Speaker: Dr. Roani Rebouças, Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Campinas
Title: “Islands, frogs, and illustrations”
Abstract:  Dr. Roani Rebouças is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Campinas (Brazil), and today, he arrives for a ~ two-month visit in our lab. Dr. Rebouças' academic research focuses on amphibian ecology, and he also works as a professional scientific illustrator. For example, check out Dr. Rebouças' original "Papo de Sapo" (i.e., "Frog Talk") cartoon series focused on science communication. This seminar it describes both his scientific work on island-dwelling frogs in Brazil (i.e., island gigantism and island biogeography) and his career as an illustrator. Also, please come find Dr. Rebouças in the Pierson lab (SL 4050) to say hello during these next couple of months!

The Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, & Organismal Biology (EEBOB) seminar series focuses on biological topics at whole-organism and higher scales of organization. Guest speakers come from universities, governmental agencies, NGOs, zoos, museums, and other institutions.

This seminar series consists of a pre-recorded seminar, which will be posted to a playlist at the beginning of each week, and a live, virtual Q&A session with the speaker. All are welcome to attend! For access to the live Q&A session, interested attendees can email Dr. Todd Pierson to be granted access. The live Q&A session will be held each Thursday @ 9:30 AM.