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Marissa Baskett, Ph.D.

Marissa Baskett, Ph.D.

Marissa Baskett, Ph.D.

Plenary Speaker

Department of Environmental Science & Policy
University of California, Davis

Marissa Baskett, Ph.D, uses mathematical modeling to understand and quantify ecological and evolutionary responses to environmental variability and change in space and time.  In an ecological context she explores the drivers of ecological resilience to environmental change, and in an evolutionary context she explores the potential for rapid evolutionary responses on ecological time scales to affect population dynamics. To bridge basic and applied science, She focuses on cases of human-driven global environmental change such as fisheries, artificial propagation, and climate change.

Stephen Ellner, Ph.D.

Stephen Ellner, Ph.D.

Stephen Ellner, Ph.D.

Plenary Speaker

Horace White Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Cornell University

Stephen Ellner received his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics. His general interests are in theoretical population biology and evolutionary ecology. His research typically combines modeling, mathematics, and simulations, and is usually in collaboration with experimental biologists. He is especially interested in the interface between theory, modeling, and empirical ecology, and using dynamic models as a tool for identifying and understanding the mechanisms that drive ecological and evolutionary dynamics. His recent project, funded by the NSF/NIH program on Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases, is focused on pathogens of bees that are spread, in whole or in part, through pathogen transmission from bees to flowers that they forage on for nectar, and from those flowers to other bees.

John Pastor, Ph.D.

John Pastor, Ph.D.

John Pastor, Ph.D.

Plenary Speaker

Professor in Biology
University of Minnesota - Duluth

John Pastor received his Ph.D. in Forestry and Soil Science in 1980 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and did post-doctoral research in the Environmental Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He has been a Senior Research Associate at The Natural Resources Research Institute since 1984, Professor in Biology since 1996, and Director of Graduate Studies in Biology since 2000. His research and scholarly interests include the structure and function of northern ecosystems, applications of mathematics to ecological problems, and scientific illustration. He teaches Mathematical Ecology, Ecosystems Ecology, Animal Behavior, The Biological Practitioner, and Biological Illustration.

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