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SES Seminar: Sex and Survival in Conflict—Singing, Dancing, and Jumping Arthropods
On April 9, Erin Brandt, PhD, of the University of Chicago, will discuss her work on arthropod evolution.
Join the Seminar:
- Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- 3:30 p.m.-4 p.m. – Refreshments in the SES Atrium
- 4 p.m.-5 p.m. – Presentation in SES Room 124
The April SES seminar will feature Erin Brandt, PhD of the University of Chicago Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy.
Erin Brandt, PhD, is a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago. Brandt is broadly interested in arthropod communication systems and how natural and sexual selection interact to influence their evolution.
She previously held a postdoc position at the University of Western Ontario, focusing on the biophysics of cricket and spider communication systems. Her PhD was from the University of California, Berkeley, where she studied the effects of temperature on communication, ecology, and physiology in jumping spiders.
Currently, Brandt's work focuses on the unusual semi-hydraulic locomotion system in spiders. She combines detailed studies of morphology, kinematics, and force production to understand how an unusual locomotion system leads to dexterous motion in jumping spiders.
This talk is part of the SES seminar series offered monthly during the academic year. It is the final seminar of the 2024-2025 academic year.
Erin Brandt, PhD, is a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago. Brandt is broadly interested in arthropod communication systems and how natural and sexual selection interact to influence their evolution.
She previously held a postdoc position at the University of Western Ontario, focusing on the biophysics of cricket and spider communication systems. Her PhD was from the University of California, Berkeley, where she studied the effects of temperature on communication, ecology, and physiology in jumping spiders.
Currently, Brandt's work focuses on the unusual semi-hydraulic locomotion system in spiders. She combines detailed studies of morphology, kinematics, and force production to understand how an unusual locomotion system leads to dexterous motion in jumping spiders.
This talk is part of the SES seminar series offered monthly during the academic year. It is the final seminar of the 2024-2025 academic year.