22 September 2025, Noon ET
SEMINAR: Exploring the complex genomic architecture of divergence in a North American backyard bird, the Northern House Wren
Presenter: William Anderson, Ph.D. student, University of Colorado Boulder; AOS Student Research Grant, 2022
29 September 2025, Noon ET
SEMINAR: From Fairways to Forests: Assessing the Avian Community Response to Habitat Restoration Techniques
Presenter: Lauren Gingerella, Ph.D. student, University of Georgia; AOS Student Research Grant, 2024
6 October 2025, Noon ET
SEMINAR: The solar reflectance properties and structures of iridescence in Sturnidae and their potential biomimetic applications
Presenter: Samantha Rutledge, Ph.D. candidate, Louisiana State University; AOS Student Research Grant, 2023
13 October 2025, Noon ET
SEMINAR: Causes and consequences of social structure in Golden-crowned Sparrows
Presenter: Annie Madsen, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, UC San Diego; 2022 AOS Student Research Grant
20 October 2025, Noon ET
SEMINAR: Modeling the effects of wildfire smoke, body condition, and diet guild on the oxidative status of migrating birds
Presenter: Megan Miller, graduate research assistant, Colorado State University-Pueblo; AOS Student Research Grant, 2024
27 October 2025, Noon ET
SEMINAR: Telomeres, mitochondrial copy number (mtDNAcn), organismal metabolic rate and growth rate-what is the connection in the developing House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Presenter: Holland Galante, Ph.D. candidate, North Dakota State University; AOS Werner and Hildegard Hesse Research Grant, 2022
3 November 2025, Noon ET
SEMINAR: Endocrine mechanisms behind an adaptive maternal effect: linking breeding site quality and offspring behavior
Presenter: Haley Gee, M.Sc. student, University of Arizona; AOS Werner and Hildegard Hesse Research Grant, 2022
10 November 2025, Noon ET
SEMINAR: Patterns of collective host selection in the Brown-headed Cowbird system
Presenter: Juliana Villa, Ph.D. student, George Mason University; AOS Student Research Grant, 2022
17 November 2025, Noon ET
SEMINAR: Revealing migration strategies of high-latitude breeding myrtle warblers using multi-sensor geolocators and stable isotopes
Presenter: Steph Szarmach, James Smithson Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center; AOS Student Research Grant, 2022
24 November 2025, Noon ET
SEMINAR: Who knows where the food is? Exploring intra- and interspecific information transmission in cowbirds
Presenter: Charo López, Ph.D. candidate, Universidad de Buenos Aires; AOS Student Research Grant – Latin America, 2024
1 December 2025, Noon ET
Investigating Nascent Urbanization Effects on Physiology and Behaviors in Darwin’s Finches
Presenter: Michelle Ross, Ph.D. student, Brock University; Betty and Herbert Carnes Research Grant, 2022, 2024
8 December 2025, Noon ET
Conserving the Critically Endangered Great Green Macaw (Ara ambiguus) From First Word to First Flight: A study of geographic vocal variation, vocal development, and post-fledging movements
Presenter: Alexander Allison, Master’s of Science graduate, New Mexico State University; AOS Mewaldt-King Research Grant, 2024
15 December 2025, Noon ET
SEMINAR: The genetic landscape of inbreeding depression and gene flow in a wild population of Florida Scrub-Jays
Presenter: Faye Romero, Ph.D. candidate, University of Rochester; Werner and Hildegard Hesse Research Grant, 2024