Ecology Lunchtime Series

Glaciers: from the Kilimanjaro ice fields to the IPCC

Please note the change in venue to the Main Lecture Theatre.

Georg Kaser, Professor for Climate and Cryospheric Research, University of Innsbruck, Austria. IPCC Working Group 1 Lead Author in Assessment Report 4 and Assessment Report 5.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Friday 22 November 2013, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Recent advancements in global biodiversity scenarios

Piero Visconti (Microsoft Computational Ecology and Environmental Science).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Friday 15 November 2013, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Drivers and biodiversity consequences of landscape-scale deforestation in the western Brazilian Amazon

Jose Ochoa Quintero, Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Friday 08 November 2013, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Island Conquerors: the population dynamics and management of invasive rats on islands

James Russell (University of Auckland).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Friday 01 November 2013, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Get Fat Before You Fly: Carry-over Effects and Reproductive Success in An Arctic-nesting Migratory Bird

Xavier Harrison, Instute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Friday 25 October 2013, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

West-African straw-coloured fruit bats as a reservoir for viral zoonoses

Kate Baker, Zoological Society of London.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Friday 17 May 2013, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Metabarcoding: emerging technology allows rapid, large-scale monitoring of biodiversity for conservation and management.

Catharine Bruce, University of East Anglia.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Friday 03 May 2013, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

The Nature Conservancy’s Marine Habitat Restoration: Achievements from the last decade and challenges for the future.

Dr Boze Hancock, The Nature Conservancy.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Friday 15 March 2013, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

The lost ark. Global amphibian declines, can zoos really make a difference?

Ben Tapley, Zoological Society of London.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Friday 22 February 2013, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

A comedy of the commons: Toward sustainable use of the Louisiana public oyster grounds

Thomas M. Soniat, Department of Biological Sciences and Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of New Orleans.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Friday 09 November 2012, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Ancient bones, current issues: marine bioarchaeology as historical ecology

David Orton, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Friday 02 November 2012, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Landscape configuration, connectivity, conservation and climate change

Dr. Jenny Hodgson, University of York.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Thursday 25 October 2012, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Parasite-induced swarming behaviour in Artemia spp.

Nicolas Rode, Center for Evolutionary and Functional Ecology, Montpellier, France.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Thursday 04 October 2012, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Burning for biodiversity? Testing the long-term effects of fire in the Jervis Bay Fire Experiment

Room changed

Martin Westgate, Australian National University.

First Floor Seminar Room, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 28 August 2012, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Defining synergies and tradeoffs between ecosystem services for integrative land use planning in degraded peatland regions of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Elizabeth Law, University of Queensland, Australia.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Friday 27 April 2012, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Impact of Recent Climate Change on Montane Mammals and Birds

Steve Beissinger, University of California, Berkeley.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Monday 23 April 2012, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Mapping plant diversity across the scales

Laurens Geffert, Nees Institute for Biodiversity of Plants, University of Bonn.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 30 March 2012, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Mapping plant diversity across the scales

Laurens Geffert, Universität Bonn.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 30 March 2012, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Gödel, Escher, Mahler: love-hate dynamics in ecological networks

Yangchen Lin, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ.

Friday 16 March 2012, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

The next 40 years

Professor Jorgen Randers (Professor of Climate Strategy at the Norwegian Business School ; Co-author of Limits to Growth).

Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 14 March 2012, 18:00-19:30

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Biodiversity after forty years of human re-colonization in the Amazon forest

Jose Manuel Ochoa-Qunintero, Conservation Science Group, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 09 March 2012, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Making peace with the Earth

Dr Vandana Shiva ( Navdanya International, India and the International Forum on Globalisation).

Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 07 March 2012, 18:00-19:30

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Empowering generations of conservation leadership - myth or reality!

Kiragu Mwangi, Birdlife International.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 02 March 2012, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Sustainable capitalism: if not now, when?

Jonathon Porritt CBE (Director of Sustainability, Forum for the Future).

Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 29 February 2012, 18:00-19:30

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Predictive models in ecology: case studies of invasive fire ants and fire risks

Yohay Carmel, Technion Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Israel.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 24 February 2012, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Making Progress Toward Sustainable Societies in the Context of Global Climate Change

Dr Don Huisingh (Senior Scientist in Sustainable Development, University of Tennessee ).

Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 15 February 2012, 18:00-19:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

The power of markets to protect nature

Ian Cheshire (Group Chief Executive, Kingfisher Group).

Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 08 February 2012, 18:00-19:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Sustainable Materials - with both eyes open

Dr Julian Allwood (Cambridge University Engineering Department).

Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 01 February 2012, 18:00-19:30

Ecology Lunchtime Series

The importance of evaluating conservation management actions: unexpected outcomes of invasive predator control for malleefowl conservation

Jessica C. Walsh, Conservation Science Group.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 25 November 2011, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Unravelling ecological dynamics at a macro scale: application of hierarchical models

Dr Tatsuya Amano, Conservation Science Group.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 18 November 2011, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Colony defense by post-reproductive adults and young nymphs in a social aphid

Keigo Uematsu. Department of General Systems Studies, University of Tokyo..

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 30 September 2011, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

The convoluted evolution of behavior: insights from bird eggs and songs

David C. Lahti, Department of Biology, Queens College, The City University of New York (CUNY).

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 15 July 2011, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

How can we save the rainforest in SW China? ---Mapping net present value (NPV) of rubber plantations and valuation of ecosystem services to identify targets for forest restoration.

Yi Zhuangfang, PhD student, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.

Basement Seminar Room, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 03 June 2011, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

A hot question in an age of global change: which model is the most sexy?

Yangchen Lin, University of Cambridge.

Basement Seminar Room, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 27 May 2011, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Building a practical toolkit for measuring ecosystem services

Dr Kelvin Peh, University of Cambridge.

Basement Seminar Room, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Thursday 19 May 2011, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Acoustic techniques for identifying bats: new ways of obtaining distribution data

Charlotte Walters. Institute of Zoology (London).

Basement Seminar Room, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 13 May 2011, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Does money grow on trees? Implications of livelihood heterogeneity in Amazonian reserves

Pete Newton, University of East Anglia.

Basement Seminar Room, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 06 May 2011, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Urban water security - a possibility or pipedream?

Dr Kalanithy Vairavamoorthy, Director, School of Global Sustainability, University of South Florida.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 04 May 2011, 18:00-19:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Decarbonising the transport system

Professor David Cebon and Professor Nick Collings ( Cambridge University Engineering Department) and Mark White (Jaguar Land Rover).

Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 16 March 2011, 18:00-19:30

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Tracking an invader: the spread of the harlequin ladybird in Europe and its effects on native ladybirds

Peter Brown, Anglia Ruskin University.

Basement Seminar Room, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 11 March 2011, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Managing the risks of regional climate change using knowledge action networks

Profesor Charles Kennel (University of California, San Diego; formerly , Director of the Scripps Institute of Oceanogaphy).

Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 09 March 2011, 18:00-19:30

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Conservation and Corporations

Emma Marsden, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 04 March 2011, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

A Sustainable Future- The Leadership Challenge of our Time

Dr Goran Carstedt ( Chairman of the Natural Step International and Senior Director of the Clinton Climate Change Initiative).

Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 02 March 2011, 18:00-19:30

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Modelling the distribution of Freshwater Invasive Species across Europe

Dr Belinda Gallardo, Aquatic Ecology Group, University of Cambridge..

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 25 February 2011, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Sustainable Energy - an industry view on the obstacles and opportunities

Professor Ellen Williams ( BP Chief Scientist, formerly Director of University of Maryland Material Research Science and Engineering Centre).

Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 23 February 2011, 18:00-19:30

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Movement of British macro-moths through fragmented agricultural landscapes

Claire McLaughlan, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 18 February 2011, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Sustainability and the Perfect Storm (title to be confirmed)

Professor Sir John Beddington (Government Chief Scientific Advisor and Head of the Government Office for Science).

Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 02 February 2011, 18:00-19:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Energy Security and UK Energy Policy

Professor Ian Fells (Emeritus Professor of Energy Conversion at Newcastle University).

Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 26 January 2011, 18:00-19:30

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Who killed the megafauna? A tale of climate change, murder and mystery.

David Williams and Graham Prescott, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 21 January 2011, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

To be connected or not? Floodplain restoration and aquatic diversity

Dr Amael Paillex, Aquatic Ecology and Biology Lab, University of Geneva.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 19 November 2010, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in Northern Africa

Nieves Garcia. IUCN.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 12 November 2010, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Rainforest conversion and tropical insect communities

Sarah Luke, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 05 November 2010, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Natural Resource Management - An Ecologist's Perspective

Dr. Martyn Murray, MGM Environmental Solutions / University of Edinburgh.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 29 October 2010, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Setting meaningful restoration goals for a globally imperiled habitat

Philine zu Ermgassen, Aquatic Ecology Group, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 22 October 2010, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Taming leviathan - dealing with (dis)integrated water management (RESCHEDULED from 21st April)

This talk has been re-scheduled for 12th May, (postponed from 21st April)

Professor Richard Ashley, Peninne Water Group, Sheffield University.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 12 May 2010, 18:00-19:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Sustainability in action at University of California San Diego: the campus as a living laboratory

Professor Paul Linden, Director Sustainability Solutions Institute, University of California, San Diego.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 05 May 2010, 18:00-19:30

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Can Eco-compensation Restore Natural Forest in Xishuangbanna, China?

Yi Zhuangfang, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Thursday 22 April 2010, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Is chytrid fungus, a global scourge of amphibians, having an effect on the UK's rarest amphibian?

Peter Minting, Institute of Zoology.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 12 March 2010, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Delivering genuine sustainability in the built environment - obstacles and opportunities

Dr David Strong CEO, Inbuilt Ltd; Board Member of UK Green Building Council.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 10 March 2010, 18:00-19:30

Ecology Lunchtime Series

TALK CANCELLED

Gustavo Canale.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 05 March 2010, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Cities of the Future

Paul Brown, Executive Vice President CDM Camp Dresser and McKee Inc..

Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 24 February 2010, 18:00-19:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

You must be joking; Cities as a force for good in the environment

Professor Bruce Beck, University of Georgia.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 17 February 2010, 18:00-19:30

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Conservation in the Bolivian Amazon: Canoes, Capybara and Climate Change

Claudia Comberti.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 29 January 2010, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Roadmap to 2050

Professor David MacKay, Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department of Energy and Climate.

Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 27 January 2010, 18:00-19:30

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Global Models of Mammal Distribution

Dr Carlo Rondinini, Sapienza University of Rome.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Tuesday 26 January 2010, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Supporting local conservation overseas: land purchase as a strategy for conservation

Claire Thompson, World Land Trust, UK.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 20 November 2009, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Investigating the potential use of the sexually transmitted mite, Coccipolipus hippodamiae, in controlling populations of the invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis

Emma Rhule, Genetics Department, Cambridge University.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 13 November 2009, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Botanising in Cambridgeshire and North East England

Monica Frisch, Cambridge Natural History Society.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 06 November 2009, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Wildlife surveys and site management: the role of volunteers in local conservation work

Dr Ed Turner, Ecology Groups Officer, The Wildlife Trust.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 16 October 2009, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

When satellites help predicting animal distribution, movement and performance

Dr. Nathalie Pettorelli, Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 09 October 2009, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Cradle to Cradle Design

Bill McDonough William McDonough and Partners.

Cambridge Unuiversity Engineerintg Department, LR0.

Wednesday 07 October 2009, 18:00-19:30

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Adaptive and process-based explanations in the study of parent-offspring communication: experiments with hand-raised house sparrow nestlings and game theoretical modelling

Dr Uri Grodzinski, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge.

Basement Seminar Room, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 12 June 2009, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

A hierarchical Bayesian model for smoothed population indices: applications to wader populations in Japan

Dr Tatsuya Amano.

Basement Seminar Room, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 05 June 2009, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Arthropod biodiversity in Irish agricultural grasslands: results from the Ag-Biota Project

Dr Alvin Helden, Department of Life Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University.

Basement Seminar Room, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 22 May 2009, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Host-parasite arms races in bird colour space

Dr Martin Stevens and Dr Claire Spottiswoode, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Monday 11 May 2009, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Risk taking, learning, and strategy choice: experiments with humans, bees, and sparrows

Prof. Arnon Lotem.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 08 May 2009, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

William MCDonough (CANCELLED)

William McDonough Author of "Cradle to Cradle".

CANCELLED.

Wednesday 06 May 2009, 00:00-00:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Species and diversity patterns in complex human-dominated landscapes: an Atlantic forest case study

Dr Renata Pardini, University of São Paulo.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 01 May 2009, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

25 decades of dodgy data

Prof. Tim Sparks.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 24 April 2009, 13:00-14:00

Environment on the Edge Lecture Series

The Arctic on the Edge: Policy Issues in Canada's Back Yard

All welcome, admission free. To book, please email directorate@unep-wcmc.org

Dr Peter Harrison, Skelton-Clark Fellow in the School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.

Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DF.

Thursday 19 March 2009, 17:15-18:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Innovating to sustainability

Professor Charles Ainger, MWH Ltd and Centre for Sustainable Development, Cambridge University.

Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 11 March 2009, 18:00-19:30

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Parental care in burying beetles

Sheena Cotter, University of Cambridge Department of Zoology, Behavioural Ecology Group.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 06 March 2009, 13:00-14:00

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

The role of fuel cell technology in a low carbon economy

Nigel Brandon, Professor of Sustainable Development in Energy - Imperial College.

LR2, Engineering Department, Inglis Building.

Wednesday 04 March 2009, 17:00-18:00

Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Departmental Seminars

Sustainable Organic Fuels for Transport

Dr Richard Pearson, Lotus Engineering, Norwich, Norfolk, UK.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Chemical Engineering.

Wednesday 04 March 2009, 15:30-16:30

Wildlife and Environment

Alternatives to Fossil Fuels

David MacKay is a wonderful speaker: lively, funny, wonderfully clear and easy to follow. Do not think that you cannot understand the problem, or that talks by professors of physics are not for you. Professors are not what they used to be!

David MacKay, Professor in the Department of Physics, CU.

St John's Church Hall, Hills Road, opposite Homerton College.

Wednesday 25 February 2009, 19:30-21:45

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Sustainability in the resources sector

Paul Skinner Chairman Rio Tinto.

Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 25 February 2009, 18:00-19:30

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Ecology and Conservation of the Lesser Kestrel in Portugal

Ines Catry, University of Cambridge Department of Zoology, Conservation Science Group.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 20 February 2009, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

A sustainable technology strategy for engineers

Dr Karel Muldur, TU Delft The Netherlands.

Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 18 February 2009, 18:00-19:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Water, health and sustainable development

Dr Jamie Bartram, Co-ordinator of Water, Sanitation and Health at the World Health Organisation.

Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 11 February 2009, 18:00-19:30

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Evolution of Bird Colour in a Tetrahedral Colour Space

Cassie Stoddard, University of Cambridge Department of Zoology, Behavioural Ecology Group.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 06 February 2009, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Sustainable Development - great green dream or impossible ambition?

Tony Juniper, former Director of Friends of the Earth.

Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 04 February 2009, 18:00-19:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

The role of engineering in entering the ecological age

Peter Head OBE FREng FRSA Director of Sustainability, Arup.

Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 28 January 2009, 18:00-19:30

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Land use effects on birds of conservation concern in the Midwestern United States

John McCarty and Lillian Wolfenbarger.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 23 January 2009, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

A child's eye view of the insect world

Dr Ed Turner, Insect Ecology Group.

**FIRST FLOOR SEMINAR ROOM**, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 12 December 2008, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Farming and the future of forest biodiversity in Ghana

Ben Phalan, Conservation Science Group.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 05 December 2008, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Measuring protected area performance - Large vertebrate population declines in Africa's protected areas

Ian Craigie, Conservation Science Group.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 21 November 2008, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

P-p-p-problems with penguins- how population genetics and tagging studies can reveal the cryptic ecology of penguins.

Tom Hart, Penguinologist, Institute of Zoology.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 14 November 2008, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Predicting the impact of agricultural management on fat deposition and grazing damage by white-fronted geese

Dr. Tatsuya Amano, Conservation Science Group.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 07 November 2008, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Farming and biodiversity in India - Title TBC

Malvika Onial, Conservation Science Group.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 31 October 2008, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Comprehensive, effectively managed, and ecologically representative national and regional marine protected area networks – will we meet the Convention on Biological Diversity's 2012 target?

Sue Wells, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 24 October 2008, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Bryozoan, Cordylophora and sponge biofouling in UK water treatment works

Rebecca Mant, Aquatic Ecology Group.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 17 October 2008, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Scent Communication in Banded Mongooses

Neil Jordan, Large Animal Research Group.

First Floor Seminar Room, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 06 June 2008, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Deforestation in western Madagascar: Understanding the past, reframing the present

Ivan Scales, Department of Geography.

First Floor Seminar Room, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 30 May 2008, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

How can we save the endangered Giant Ibis?

**Please note change in location**

Omaliss Keo, Conservation Science Group.

First Floor Seminar Room, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Friday 23 May 2008, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Are coral reef fishes at risk or resilient to climate change?

**Please Note Change in Day**

Dr. Morgan Pratchett, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Monday 12 May 2008, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Why does a mussel have the shape it has? Ecomorphological trends in freshwater mussels and their use for reconstructing palaeoenvironments

Alexandra Zieritz, Aquatic Ecology Group.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 09 May 2008, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Climate Change and Ecosystem Services: Science, Economics and Ethics

Professor Robert Watson (Chief Scientific Advisor, DEFRA and Director of Strategic Development at the Tyndall Centre).

Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 30 April 2008, 18:00-19:30

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Colour Pattern Polymorphism in the Harlequin Ladybird: an Evolutionary Conundrum

Laura-Jane Michie, Department of Genetics.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 25 April 2008, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Sustainable Development at the Eden Project

Tim Smit (Eden Project).

Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 23 April 2008, 18:00-19:30

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Respiratory Responses To Temperature By Ectomycorrhizal Fungi

Dr. Glenna M. Malcolm, Pennsylvania State University.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Thursday 13 March 2008, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Carbon Footprinting: Industry, People, the Universe and Everything

Professor Adisa Azapagic (Manchester University).

Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 12 March 2008, 18:00-19:30

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Theories in alien invasions: Resistance vs. Meltdown

Philine zu Ermgassen, Aquatic Ecology Group.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 07 March 2008, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Sustainable Development in the Built Environment; Progress or Procrastination?

Professor Peter Brandon and Dr Patrizia Lombardi (Salford University).

Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 27 February 2008, 18:00-19:30

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Establishing distribution, habitat and landscape-use of the Andean bear

Shaenandhoa Garcia-Rangel.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 22 February 2008, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Biodiversity hanging by a thread: assessing the importance of fungal hyphae in maintaining rainforest biodiversity

Jake Snaddon, Zoology Department.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 15 February 2008, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Creating a Better Place - the Environment Agency - and shaping sustainability

Baroness Barbara Young, Chief Executive of Environment Agency.

Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 13 February 2008, 18:00-19:30

Ecology Lunchtime Series

The impacts of climate change on Indian Ocean coral reef biodiversity

Professor Charles Sheppard, University of Warwick.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 08 February 2008, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Climate change, peak oil, and the coming global energy crisis

Dr Jeremy Leggett (Solar Century).

Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 06 February 2008, 18:00-19:30

Ecology Lunchtime Series

CUCHI 2007: Twelve 3rd year Natscis learn about conservation science in the Chilean Lake District

Claire Thompson, Part II Student, Zoology Department.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 01 February 2008, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Mapping European Seabed Habitats

Sarah Young, Marine Ecologist, Joint Nature Conservation Committee.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 25 January 2008, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

The challenges of managing the American foreign aid program post-9/11 in Pakistan and Afghanistan

Mark Ward, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 23 January 2008, 18:00-19:30

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Free-loading, racketeering and murder: a day in the life of cowbirds

Professor Mike Clinchy, University of Western Ontario.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 18 January 2008, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Locomotion and adhesion: tarsal attachment control in ants

Thomas Endlein, Insect Biomechanics Workgroup, Zoology Department.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Thursday 13 December 2007, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Mathematical Models of Microcolony Formation in Bacteria

Dr. Leah Johnson, National Centre for Statistical Ecology, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 07 December 2007, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Aquatic Alien Invasions: Teleportation or Transportation?

Philine zu Ermgassen, Aquatic Ecology Group.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 30 November 2007, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Combining Economics and Ecology to Predict the Effects of Zero Set Aside on Winter Food for Farmland Birds

Dr. Ira Cooke, Conservation Science Group, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 23 November 2007, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Getting the Biggest Buck for the Bang: Conservation Management of Deer in New Zealand

Dr. David Coomes, Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 16 November 2007, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Birds and People

Dr Nigel Collar, BirdLife International.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 09 November 2007, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

A Bird in the Hand: Stone Curlew Conservation

Alison Johnston, Conservation Science Group, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 02 November 2007, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Kakapo: The Conservation Biology of the World's Weirdest Parrot

Professor Mick Clout, University of Auckland.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 26 October 2007, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Locomotion in Australian Monitor Lizards: Ecomorphological and Ecophysiological Considerations

Dr. Chris Clemente, Insect Biomechanics Workgroup, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 19 October 2007, 13:00-14:00

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Happiness, Global Catastrophe, and the National Assembly for Wales

Gareth Clubb, Senior Research Officer, National Assembly of Wales.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 12 October 2007, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Sustainable Development

Professor Sir David King (Chief Scientific Advisor to HM Government).

Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 02 May 2007, 18:00-19:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Why sustainable development might be bad for the environment

Professor Susan Owens, Cambridge University.

Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 25 April 2007, 18:00-19:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

A new sustainable way of life - the sine qua non of human development ? CANCELLED

Clare Short MP (CANCELLED).

Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 14 March 2007, 18:00-19:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

One Planet Living

Pooran Desai OBE (Technical Director and co-founder of Bioregional).

Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 07 March 2007, 18:00-19:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Can we quantify sustainability ?

Professor Richard Darton, Oxford University.

Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 28 February 2007, 18:00-19:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

When the Rivers Run Dry

Fred Pearce, New Scientist.

Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 21 February 2007, 18:00-19:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

The promise of energy biosciences

Dr Steven Koonin (Chief Scientist, BP).

Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 07 February 2007, 18:00-19:30