Join Us for the Institute for Global Change Biology Mini-Symposium!

Explore the cutting-edge research advancing our understanding of public health, sustainability, and ecology at the Institute for Global Change Biology's upcoming mini-symposium. This event will highlight diverse and impactful projects led by our postdoctoral research fellows, showcasing insights that address pressing global challenges. Enjoy a day of science, discussion, and discovery—with snacks and lunch provided!


09:00 Coffee/Tea

09:30 Khandaker Jafor Ahmed: Exploring climate, health, and environment in
coastal vs. Lake Victoria regions of Kenya

09:45 Stephanie Schmiege: Living at the edge: Physiological controls of the
northern limits of treeline

10:00 Leo Ohyama: Macroecological dynamics of ant colony sizes

10:15 Hengxing Zou: Functional shifts of North American avian communities over
half a century

10:30 Kirby Mills: Fire and drought conditions reshape habitat suitability for large
mammals in the American West

10:45 Sarah Raubenheimer: Competition and functional traits mediate CO2
fertilization of plant growth

11:00 Coffee/Tea Snacks

11:20 Wenqi Luo: Continental-scale evaluation of soil fungal biodiversity under
future climate and land-use changes

11:35 Liting Zheng: Plant functional trait responses to long-term elevated CO2
and nitrogen enrichment, and consequences for outcomes of species
interactions

11:50 Tsun Fung Au: Tree growth responses to drought, CO2, and nitrogen
deposition

12:05 Thiago Gonçalves Souza: Increasing species turnover does not alleviate
biodiversity loss in fragmented landscapes

12:20 Kara Dobson: A global meta-analysis of passive experimental warming
effects on plant traits and community properties

12:35 Katie Rocci: Integrating microbial community data into ecosystem-scale
models in the face of climate change

12:50 Lunch