Schedule for Spring, 2026: All sessions held on Wednesdays at 4:00pm at ENR2, Room S395 (unless otherwise noted under NOTES) DATEPROFESSORTITLE & ABSTRACTNOTES1/28/2026Joanna MaselEcology & Evolutionary BiologyStudent Host: Nishanta BaralBeyond fitness: evolution in two dimensions 2/4/2026Alexander BuckschSchool of Plant SciencesStudent Host: Aidan BuckoPlant Phenomics - the quantitative science of deciphering plant phenotype 2/11/2026Olesya ZhupanskaAerospace & Mechanical EngineeringStudent Host: Brenda AlvarezMechanics of Deformable Solids: Bridging Mathematics and Engineering Worlds 2/18/2026Ibrahim FatkullinMathematics DeptStudent Host: Nigel VanPeltA few tricky problems involving randomnessJoint with MathMath Bldg, Room 5012/25/2026Travis WheelerPharmacy PracticeStudent Host: Rachel DeanMarkov models and neural networks for fast, accurate, and interpretable sequence annotation 3/4/2026Liliana SalvadorAnimal & Comparative Biomedical SciencesStudent Host: Tim ZouRole of Relapse and Multiple Time Delays In Shaping Nipah Virus Epidemic Dynamics: a Mathematical Modeling Study 3/11/2026Spring Break 3/18/2026Alan NewellMathematics DeptStudent Host: Mason Kennedy (Math)Wave Turbulence and Pattern DescriptionsJoint with MathMath Bldg, Room 5013/25/2026Shankar VenkataramaniMathematics DeptStudent Host: Lenox BaloglouFrom Pattern Formation to Hyperbolic Surfaces: An Invitation to Applied AnalysisJoint with MathMath Bldg, Room 5014/1/2026Ning HaoMathematics Dept., Statistics GIDPStudent Host: Joint with MathMath Bldg., Room 5014/8/2026Eric ButcherAerospace & Mech EngineeringStudent Host: 4/15/2026Hong LiChemistry & BiochemistryStudent Host: Jack Murphy 4/22/2026Patrick ShipmanMathematics DeptStudent Host: Jordan Sheppard Joint with MathMath Bldg, Room 5014/29/2026Johann RafelskiPhysics DeptStudent Host: Shambhavi Srivastava
