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Atwood Colloquium in Ecology & Evolution

Thur. April 10 & Fri. April 11, 2025

Mark your calendars & plan to attend the 19th Annual Atwood Colloquium on Thursday, April 10 & Friday, April 11, 2025.

The schedule for Atwood 2025 is coming soon!

The Atwood Colloquium is our department’s major event of the academic year. This special two-day event provides the opportunity for our students, postdocs, and faculty to showcase their own work and learn about other work in our department. Biologists from all three U of T campuses as well as the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) participate in this event. In addition to our own biologists, three guest speakers are invited each year. 

A major highlight of the Colloquium is the Atwood Lecture, which is given by an outstanding senior scientist who is selected by the graduate students. Two rising stars, one ecologist and one evolutionary biologist, are also invited to participate. 

The Colloquium provides a fantastic opportunity to learn about the most exciting research in ecology and evolution being done at U of T and abroad. At the various social events surrounding the seminars, students, postdocs, faculty, and guests interact, learn, and generally have a good time!

Atwood Chair: Tolulope Babalola
Atwood Organizing Chairs: Michelle Su & Mete Yuksel

This year’s three invited guests:

Atwood Lecturer:
Tadashi Fukami,
Stanford University

Rising Star in Ecology:
Kaitlyn Gaynor,
University of British Columbia

Rising Star in Evolution:
Brandon Ogbunu,
Yale University

Past Keynote Speakers

Atwood Lecturer

2024: Mercedes Pascual
2023: Kevin Lafferty
2022: Marlene Zuk
2021: Andrew P. Dobson
2019: Sharon Strauss
2018: Mark Vellend
2017: Butch Brodie
2016: Hopi Hoekstra
2015: Sally Otto
2014: Dolph Schluter
2013: Johanna Schmitt
2012: Naomi Pierce
2011: Ray Hilborn
2010: Ruth Shaw
2009: Mike Ryan
2008: Daniel Pauly

Rising Star Ecology

2024: Lauren Shoemaker
2023: Laura Dee
2022: Sara Mitri
2021: Paulo Brando
2019: Chelsea Wood
2018: Malin Pinsky
2017: Elizabeth Wolkovich
2016: Rob Pringle
2015:Louie Yang
2014: Meghan Duffy
2013: Julia Baum
2012: Stefano Allesina
2011: Jennifer Rudgers
2010: Helene Muller-Landau
2009: Mark Urban
2008: Jon Shurin

Rising Star in Evolution

2024: Luis Zaman
2023: Kevin Lafferty
2022: Marlene Zuk
2021: Andrew P. Dobson
2019: Sharon Strauss
2018: Mark Vellend
2017: Butch Brodie
2016: Hopi Hoekstra
2015: Sally Otto
2014: Dolph Schluter
2013: Johanna Schmitt
2012: Naomi Pierce
2011: Ray Hilborn
2010: Ruth Shaw
2009: Mike Ryan
2008: Daniel Pauly

Previous Schedules:

2024 Atwood Schedule