RMBL’s Tuesday Talks have been cancelled in 2020.
We are exploring options for virtual science experiences for the public.
2019 RMBL Tuesday Seminars

11 June – 6th Annual RMBL Research Sampler (Hosts: Jennie Reithel & Rosemary Smith): Four short talks.
- Rosemary Smith (Host: Rick Williams) “Keep calm and carrion: burying beetles in a Rocky Mountain ecosystem”
- Connor Morozumi and Xingwen Loy “Plant-pollinator network responses to phenological change”
- Rebecca Dalton “Species interactions among spring ephemerals
- Sarah Meadows (Hosts: Paul CaraDonna and Nick Waser) Artist in Residence
18 June – Cassie Stoddard – Princeton University and RMBL (Host: David Inouye)
“The visual world of broad-tailed hummingbirds”
25 June – Pieter Johnson – University of Colorado (Host: Bobbi Peckarsky) –
“The parasite paradox: using community ecology to help resolve the diversity-disease debates”
2 July – Janneke Hille Ris Lambers- University of Washington- Grad Student Invited Speaker (Host: Annika Nelson)
“When do flowers flower? Impacts of climate change on high mountain wildflowers”
9 July– Caitlin Wells – Colorado State University (Host: Dirk Van Vuren)
“Sisters, mothers, and others: how kin shape the life-history of an asocial squirrel”
16 July – Riccardo Bommarco – Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Douglass Distinguished Lecturer (Host: Brian Inouye)
“Adopting food web ecology to understand ecosystem functioning”
17 July – Riccardo Bommarco – Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Douglass Distinguished Lecturer – (Host: Brian Inouye) Public lecture
“The insects that safeguard our food production”
23 July – Dan Gruner – University of Maryland and NSF (Host: Kailen Mooney)
“The integrative ecology of invasive wood-boring insects”
30 July – David Inouye, Principal Investigator (RMBL); Rebecca Irwin (North Carolina State University); Brian Inouye (Florida State University); Nora Underwood (Florida State University); Aimee Classen (University of Vermont); Rebecca Dalton (RMBL); billy barr (RMBL)
“The RMBL Phenology Project”
6 August –Jennie DeMarco – Western State Colorado University (Host: Jennie Reithel)
“Conducting and communicating science in a changing climate using the Siberian Arctic as a case study”
13 August – Jeff Deems – National Snow and Ice Data Center
“Laser mapping of mountain snowpacks: enabling resilient management of water resources and avalanche hazard in a changing world”