2018 Keynote speakers
Molly Cummings
Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin
Talk title: The past, present and future of sensory drive: predicting signal variation from the seen to the unseen
Marcus R. Kronforst
Associate Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolution, University of Chicago
Talk title: Characterizing the link between mimicry and mate choice in Heliconius butterflies
2018 Presenters
Natasha Bloch
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow in Biology, Marie Curie Research Fellow, Department of Genetics, Evolution and the Environment, University College London
Talk title: Evolution and genetic basis of color perception and color preferences
Courtney Fitzpatrick
Postdoctoral Fellow, Indiana University
Talk title: The evolution of colorful females; a model for social evolution
Matt Koski
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biology, University of Virginia
Talk title: Abiotic drivers of floral pigmentation diversity
Ricardo Mallarino
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University
Talk title: How the mouse got its stripes: evolution and development of pigment patterns in rodents
Julienne Ng
Postdoctoral Fellow, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder
Talk title: Flower color evolution: pattern and process at the macroevolutionary scale
Beth Reinke
Postdoctoral Researcher, Penn State
Talk title: Drivers of color diversity: interspecific and intraspecific variation in butterflies and turtles
Marketa Zimova
Ph.D. Candidate, Wildlife Biology Program, University of Montana
Talk title: Camouflage mismatch in seasonally color molting species
