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Roger E. Carpenter Lecture in Comparative Biology

This lecture series was established in honor of Dr. Roger E. Carpenter, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biology at SDSU. Roger is a comparative physiologist with a long history of teaching and research in ecological and evolutionary physiology. The lecture, held annually each spring, highlights the research of a distinguished biologist whose research perspective is integrative and highlights major patterns and unifying themes in comparative biology.

2011
16th Annual Roger E. Carpenter lecture in Comparative Biology

Dr. Emilia Martins
Behavioral Syndromes & the Comparative Method: Using phylogenies to infer adaptation

Monday 4 pm 11 April 2011
Gold Auditorium BioScience Center
Reception following lecture in Faculty-Staff Club.

The Roger Carpenter Lecture for 2010 will be given by Dr. Emilia Martins, of the Department of Biology, Indiana University. Dr. Martins is a comparative biologist who uses phylogenies to infer how animal signals and social behavior have evolved. She has studied lizards and fish from around the world, using a combination of field observations, laboratory experiments, and theoretical approaches to understand how their systems of communication have been shaped by their physical and social habitats. Along the way, she has developed statistical methods and software that allow others working on different comparative questions to infer evolutionary patterns through comparisons of living species.

Earlier Lectures:

	*2010 Lecture: Dr. Michael Donoghue*
	*2009 Lecture: Dr. Jonanthan Losos*
	*2008 Lecture: Dr. Adam Summers*
	*2007 Lecture: Dr. Therese Markow*

2006 Lecture: Dr. Brian McNab
      University of Florida
      "When Less is More: Vertebrate Adaptations to Island Life"
      Geology Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Room 333, 24 April 2006, 4 pm

2005 Lecture: Dr. Daniel E. Crocker
Sonoma State University
Hardy Tower, Room 140, 18 April 2004, 4 pm

2004 Lecture: Dr. Raymond Huey
      University of Washington
      "Success and Death in Thin Air: Natural Selection on Himalayan Mountaineers"
      Hardy Tower, Room 140, 12 April 2004, 4 pm

2003 Lecture: Dr. Karl J. Niklas
      Cornell University
      "The Green Tapestry of Life: Plant Evolution and the Invasion of Land"
      Hardy Tower, Room 140, 17 March 2003, 4 pm

2002 Lecture: Dr. Gerald Kooyman
      Scripps Institution of Oceanography
      "Emperor Penguins: Going for the Gold of Extreme Adaptations:
        Diving, Flying, and Fasting,"
      Hardy Tower, Room 140, 11 March 2002, 4 pm

2001 Lecture: Dr. Terrie Williams
      University of California, Santa Cruz
      "The Price of Speed. Athletic Secrets from Diving Dolphins and Bouncing Dogs"
      Hardy Tower, Room 140, 30 April 2001, 4 pm

2000 Lecture: Dr. Jeffrey Graham
      Scripps Institution of Oceanography
      "Tuna Tunes: Harmony, rhythm, tempo, and variations on themes in Nature's
        scombrid sonata"
      3 April 2000, 4 pm

1999 Lecture: Dr. Robert J. Full
      University of California, Berkeley
      "Biological Inspiration for the Design of Many-Legged Locomotors"
      Hepner Hall, Room 221, 19 April 1999, 4 pm

1998 Lecture: Dr. Ken Dial
University of Montana
"An Inside Look at How Birds Fly"

1997 Lecture: Dr. Hal Mooney
Stanford University
"Biotic Systems in a High CO2 World"

1996 Lecture: Dr. Bill Dawson
      University of Michigan
      "Experimental Approaches to Natural History"