Grad 10-min Competition: SysEB, Evolution 1

Moderator(s)

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  Melissa Sisson

  Middle Georgia State University
  Macon, Georgia
• MK

  Manpreet Kohli

  Assistant Professor
  Baruch College
  City University of New York
  New York, New York

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM - 8:12 AM Pacific

  Biogeography and color evolution of jewel damselflies (Odonata: Chlorocyphidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Judicaël Fomekong-Lontchi – Brigham Young University

  Co-Author: Vincent Kalkman – Naturalis Biodiversity Center

  Co-Author: Seth Bybee – Brigham Young University
• 8:12 AM - 8:24 AM Pacific

  Classification and evolution within narrow-winged damselflies (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Laura Sutherland (she/her/hers) – Brigham Young University

  Co-Author: Payton Carter – Brigham Young University

  Co-Author: Seth Bybee – Brigham Young University
• 8:24 AM - 8:36 AM Pacific

  Convergent evolution of hindwing flight in beetles and cockroaches
  

  Presenting Author: Johanna Schwartz (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Dominic Evangelista – University of Illinois
• 8:36 AM - 8:48 AM Pacific

  Eusocial behavior in arthropods: Patterns of convergent evolution
  

  Presenting Author: Claire S. Bailey (she/her/hers) – New Jersey Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Solomon Chak – Denison University

  Co-Author: Kristin Hultgren – Seattle University

  Co-Author: Phillip Barden (he/him/his) – New Jersey Institute of Technology
• 8:48 AM - 9:00 AM Pacific

  Exploring the evolutionary consequences of altitudinal expansion in Colias butterflies
  

  Presenting Author: Clare Mikaela Dittemore – Great Basin Bug Laboratory

  Co-Author: Zach Gompert, PhD – Utah State University

  Co-Author: Matt Forister (he/him/his) – University of Nevada
• 9:00 AM - 9:12 AM Pacific

  First UCE phylogenomic analysis of Sapygidae reveals widespread generic paraphyly
  

  Presenting Author: Jeremy Jensen (he/him/his) – Utah State University

  Co-Author: Michael Branstetter – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: James Pitts – Utah State University
• 9:12 AM - 9:24 AM Pacific

  Resolving the phylogeny of Odonata with comprehensive genomic sampling
  

  Presenting Author: Payton Carter – Brigham Young University

  Co-Author: Seth Bybee – Brigham Young University
• 9:24 AM - 9:36 AM Pacific

  The evolution of abdomen and flight style diversity within the dragonfly genus Erythemis Hagen, 1861 (Anisoptera: Odonata)
  

  Presenting Author: Kate Olivia Montana – American Museum of Natural History

  Co-Author: John Abbott – University of Alabama

  Co-Author: Kendra Abbott – University of Alabama

  Co-Author: Jessica L. Ware (she/her/hers) – American Museum of Natural History
• 9:36 AM - 9:48 AM Pacific

  The systematics of clubtail dragonflies (family Gomphidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Violet Onsongo – American Museum of Natural History