Spring 2026 

Friday seminars take place in the Byker Auditorium at 3:10 pm unless noted otherwise.

Date

 Speaker  Institution 

Host
January 23 Jen DuBois MSU  
January 30 Monika Tokmina-Lukaszewska  MSU Brian Bothner
February 6 Nick Stadie MSU  
February 13      
February 20 Stephanie McCalla MSU Chris Lemon
March 6 Ed Schmidt MSU Brian Bothner
March 13 Adrian Roitberg University of Florida Martin Mosquera
March 20 Spring Break    
March 27 Miguel Soto U- Saskatchewan Nick Stadie
April 10 Amethyst Demeritte MSU Garrett Moraski
April 17 Neil Garg UCLA Tom Livinghouse
April 24 Sloan Siegrist U-MASS (Amherst) Garrett Moraski
May 1 Paul Rowley University of Idaho Martin Lawrence

 

Graduate Student Presentations and Defenses

Date  Speaker Advisor   Time and Place
March 2 Will Christian Roland Hatzenpichler PhD Defense   3:10 pm - 108 Plant Sciences 
March 25 Kayode Fesomade Robert Walker Rough Cut Science 12:00 pm Byker Auditorium
April 6 Stavros Trimmer Roland Hatzenpichler 4th year seminar   3:10 pm  - 108 Plant Sciences
April 8 Ethan Hasenoehrl Brian Bothner MS Defense 3:10 pm Byker Auditorium
April 9 Logan Mikesell Chris Lemon 4th year seminar 3:10 pm - Byker Auditorium
April 14 Oliver Jackson Sharon Neufeldt PhD Defense 9:00 am - 138 ABB 
April 16 Olivia Duletski Michael Mock PhD Defense 10:00 am - 138 ABB
April 21 Roark O'Neill Michael Mock PhD Defense 11:00 am Byker Auditorium
April 24 Brahm Dean Rob Walker PhD Defense 9:30 am - 138 ABB
April 30 Keegan Walker Rob Walker 4th year seminar 3:10 pm - Byker Auditorium