#  Speakers 

 



##  Invited Speakers 

 

 

 

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### 2025 Invited Speakers

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Sort  ![Professor Lynn Adler, University of Massachusetts Amherst](/sites/g/files/omnuum6466/files/2025-01/Lynn%20Adler_1.jpg)

 



#### [Lynn Adler](https://websites.umass.edu/lynnadler/)  
Professor   
Department of Biology  
University of Massachusetts, Amherst



 ![Felipe Amorim (UNESP, Brazil)](/sites/g/files/omnuum6466/files/2025-02/Felipe%20Amorim_Unesp-Brazil%20320.jpeg)

 



#### [Felipe W. Amorim](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Felipe-Amorim-4)  
Assistant Professor of Ecology  
São Paulo State University  
Institute of Biosciences



 ![Professor Clay Carter, University of Minnesota](/sites/g/files/omnuum6466/files/2025-01/Clay%20Carter_0.jpg)

 



#### [Clay Carter](https://cbs.umn.edu/directory/clay-carter)  
Professor   
College of Biological Sciences  
University of Minnesota



 ![Professor Tadashi Fukami, Stanford University](/sites/g/files/omnuum6466/files/2025-01/Tadashi%20Fukami_0.jpg)

 



#### [Tadashi Fukami](https://web.stanford.edu/~fukamit/cv.htm)  
Professor  
Department of Biology and Earth System Science  
Stanford University



 ![Professor Patricia Jones, Bowdoin College](/sites/g/files/omnuum6466/files/2025-01/Patricia%20Jones.png)

 



#### [Patricia Jones](https://www.joneslabbowdoin.com/)  
Assistant Professor of Biology  
Department of Biology  
Bowdoin College



 ![Graduate Student, University of Minnesota](/sites/g/files/omnuum6466/files/2025-01/Evin%20Magner.png)

 



#### [Evin Magner](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tb8T6JUAAAAJ&hl=en)  
PhD Candidate  
University of Minnesota



 ![Professor Luke Nikolov, University of Indiana, Bloomington](/sites/g/files/omnuum6466/files/2025-01/Luke%20Nikolov%20320.jpeg)

 



#### [Luke Nikolov](https://biology.indiana.edu/about/faculty/nikolov-luke.html)  
Assistant Professor  
Department of Biology  
Indiana University, Bloomington



   ![Avery Russell](/sites/g/files/omnuum6466/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-05/Avery%20Russell_MSU.jpg?itok=RtJNej7m) 

 



#### [Avery L. Russell](https://biology.missouristate.edu/profile-display.aspx?p=averyrussell)  
Assistant Professor  
Department of Biology   
Missouri State University



 ![Professor Rachel Vannette, University of California, Davis](/sites/g/files/omnuum6466/files/2025-01/Rachel%20Vannette%20320.jpeg)

 



#### [Rachel Vannette](https://vannettelab.faculty.ucdavis.edu/)  
Associate Professor and Vice-Chair  
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology   
University of California, Davis



 ![Professor Marjorie Weber, University of Michigan](/sites/g/files/omnuum6466/files/2025-01/Marjorie%20Weber_3.png)

 



#### [Marjorie Weber](http://www.theweberlab.com/)  
Associate Professor  
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology  
University of Michigan



 ![Professor Carolyn Wessinger, University of South Carolina](/sites/g/files/omnuum6466/files/2025-01/Carolyn%20Wessinger%20320.jpeg)

 



#### [Carolyn Wessinger](https://wessingerlab.github.io/index.html)  
Assistant Professor  
Department of Biological Sciences  
University of South Carolina