Director, Highlands Biological Station, University of North Carolina Charles Darwin, iconic evolutionary biologist, was a naturalist with a passion for experiments...

Richard O. Prum, William Robertson Coe Professor of Ornithology and Head Curator of Vertebrate Zoology, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University Can adaptation by natural selection truly account for everything we see in nature? How do animal...

Panel Discussion Samantha B. Joye, Athletic Association Professor in Arts and Sciences, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia Bruce H. Robison, Senior Scientist and Midwater Ecologist, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Randi Dawn...

John Delaney, Professor of Oceanography and Jerome M. Paros Endowed Chair in Sensor Networks; Principal Investigator and Director, Regional Scale Nodes Program, University of Washington Studying complex deep-sea processes is a challenging task, but a new...

Sallie W. Chisholm, Institute Professor, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Phytoplankton–microscopic photosynthetic cells–form the base of ocean food webs. They are responsible for half the photosynthesis on Earth and thus play...

Peter R. Girguis, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University The discovery of microscopic life forms in the seventeenth century led to humankind’s understanding of microbes as...

Lecture and Book Signing Douglas Emlen, Professor of Biology, University of Montana The animal world is full of “weaponry” that has evolved for particular use by specific species: cats have claws, eagles have talons, porcupines have quills, and even the...