Graduate Student Retreat
Saturday, April 23rd, 2011
Princeton University - Guyot Hall - Room 10
Welcome
The PPRC retreat is an annual event that rotates each spring between the schools in the New Jersey - New York - Philadelphia region. This year we welcome Columbia as the newest participants. The purpose of the retreat is to provide a space for graduate students to share their research with graduate students, post docs and faculty from neighboring ecology and evolutionary biology departments and to learn about the diversity of cultures at the different schools. It is a great place to test out new ideas, get feedback on results, and perhaps strike up a new collaboration.
This year we have modified the format to give more people a chance to present. Two students from each school advanced along in their thesis will give 15 minute talks, and three students from each school at earlier stages of thesis development will give 5 minute speed talks. There will be just one session at any one time so that people can see all talks. At the end of the day, we will uphold the new tradition of academic karaoke and then host a dinner at the grad student’s Campus Club. We look forward to seeing everyone!
Schedule
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Coffee - Breakfast / Guyot Atrium, first floor |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | 2 Long Talks |
| • | Monica Palta, Rutgers Soil pore dynamics and mediation of denitrification in brownfield wetlands |
| • | Sarah Batterman, Princeton Nitrogen, phosphorus, and the biogeochemical niche of di-nitrogen fixing trees in tropical forests |
| 3 Speed Talks | |
| • | Aurora MacRae-Crerar, UPenn Climate change from the ground up: soil, microbes and Mongolia |
| • | Amanda Wenczel, Rutgers Comparative Analysis of Filtration Capacity for Crassostrea virginica and Geukensia demissa within Delaware Bay |
| • | Meha Jain, Columbia Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Variability: Farmers' Responses to a Variable Monsoon |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Short Break / Guyot Atrium, first floor |
| 11:15 - 12:15 | 2 Long Talks |
| • | Catherine Markham, Princeton Landscape partitioning among baboon social groups |
| • | Maria Rakhovskaya, UPenn Indicators of male reproductive success in adult rhesus macaques |
| 3 Speed Talks | |
| • | James Kealey, Columbia Exploring the genetic architecture of eusociality in Synalpheus snapping shrimp |
| • | Orin Robinson, Rutgers Managing predators in coastal New Jersey |
| • | Colin Twomey, Princeton Coordinated decision processes in schooling fish |
| 12:15 - 13:15 | Lunch / Guyot Atrium, first floor |
| 13:15 - 14:15 | 2 Long Talks |
| • | Marina Cortes, Columbia Fine-scale spatial genetic structure of an Amazonian herb across a fragmented landscape |
| • | Erin Wiley, UPenn Storage, growth, and carbon limitation in black oak |
| 3 Speed Talks | |
| • | Bob Muscarella, Columbia How do plants think globally and act locally? An integrated view of community assembly across a regional scale |
| • | Qing Cao, Princeton Reintroduction: A kick ass job? |
| • | Anarmaa Sharkhuu, UPenn Effects of experimental warming on ecosystem variables |
| 14:15 - 14:45 | Break / Guyot Atrium, first floor |
| 14:45 - 16:00 | 2 Long Talks |
| • | Liz Nichols, Columbia Species trait similarity and shared ancestry: a global assessment of the causes and consequences of dung beetle response to human modification of tropical forest landscapes |
| • | Denise Hewitt, Rutgers Examination of the Effects of Mowing Disturbance on Native Bee Communities on Farms |
| 3 Speed Talks | |
| • | Ann M. Thomas, Princeton Insights from invertebrate immune priming |
| • | Curtis Burkhalter, Rutgers Conspecific attraction in a threatened grassland bird, the Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum |
| • | Katie Vazquez, UPenn Hidden diversity within a marine snail species: can an old dogwhelk teach us new tricks? |
| 16:00 | Academic Karaoke |
| 17:00 | Dinner at Campus Club |
Directions and Parking
Map of the Princeton Campus with directions and parking:[PDF]
To Princeton from the South (Philadelphia):
Take I-95 N towards Trenton to exit 67. Then get off onto US-1 north towards Princeton. Take the Washington Road exit towards Princeton. Drive down Washington Rd. about 1.5 miles until you reach Ivy Lane (at the stoplight). Turn right on Ivy Lane. You can either park in Lot 25 or Lot 26 on the left.
To Princeton from the North (New Brunswick):Take US-1 S. Drive down Washington Rd. about 1.5 miles until you reach Ivy Lane (at the stoplight). Turn right on Ivy Lane. You can either park in Lot 25 or Lot 26 on the left.
To Guyot Hall from Lot 25 or 26:Walk down Ivy Lane until you hit Washington Road. Cross Washington Rd and continue walking straight. Guyot Hall is the big building directly on your left. Lunch will be provided in the atrium by the dinosaur on the first floor. The talks will be in the basement in Guyot 10.
Contact
| Sarah Batterman Email: sbatterm@princeton.edu Phone: (609)578-7445 |
Jennifer Schieltz Email: schieltz@princeton.edu Phone: (937)902-6594 |
